Personal Talents and AptitudesUnit 1.01

Everyone has talents that are either natural or learned. Some activities come easier to

some people than they do others.• 1. Verbal

– Skilled at expressing things in words, relate well when the environment is pertaining to words

• 2. Numerical– Skilled at working with numbers, or solving

mathematical problems

• 3. Clerical– Skilled at an office or clerical job (ex:, typing,

taking notes, answering phones, messages, multitasking)

Cont………

• 4. Manual Dexterity– Proficient and skilled in using the body or

hands

• 5. Mechanical Reasoning– The ability to sort and reason through

problems

• 6. Spatial/ visual– Pertaining to a sense of space/ pertaining

to sight

Learning PreferencesPersonal Learning Styles• Verbal – Linguistic: This intelligence

relates to language, spoken and written

• Logical – Mathematical: This intelligence relates to sight and visualization and internal mental images

• Visual – Spatial: This intelligence relates to sight and visualization, and internal mental images

• Bodily – Kinesthetic: This intelligence relates to knowledge and awareness of the body and its movement and abilities

Musical: relates to recognizing sound and rhythm patterns.

Interpersonal: This intelligence relates to communication and relation to other people.

• Intrapersonal: This intelligence relates to inner reflection and awareness

• Naturalistic: Relates to recognition of order and patterns in nature, such as in plants and animals