These are some questions to determine if children may be exhibiting a well-developing Interpersonal Intelligence. Does your child:

• enjoy socializing with friends?
• seem to be a natural leader?
• empathize easily with others, which leads to his give advice to friends who come to him with problems?
• seem to be street-smart?
• enjoy belonging to organizations?
• enjoy teaching other kids - either peers or younger ones?
• have two or more close friends?
• serve as a magnet for social activities with others?
  

These questions can determine if an adult has a strength in Intrapersonal Intelligence:

• Do you regularly spend time alone meditating, reflecting, or thinking about important life questions?
• Have you attended counseling sessions or personal growth seminars to learn more about yourself?
• Do you have a hobby or interest that you keep to yourself?
• Have you set goals for yourself regularly?
• Do you have a realistic view of your strengths and weaknesses?
• Would you prefer spending time by yourself rather than with many people around you?
• Do you keep a diary or journal to record the events of your inner life?
• Are you either self-employed or have you given serious consideration to starting your own business?

These are some questions to determine if children may be exhibiting a well-developing Intrapersonal Intelligence. Does your child:

• show a sense or independence or a strong will?
• have a realistic sense of her abilities and weaknesses?
• do well when left alone to play or study?
• "march to the beat of a different drummer" in living and learning?
• have a hobby or interest she doesn’t talk about much?
• have a good sense of self-direction?
• prefer working alone to working with others?
• accurately express how he is feeling?
• learn from failures and successes?
• have good self-esteem?

These questions can determine if an adult has a strength in Linguistic Intelligence:

• Have you always enjoyed books and given them importance?
• Do you hear words in your head before you speak or write them?
• Do you enjoy talk shows more than television or movies?
• Do you enjoy word games, puns, rhymes, tongue-twisters, and poetry?
• Do you have a highly developed vocabulary and enjoy knowing words that other people do not know?
• In your own education, did you enjoy subjects related to words and ideas, such as English and social studies, more than math and science?
• Have you enjoyed learning to read or speak other languages?
• In your speech, do you refer to information that you have read or heard about?
• Have you been praised, recognized, or paid for your writing?

These are some questions to determine if children may be exhibiting a well-developing Linguistic Intelligence. Does your child:

• write better than average for her age?
• enjoy telling stories and jokes?
• have a good memory for names, places, dates, and other information?
• enjoy word games, either visually or auditorally?
• enjoy reading books?
• spell better than other children the same age?
• appreciate rhymes, puns, tongue twisters?
• enjoy books on tape without needing to see the book itself?
• enjoy hearing stories without seeing the book?
• have an excellent vocabulary for his age?
• communicate thoughts, feelings, and ideas well?