MULTIPLE INTELIGENCE (Interpersonal)

Understand others; discern verbal and non-verbal cues; Capacity to detect and respond appropriately to the moods, motivations and desires of others

• Understanding other people
• An ability we all need, but is at a premium if you are a teacher, clinician, salesperson, or a politician.  Anybody who deals with other people has to be skilled in the interpersonal sphere
• Uses person-to-person relating, communication, teamwork, and collaboration with others

This is the person-to-person way of knowing.  It is the knowing that happens when we work with and relate to other people, often as part of a team.  This way of knowing also requires developing a whole range of social skills that are needed for effective person-to-person communication and relating.
If this person-to-person way knowing is more developed in you, you learn through personal interactions.  You probably have lots of friends  show a great deal of empathy for other people, and exhibit a deep understand of others points of view.  You probably love team activities of all kinds and are  a good team member--you pull your own weight and often much more.  You are sensitive to other people's feelings and ideas and are good at piggybacking your ideas on others' thoughts.  You are also likely skilled drawing others out in a discussion and you probably are skilled in conflict resolution, mediation, and finding compromise when people are in radical opposition to each other.
Careers:Teachers, administrators, arbitrators, anthropologists, organization leaders (presidents and CEOs), sociologists, talk show hosts, politicians, public relations or customer service personnel, salespersons, travel agents, consultants, social affairs directors
BENEFITS to you of developing People Smarts include:

• Developing the ability to understand other people, their perspectives, and their motivations
• Having deeper and more satisfying relationships with others
• Gaining a genuine empathy for others
• Enhanced leadership skills, including becoming a better communicator
• Enhanced quality of the time you spend and relationship you have with your family

Teaching Resources

• All of the above resources that might be used in cooperative MI activities

Basic MI Activities - Teaching Activities

• All of the above activities that might be designed to incorporate cooperative learning groups

Instructional Strategies - Teaching Activities

• Cooperative learning
• Peer teaching
• Brainstorming
• Shared inquiry

Interpersonal intelligence is the capacity to value, understand, and respond appropriately to the motivations, moods, and feelings of others.  Or more simply put, these people learn best through person-to-person interaction.  They usually have many friends, show a considerable degree of empathy and are able to understand viewpoints of others.  They appreciate differences in their neighborhoods and around the world and they recognize and make distinctions among others' feelings and intentions very easily.

• Young children with interpersonal intelligence enjoy playing with other children; they hate to be left alone.  They love team activities of all kinds and are very good team members, pulling their own weight, often much more.  
• Older children then to become natural leaders, picking up on subtle social cues and knowing how to put others at ease.  In short, they work well within groups and often end up in leadership role.  
• Adults are sensitive to the ideas and feelings of others and are adept at drawing others out in a discussion.  When individuals are in radical opposition to each other, these are the ones who are often quite skillful in conflict resolution.

People Examples:

Abraham Lincoln      

George Washington       

Ghandi
Dr. Joyce Brothers       

Oprah  Winfrey      

Jesse  Jackson
Martin  Luther   King      

Rev. Billy Graham