Intelligence

IntelligenceJenny Murtha10/31/11Mrs. Mitchell

Intelligence by Jenny Murtha, submitted on October 31, 2011 for Mrs. Mitchells AP Psychology class.1

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This is the graph showing my results from the survey. As you can see, my highest scores were in the areas of Musical, Naturalistic, and Kinaesthetic.2

Paragraph The thing I found the most odd about my scores is that I scored pretty equally in all areas. The majority of areas scored twenty points, with one area only slightly lower. I scored the highest musically, which makes a lot of sense because I am constantly playing, listening, and dancing to music, so I have formed a good ear and skill in this area. Its also very helpful because I have long considered being a professional musician in an orchestra as a career, and the fact that I scored highest in music is reassuring. I also scored high in the areas of naturalistic and kinaesthetic. I pick up movements quickly and I am able to advance rapidly in flexibility and strength, making the score for body smart make since. However, I dont think Im very nature smart. I can name some plants and animals, and I love nature, but I dont study it or learn about it on a regular basis. I expected a higher score in the interpersonal category because I am very good at connecting with people and talking with them. Im very sympathetic and understanding. I was surprised that the Visual/Spatial category was my lowest score because I often remember things by their placement. For example, in French class we had to learn the names of many different foods from our textbook, including whether they were masculine or feminine. In the book, each food was pictured with its name underneath in black text. They were sorted into two rows: foods with il (masculine) on top and foods with elle (feminine) on bottom. This is still how I remember which gender the foods are, even though we learned them at the beginning of the semester.

MusicalEnjoyed Topic: Sensation and PerceptionSuggested Activity:When studying sensation and perception, students could study the affect of different genres, keys, moods, and tones of musical works on their perception with their senses. For example, students could watch a video clip of an emotional scene with the background music removed, then re-watch it with the music added in and note the change in the poignancy of the scene. Students could also note the affect of music on their mood, interpretation and outlook on events, and even if a taste experience can change because of different moods of music. Students could record their experiences in a journal and submit for grading.The proposed activity would give students a fun chance to realize how music can affect perception. It would also give students a chance to recognize the ability of mankind and the many magnificent abilities of the mind and the beauty it can create.

KinestheticEnjoyed Topic: Developmental PsychologySuggested Activity:A very fun and instructional activity would be a list of tasks for students to perform to help interpret the different stages of development. The students could be given a list of tasks such as: Try to walk around for twenty minutes while wearing a backpack on the front of your body (imitating a pregnant women), try to go an entire hour communicating what you need without any speech (imitating a baby), etc. Students could record their experiences of performing each task in a journal to be submitted for grading. I believe this would be not only fun and active, but also aiding in the understanding of what human beings endure from the time of birth to death.

NaturalisticEnjoyed topic: MemorySuggested Activity:I think a really fun activity would be to create a nature journal that went along with a students memories. Each student would go outside and observe the nature around them. The first five things in nature that inspired a memory for them would be documented in a scrapbook with a keepsake from the inspiring item. For example, if a particular tree made you remember something, you might take a leaf from that tree and tape it to a page and write the memory correlating to it on the same page. If you found a feather on the ground and it inspired a memory, you would do the same thing. Students could take pictures of their scrapbook and submit them for grading. This fun and refreshing activity would help students identify memories and how the terms of the memory unit apply to their very own memories. It would also give them a chance to get a breath of fresh air and a memorable connection between the concepts of the unit and real life, making it easy for them to commit the units information to memory.