Which of the following is an intelligence category?

• A. Creative
• B. Social
• C. Color
• D. Visual-Spatial

Answer: (D)

Visual-spatial intelligence is the ability to think in images, pictures, and patterns, and to mentally manipulate objects in three dimensions. It’s one of the intelligence categories in Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, which helps explain why some people excel at interpreting maps, understanding diagrams, and solving visual puzzles. The other options don’t represent official intelligence categories: creativity is a talent or process that can draw on several intelligences; social describes interpersonal skills; color is a perceptual attribute rather than a cognitive intelligence.