Assessing Relationship of Human Ecological Factors with Naturalistic Intelligence of Young Adolescent Girls

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Sumit Sheoran, Sudha Chhikara, and Sheela Sangwan (Department of Human Development and Family Studies, I.C. College of Home Science, CCSHAU, Hisar, Haryana)

Naturalistic intelligence (nature-smart) is one of those nine intelligences formulated by Howard Gardner (1983). People with naturalistic intelligence have a compassion to and appreciation for nature. The Naturalist intelligence centralizes on how people relate to their natural surroundings. Naturalists have a special ability to grow plants. They have great affinity for animals and are excellent at training and understanding them. Naturalists can easily distinguish differences in nature. They are aware of and intrigued by changes in normal weather phenomena. Naturalists love outdoor activities such as walking, rock climbing, camping and hiking. Such people are inspired and rejuvenated by the nature. Ecological Systems Theory postulated by Bronfenbrenner (1979) discribes that there are five different systems arranged from the closest to the individual to the farthest: the microsystem, mesosystem, exosystem, macrosystem, and chronosystem. Hence, the current research was centered around finding out the flow of various human ecological factors on Multiple Intelligence of young adolescents.