When you | Visual | Auditory | Kinesthetic and Tactile |
Spell | Do
you try to see the word? | Sound out the word, or use a phonetic approach? | Write the word down to find if it feels right? |
Talk
| Talk sparingly, but dislike listening for too long? Do you favor words such as see, picture, and imagine? | Enjoy listening, but are impatient to talk? Use words such as hear, tune, and think? | Gesture and use expressive movements? Use words such as feel, touch, and hold? |
Visualize | Do you see vivid, detailed pictures? | Think in sounds? | Have few images, all involving movement? |
Concentrate | Do
you become distracted by untidiness or movement? | Become distracted by sounds or noises? | Become distracted by activity around you? |
Meet
someone again | Do you forget names, but remember faces? Remember where you met? | Forget faces, but remember names? Remember what you talked about? | Remember best what you did together? |
Contact people on business | Do you prefer direct, face-to-face, personal meetings? | Prefer the telephone? | Talk with them while walking or participating in an activity? |
Relax | Do you prefer to watch TV, a play, or movie? | Prefer to listen to the radio, music, or read? | Prefer to play games or work with your hands? |
Try to interpret someone�s mood | Do you primarily look at facial expressions? | Listen to tone of voice? | Watch body movement? |
Read | Do you like descriptive scenes? Pause to imagine the action? | Enjoy dialogue and conversation, or hear the characters talk? | Prefer action stories or are not a keen on reading? |
Do something new at work | Do you like to see demonstrations, diagrams, slides or posters? | Prefer verbal instructions or talking about it with someone else? | Prefer to jump right in and try it? |
Put something together | Do you look at the directions and the picture? | Like to talk with someone or find yourself talking out loud as you work? |
Ignore the directions and figure it out as you go along? |
Need help with a computer application | Do you seek out pictures or diagrams? |
Call the help-desk, ask a neighbor, or growl at the computer? | Keep trying to do it or try it on another computer? |
Teach someone | Do you prefer to show them? | Prefer to tell them? | Do it for them and let them see how it�s done or ask them to try it? |
