Numbers and Music

[dr4b]

I don't understand these numbers, but if anyone cares, you can try to explain them to me. Basically, I took the quiz thingy thinking "Huh, almost all of these are strongly like me..."

Linguistic 37
Mathematics 49
Visual/Spatial 45
Body/Kinesthetic 38
Naturalistic 30
Music 49
Interpersonal 45
Intrapersonal 35

As another aside, I'm listening to L'arc en Ciel and remembering why they're my favorite J-Rock band. I love how every time I don't listen to them for a while and I think "Huh, I wonder if it's fair to call them my favorite?" and then I listen to them again, I remember why, and the world is good again. :)

Comments

[catamorphism.livejournal.com]

Higher numbers are supposed to be things you're better at (on what scale? they don't really say), but as cpaline points out, it's pretty bogus (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=cpaline&itemid=137868).

[fleaplus.livejournal.com]

Ah, Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences. I have qualms with some of his other work, but I have to admit that the multiple intelligences idea is kind of cool. I'll have to take that test too when I have a chance.

[eub.livejournal.com]

The self-report thing is the biggie (better hope the test-taker truly has high "intrapersonal intelligence"), and the way it conflated habits with intelligence was also lame. I like music, but that doesn't mean I'm good at it.

[wandelrust.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I took the test and got zeros in everything. I guess I'm not so smart.

[random-boy.livejournal.com]

I'm assuming the test results are just a sum of the individual responses (80 questions, 8 categories, 10 questions in each category, each ranged 1-5, gives a range of 10-50 for each category). My results are all in the 30-40 range, because I'm an all-around intelligent guy and because I usually respond in the 2-4 range on 1-5 range surveys.