Lesson 6 - Techniques in Professional Development Phase I: Learning Objectives

Lesson 6 – Techniques in Professional Development Phase I
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson, the student must be able to:
• Identify the different types of intelligence
• Familiarize factors affecting intelligent behavior
INTRODUCTION:
This lesson deals with the things related to business etiquette
CONTENT:
Intellectual Attributes of Personality
Types of Intelligence
The research carried out identifies the existence of areas in the human brain that
correspond to certain spaces of knowledge, all of which are distinct and relatively
independent of each other. Here are the eight types of intelligence explained one by
one.
1. Logical-mathematical intelligence
Their problem-solving ability is very striking and is often related to a type of non-
verbal intelligence, i.e., they can know the answer to a certain problem long before
they verbalize it. Children with this type of intelligence are good at solving mysteries
or brain teasers, doing puzzles, logic exercises, counting or doing calculations,
computer problems and playing strategy games.
2. Linguistic intelligence
Children with this type of intelligence are skilled and have preferences for activities
such as reading, talking, telling stories and jokes, writing poems, learning languages
and playing word games.
3. Spatial Intelligence
This type of intelligence shows patterns that prove the kid’s capacity to think in three
dimensions. People who develop spatial intelligence are good at solving spatial
problems such as drawing and painting, reading maps, looking at pictures, solving
mazes, or playing construction games.
4. Musical Intelligence
It is typical of children with an innate ability to learn different sounds, which translates
into a great ability to sing, listen to music, play instruments, compose songs, enjoy
concerts and follow different rhythms. This type of intelligence may notice off-key notes
that others do not and can easily memorize songs and tunes.
5. Bodily-kinesthetic Intelligence
It is the ability to use the whole body in the expression of ideas and feelings, and the
facility in the use of the hands to transform elements.
Children who show kinesthetic intelligence are good at dancing, acting, imitating
gestures or expressions, playing sports, running, moving and jumping.
6. Intrapersonal Intelligence
It distinguishes those who know themselves best. These children like to work
independently, set goals and focus on achieving them, understand their feelings and
know their strengths and weaknesses.
7. Interpersonal Intelligence
As opposed to intrapersonal intelligence, it is common among kids that are good at

talking, working in teams, helping others, mediating conflicts and meeting new people.
8. Naturalistic intelligence
Related to the attraction towards environmental issues, plants and animals. People
with this kind of intelligence enjoy doing activities such as camping, hiking, caring for
animals, learning about nature, recycling and caring for the environment.
Factors Affecting Intelligent Behavior
Factor – a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result or outcome. A

number or quantity that when multiplied with another produces a given number or
expression.
Intelligence – is the sum of total of all cognitive processes and skills. It refers to the
ability of an individual to learn from experience, to reason well, and to cope with the
demands of social living. Topics called “higher-order” forms of cognition-concept
formation, reasoning, problem solving, and creativity, as well as memory and
perception are related to human intelligence.
*Human intelligence – is the ability to acquire, recall, and use knowledge to understand
concrete and abstracts concepts, relations among objects and ideas, and to use
knowledge in a meaningful way.
Nature – how much does our intelligence depend on our genes? For more than a
century, researchers have been studying how much our genetic legacy influences our
intelligence. After all that time, they've determined that our genes do influence
intelligence and IQ. (40-80%)
our brain structure and functionality -- both biological factors -- contribute to our level
of intelligence. Using brain imaging, neuroscientists have identified differences in brain
structure, specifically differences in our parieto-frontal pathways that seem to affect
our intelligence positively (or negatively, depending on the brain). Well- functioning
pathways correlate to better brain functioning, brain efficiency and information
processing, which all point to better IQ scores.
Early Nutrition – as it turns out, you really are what you eat. And what your mom ate
during her pregnancy. Prenatal and early nutrition are linked to brain structure,
behavior and, yes, intelligence. The greater nutrition in the foods we eat, especially for
males in the weeks just after birth, the greater the size of the caudate -- that's the part
of our brain that specializes in learning and memory -- and the greater our verbal IQ
scores. And the effects also
seem to apply to babies whose prenatal diets were rich in long chain polyunsaturated
fatty acids, such as DHA (docosahexaenoic acid).
When pregnant and lactating women have diets rich in these fatty acids, their offspring
are more likely to score higher on intelligence and achievement tests at ages 4 and 7.
Nurture – it is how much nature versus nurture affects human intelligence is a long-
studied and long- debated topic. The term "nature" refers to how genetics and
heritability influence our intelligence, and "nurture" describes how certain
environmental factors affect our intelligence. These factors include everything from our
family's parenting style and home environment to how we're educated and the
experiences we have throughout our lives.
Researchers often study twins who've been separated at birth to understand further
the roles nature and nurture play in human intelligence. They theorize that if
intelligence is purely biological, identical twins separated at birth should still have
equal IQs. But that's not always the case, they find. While you may be genetically
predisposed to an average intelligence level, a quality education and life experiences
may enable you to turn an average IQ into a great one over a lifetime.
Birth Order – people have been studying whether or not birth order affects human
intelligence for more than a century, yet we're still just not sure. For years, it was
believed that firstborns and older children in families were more intelligent than their
younger siblings. And there are more firstborn children who've become space-bound
astronauts, U.S. presidents and Nobel Prize winners than kids with older siblings.
Why? Families with just one child may have more time and financial resources to put
toward educating that child. Recent studies, however, observe that it may not be
intelligence -- our potential for learning, understanding and reasoning -- that's affected
by birth order, but rather our IQ (intelligence quotient). IQ tests measure our
intelligence aptitude and compare us to our peers. Firstborn children, on average, score
three points higher on IQ tests than their closest, next-born siblings
*Birth Order and Personality, researchers continue to study if, how and why birth order
affects our intelligence, they're also looking at how birth order affects our personalities.
They've found that firstborn children tend to be perfectionists and people- pleasers,
while their younger siblings are often more extroverted and sociable.
Environment – we may be genetically predisposed to a certain brain volume, structure

and pathways -- a certain level of intelligence set by our biology -- but how much we
achieve isn't based in biology alone. The type of life we lead also affects intelligence.
Environmental factors, such as the diet we eat, the toxins we're exposed to both in the
womb and as we age, and even the neighborhood we choose to live in -- be it dangerous
or safe -- all influence how genes are expressed in our lives.
Let's use cigarette smoke as an example. Exposure to the toxins in cigarette smoke --
while in the womb and throughout a lifetime -- is known to lower our intelligence
quotient, decreasing IQ scores by more than seven points when compared to
individuals who aren't exposed to cigarette smoke [source: American Friends of Tel Aviv
University]. Such environmental factors are thought to influence our intelligence levels
throughout our lives.
REFERENCE/S:
• Personality Development by Charo L. Bayani. et. al. Philippine Copyright

@2009 by Mutya Publishing House, Inc.
• https://www.slideshare.net/mariavictoriaobar/factors-affecting- intelligence

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Intellectual Attributes of Personality

As opposed to intrapersonal intelligence, it is common among kids that are good at

Factors Affecting Intelligent Behavior

Factor – a circumstance, fact, or influence that contributes to a result or outcome. A

Environment – we may be genetically predisposed to a certain brain volume, structure

• Personality Development by Charo L. Bayani. et. al. Philippine Copyright

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