Howard Gardner's Interpersonal Intelligence
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. When these children become older, they 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. As adults, they 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.
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