Modified Brain Hemisphere Test

Print these pages. Fill them out in ink or pencil. Some of the following choices may seem to be either both true or both false. However, please don't check both or leave any blank. Force yourself to choose the one sentence which is most like you.

1. A.________1 have to have neat, orderly surroundings to work in.

B.________I have to have comfortable surroundings to work in.

2. A._________Deadlines and schedules make my work easier to do.

B.________ Deadlines and schedules interfere with the way I work.

3. A.________ I'm good at analyzing all the different parts of a problem.

B.________ I'm good at thinking of many different solutions to a problem.

4. A.________ I'm proud of the creativity of my work.

B.._______ I'm proud of the thoroughness of my work.

5. A.________When I take a "break" I relax and do nothing.

B.________When I take a "break" I find something different to do.

6. A.________I don't think about the time when I work.

B.________I plan out my time when doing my work.

7. A.________I will follow proven ways of doing new jobs.

B.________I will find my own way of doing new jobs.

8. A.________ I prefer to finish one job before starting a new one.

B._________I prefer to be working on many at the same time.

9. A._________I can usually analyze what should happen next.

B._________I can usually sense what should happen next.

10. A.__________I do easy things first and save important things for later.

B.__________I do important things first and other things later.

11. A. _________Other people think I'm unorganized.

B. _________Other people think I organize things well.

12. A._________I arrange objects so they are off-center and angled.

B._________I arrange objects so they are balanced and in line.

13. A__________I follow an outline when I write a paper.

B.__________I don't use an outline or chance it when I write.

14. A. _________With a difficult decision I follow what I know.

B. _________With a difficult decision I follow my feelings.

15. A.________I question new ideas more than other people do.

B.________ I agree with new ideas before other people do.

16. A._________I change the way I do a job, for variety.

B. _________When one way works well, I don'tchange it.

17. A. __________I'm usually late.

B. __________I'm usually early.

18. A. __________Where I put things depends on what I'm doing.

B. __________I put each thing in a particular place.

19. A. __________I'm very consistent

B. __________I'm very spontaneous.

20. A. ___________I arrange clothes in my closed by type, length, or season, etc.

B___________I don't put clothes in my clothes in any particular order.

SCORING

1. Circle answers number 4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 16, 17, 18.

2. Count the number of A responses for the circled answers.

3. Count the number of B responses for the answers not circled

4. Total the A and B responses you counted .

Total:_______________

5. Make a mark on the scale below at your score.

Left Right

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

strong left moderate balanced moderate strong right

Left Hemisphere Dominance.

Verbal, sequential abilities and analytical orientation emphasized. Left brain characteristics may be described more specifically as

Verbal: uses words to name, describe and define things

Analytic: examines things part-by-part, processes things step by step;

Logical: uses a rational approach to reach a conclusion.

Sequential: arranges events and actions in consecutive succession.

Systematic and Formal: processes information methodically, in a well-planned way

Symbolic: uses a word to stand for something other than its normal meaning; representational.

Linear: thinks in terms of sequence, one thought directly following another

Factual: deals with details, items, the particulars, features of a thing.

Abstract: is theoretically oriented, or intellectual, idealistic.

Temporal: keeps track of time, thinks in terms of past, present, future.

Digital: uses numbers as in counting.

Computational: uses mathematics and computations to reach estimates.

Methodical: organizes information, classifies, categorizes, structures.

Practical: concerned with cause and effect, purpose and use.

Rational: uses reason and factual data to arrive at conclusions. Learns through phonetic, analytic methods.

Left Brain behaviors respond to:

Recognizing and remembering names

Verbal instructions/information

Processing information sequentially

Evaluating their performance to some standard

Serious, systematic problem-solving

Critical, analytic reading/listening

Problem-solving through logic

Remembering through language

Reading for details and facts

Realistic stories

Learning through systematic plans

Outlining rather than summarizing

Remembering verbal qualities

Well-structured assignments

Independent

Right Hemisphere Dominance.

Visual-spatial, intuitiveabilities and holistic, global orientation emphasized.

Right brain characteristics may be described more specifically as:

Nonverbal: responds to tones, music, body- langniage,toitch.

Synthetic: arranging the parts to form a whole.

Intuitive: follows hunches, takes leaps of logic

Causal and Informal: deals with information on basis of needor interest at the time

Concrete: relates to things as they are commonly known orunderstood, explicit, precise

Holistic: sees whole things all at once, overall patterns.Leading to divergent ideas

Visual: uses imagery, responds to pictures. colors, shapes.

Random: arranges events and actions haphazardly.

Sensory: oriented towards physical feelings

Nontemporal: having little or no awareness of time

Spatial: relates parts to whole

Visuo-Spatial: uses intuition to estimate or perceive shapes.

Responsive: listens to music.

Originative: interest in ideas and theories imaginatively

Emotional: suspicious judgment until it feels or seems right. Learn through sight method.

Right Brain behaviors respond to

Descriptive, concrete

Recognizing and remembering faces

Visual and kinesthetic instruction

Emotional responses (strong)

Producing humorous thoughts/ideas

Processing information subjectively and in pattems

Emphasize second person when writing

Playful problem-solving

Problem-solving through intuition

Demonstrational instructions/ Information

Remembering though images / pictures

Reading for main ideas/overviews

Fantasy, poetry, myths

Learning through exploration

Summarizing rather than outlining

Open-ended assignments

Sensitive

Prefers an overview of a chapter, book, story before receiving the big picture

Integrated: characteristics of left and right hemispheres emphasized