Shampoo's IQ and Employment Potential

Intelligence:

Despite of Shampoo's charming good looks and childlike nature, don't mistake this lass as a bimbo. She is a lot smarter than people may perceive her at times. So how smart is she? Well, below is a table showing how Shampoo rates intellectually according to Howard Gardner's multiple intelligences theory.




Type of intelligence	Description	How Shampoo rates	Why
1. Linguistic	Verbal ability in general, but especially the ability to understand subtle shades of meaning.	Excellent	She can pick up other languages quickly.
2.Logical-mathematical	Reasoning	Average	Shampoo probably does some cashier work at Cat Cafe, so she would at least have an average knowledge of mathematics. Shampoo does think logically, although she doesn't take into account the consequences of her actions.
3. Spatial	The ability to perceive and draw spatial relationships	Excellent	This ability is essential in a lot of areas, such as fighting and navigational skills. Shampoo tracked Ranma and his father across China and into Japan. Furthermore, Shampoo works as a delivery girl, which requires excellent navigational skills... especially in metropolitan Tokyo, where a foreigner can easily get totally lost. And as far as fighting is concern Shampoo has no problems!
4. Musical	Singing, playing an instrument, composing music.	Excellent	To anyone who have heard her sing, need I say more?
5. Bodily-kinesthetic	The ability to control one's muscle movements in graceful and skillful ways, as in dance, atletics, and tool use	Excellent Superb Brilliant	There is no other person who can wield a bonbori as well as she can. And she certainly fight very skillfully.
6. Interpersonal	Social Skills, including the ability to understand and respond appropriately to others' nonverbal messages.	Poor	Shampoo doesn't ever care about what other people might think of her. She just does whatever she wants whenever she wants!
7. Intrapersonal	The ability to understand oneself, including one's own emotions and wishes, and to use that understanding effectively in guiding behaviour.	Excellent	There is no doubt to Shampoo as to what she wants. She wants Ranma! And she has absolutely no problems in making her wishes come true through her actions by any means!

Gardner's theory does not reduce intelligence into a numerical value, which is why this is a more accurate measure of intelligence. As you can see, according to this theory, Shampoo is fairly smart!

IQ:

Usually to have an IQ score an IQ test needs to be completed by the person tested. However it is possible to give you an estimation of Shampoo's IQ judging by how she rated in the multiple intelligences theory table. Using David Wechler's Descriptive classifications of IQ, Shampoo should stand in the range of 110-119, in the "bright normal" group. And how could I not put her in that group? Afterall she is only 16 and she can cook, has incredible fighting skills, she comes up with the best schemes, and she can pick up other languages quickly.

Employment Potential:

Shampoo is certainly very talented and have plenty of work experience. Here are some of her employment potential...

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