Test Your Own Thinking Style:

To test your own thinking style

Read each set of words and mark

The two that best describe you

1.               a.               imaginative

                  b.               investigative

                  c.               realistic

d.                              analytical

2.               a.               organised

                  b.               adaptable

                  c.               critical

d.                              inquisitive

3.               a.               debating

                  b.               getting to the point

                  c.               creating

d.                              relating

4.               a.               personal

                  b.               practical

                  c.               academic

d.                              adventurous

5.               a.               precise

                  b.               flexible

                  c.               systematic

d.                              inventive

6.               a.               sharing

                  b.               orderly

                  c.               sensible

d.                              independent

7.               a.               competitive

                  b.               perfectionist

                  c.               cooperative

d.                              logical

8.               a.               intellectual

b.                              sensitive

                  c.               hardworking

d.                              risk-taking

9.               a.               reader

                  b.               people person

                  c.               problem solver

d.                              planner

10.             a.               memorise

                  b.               associate

                  c.               think‑through

                  d                originate

11.             a.               changer

                  b.               judger

                  c.               spontaneous

d.                              wants direction

12.             a.               communicating

                  b.               discovering

                  c.               cautious

d.                              reasoning

13.             a.               challenging

                 b.                practising

c.                              caring

d.                              examining

14.             a.               completing work

                  b.               seeing possibilities

                  c.               gaining ideas

d.                              interpreting

15.             a.               doing

                  b.               feeling

                  c.               thinking

                  d.               experimenting

After completing the test on the previous page:

In the columns below, circle the letters of the words you chose for each number. Add your totals for columns I, ll, Ill and IV. Multiply the total of each column by 4. The box with the highest number describes how you most often process information.

I

II

III

IV

      1.          

C

D

A

B

      2.          

A

C

B

D

      3.          

B

A

C

D

      4.          

B

C

A

D

      5.          

A

C

B

D

      6.          

B

C

A

D

      7.          

B

D

C

A

      8.          

C

A

B

D

      9.          

D

A

B

C

    10.       

A

C

B

D

    11.       

D

B

C

A

    12.       

C

D

A

B

    13.       

B

D

C

A

    14.       

A

C

D

B

    15.       

A

C

B

D

TOTAL:

I

x 4 =

Concrete Sequential (CS)

II

x 4 =

Abstract Sequential (AS)

III

x 4 =

Abstract Random (AR)

IV

x 4 =

Concrete Random (CR)