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Are a Right Brain or a Left Brain Thinker?

Cognitive-Style Quiz

Choose the one sentence that is more true. Do not leave any blanks.

1. A ) It's fun to take risks.
   B ) I have fun without taking risks.
2. A ) I look for new ways to do old jobs.
   B ) When one way works well, I don't change it.
3. A ) I begin many jobs that I never finish.
   B ) I finish a job before starting a new one.
4. A ) I'm not very imaginative in my work.
   B ) I use my imagination in everything I do.
5. A ) I can analyze what is going to happen next.
   B ) I can sense what is going to happen next.
6. A ) I try to find the one best way to solve a problem.
   B ) I try to find different answers to problems.
7. A ) My thinking is like pictures going through my head.
   B ) My thinking is like words going through my head.
8. A ) I agree with new ideas before other people do.
   B ) I question new ideas more than other people do.
9. A ) Other people don't understand how I organize things.
   B ) Other people think I organize well.
10. A ) I have good self-discipline.
    B ) I usually act on my feelings.
11. A ) I plan time for doing my work.
    B ) I don't think about the time when I work.
12. A ) With a hard decision, I choose what I know is right.
    B ) With a hard decision, I choose what I feel is right.
13. A ) I do easy things first and important things later.
    B ) I do the important things first and the easy things later.
14. A ) Sometimes in a new situation, I have too many ideas.
    B ) Sometimes in a new situation, I don't have any ideas.
15. A ) I have to have a lot of change and variety in my life.
    B ) I have to have an orderly and well-planned life.
16. A ) I know I'm right, because I have good reasons.
    B ) I know I'm right, even without good reasons.
17. A ) I spread my work evenly over the time I have.
    B ) I prefer to do my work at the last minute.
18. A ) I keep everything in a particular place.
    B ) Where I keep things depends on what I'm doing.
19. A ) I have to make my own plans.
    B ) I can follow anyone's plans.
20. A ) I am a very flexible and unpredictable person.
    B ) I am a consistent and stable person.
21. A ) With a new task, I want to find my own way of doing it.
    B ) With a new task, I want to be told the best way to it.

To Score

1. Give yourself one point for each time you answered "A" for questions: 1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21.
2. Give yourself one point for each time you answered "B" for questions: 4 ,5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18.
3. Add all points. Totals imply:
   0-4: strong left brain
   5-8: moderate left brain
   9-13: middle brain
   14-16: moderate right brain
   17-21: strong right brain

Which side is Your Dominant Side?

 

     

 Left-Brained and Right-Brained Characteristics

 

 

 

LEFT (Analytic)	RIGHT (Global)
Successive Hemispheric Style	Simultaneous Hemispheric Style
1. Verbal	1. Visual
2. Responds to word meaning	2. Responds to tone of voice
3. Sequential	3. Random
4. Processes information linearly	4. Processes information in varied order
5. Responds to logic	5. Responds to emotion
6. Plans ahead	6. Impulsive
7. Recalls people's names	7. Recalls people's faces
8. Speaks with few gestures	8. Gestures when speaking
9. Punctual	9. Less punctual
10. Prefers formal study design	10. Prefers sound/music background while studying
11. Prefers bright lights while studying	11. Prefers frequent mobility while studying

 
 

Which Type of Learner Are You ?

 

Patterns of Light by Elder Bednar

This is such a good explanation of how personal revelation works in our lives.  I know that if we listen to the promptings of the Spirit our lives will be enriched, and we will be able to reach all the potential Heavenly Father wants us to reach. We will have love and joy and peace despite what life might throw at us.

 

(Part One)
http://www.mormonchannel.org/mormonmessages?v=1737858982001
 

Patterns of Light: The Light of Christ (2:33) | Mormon Messages

What is light? In this three part series, Elder David A. Bednar discusses how we receive and perceive light from God. Part 1 centers on the properties of light and how the Light of Christ affects all men and women everywhere

 

(Part Two)
http://www.mormonchannel.org/mormonmessages?v=1737858984001
 

Patterns of Light: The Light of Christ (2:33) | Mormon Messages

What is light? In this three part series, Elder David A. Bednar discusses how we receive and perceive light from God. Part 1 centers on the properties of light and how the Light of Christ affects all men and women everywhere.

 

(Part Three)
http://www.mormonchannel.org/mormonmessages?v=1737858986001

Patterns of Light: Spirit of Revelation (3:04) | Mormon Messages

What is the connection between light and revelation? In part 3 of this three part series, Elder David A. Bednar explains the patterns of light by which God communicates with us and how they lead to the spirit of revelation.