WHEN THERE IS CONFLICT BETWEEN PEOPLE OVER IDEAS,
I TEND TO FAVOR THE SIDE THAT:
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Identifies and tried to bring out the conflict.
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Best expresses the ideals and values involved.
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Best reflects my personal opininons and
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Approaches the situation with the most logic and
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Expresses the argument most forcefully and
concisely.
WHEN I BEGIN WORK ON A GROUP PROJECT, WHAT IS
MOST IMPORTANT TO ME IS:
Understanding the purposes and value of the
project.
Discovering the goals and values of individuals
in the group.
Determining how we are to go about doing the
project.
Understanding how the project can be of benefit
to the group.
Getting the project organized and underway.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, I ABSORB NEW IDEAS BEST BY:
Relating them to future or current activities.
Applying them to concrete situations.
Concentration and careful analysis.
Understanding how they are similar to familiar
ideas.
Contrasting them to other ideas.
FOR ME, CHARTS AND GRAPHS IN A BOOK OR ARTICLE
ARE USUALLY:
More useful than the narrative, if they are
accurate.
Useful, if they clearly display the important
facts.
Useful, if supported and explained by the
narrative.
Useful, if they raise questions about the
narrative.
No more and no less useful than other material.
IF I WERE ASKED TO DO A RESEARCH PROJECT, I WOULD
PROBABLY START BY:
Trying to fit the project into a broad
perspective.
Deciding if I can do it alone or if I will need
help.
Speculating about what the possible outcomes
might be.
Determing whether or not the project should be
done.
Trying to formulate the problem as thoroughly as
possible.
IF I WERE TO GATHER INFORMATION FOR NEIGHBORS
ABOUT A COMMUNITY CONCERN, I WOULD PREFER TO:
Meet with them individually and ask specific
questions.
Hold an open meeting and ask them to air their
views.
Interview them in small groups and ask general
questions.
Meet informally with key people to get their
ideas.
Ask them to bring me all the relevant information
that they have.
I AM LIKELY TO BELIEVE THAT SOMETHING IS TRUE IS
IT:
Has held up against opposition.
Fits with other things that I believe.
Has been shown to hold up in proctice.
Makes sense logically and scientifically.
Can be personally verified by observable facts.
WHEN I READ A MAGAZINE ARTICLE IN MY LEISURE
TIME, IT IS LIKELY TO BE ABOUT:
How someone resolved a personal or social
problem.
A controversial or political issue.
An account of scientific or historical research.
An interesting, humorous person or event.
A true account of someone's interesting
experience.
WHEN I READ A REPORT AT WORK, I AM LIKELY TO PAY
THE MOST ATTENTION TO:
The relation of the conclusions to my own
experience.
Whether or not the recommendations can be
accomplished.
The validity of the findings, backed up by data.
The writer's understanding of goals and
objectives.
The inferences that are drawn from the data.
WHEN I HAVE A TASK TO DO, THE FIRST THING I WANT
TO KNOW IS:
What the best method is for getting the task
done.
Who wants the task done and when.
Why the task is worth doing.
What effect it may have on other tasks that have
to be done.
What the immediate benefit is for doing the task.
I USUALLY LEARN THE MOST ABOUT HOW TO DO
SOMETHING NEW BY:
Understanding how it is related to other things I
know.
Starting in to practice it as soon as possible.
Listening to differing views about how it is
done.
Having someone show me how to do it.
Analyzing how to do it the best way.
IF I WERE TO BE TESTED OR EXAMINED, I WOULD
PREFER:
An objective, problem oriented set of questions
on the subject.
A debate with others who are also being tested.
An oral-visual presentation covering what I know.
An informal report on how I have applied what I
have learned.
A written report covering backround, theory, and
method.
PEOPLE WHOSE ABILITIES I RESPECT THE MOST ARE
LIKELY TO BE:
Philosophers and statesmen.
Writers and teachers.
Business and government leaders.
Economists and engineers.
Farmers and journalists.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, I FIND A THEORY USEFUL IF IT:
Seems related to other theories or ideas that I
have learned.
Explains things to me in a new way.
Can systematically explain a number of related
situations.
Serves to clarify my own experience and
observations.
Has a practical and concrete application.
WHEN I READ AN ARTICLE ON A CONTROVERSIAL
SUBJECT, I PREFER
THAT IT:
Show the benefits to me for choosing a point of
view.
Set forth all the facts in the controversy.
Logically outline the issues involved.
Identify the values supported by the writer.
Highlight both sides of the issue and clarify the
conflict.
IF I READ A BOOK OUTSIDE MY FIELD, I AM MOST
LIKELY TO DO SO BECAUSE OF:
An interest in improving my professional
knowledge.
Having been told it would be useful by someone I
respect.
A desire to extend my general knowledge.
A desire to get outside my field for a change.
Curiosity to learn more about the specific
subject.
WHEN I FIRST APPROACH A TECHNICAL PROBLEM, I AM
MOST LIKELY TO:
Try to relate it to a broader problem or theory.
Look for ways to get the problem solved quickly.
Think of a number of opposing ways to solve it.
Look for ways that others might have solved it.
Try to find the best procedure for solving it.
GENERALLY SPEAKING, I AM MOST INCLINED TO:
Find existing methods that work, and use them as
well as possible.
Speculate about how dissimilar methods might work
together.
Discover new and better methods.
Find ways to make existing methods work in a new
and better way.
Figure out how existing methods ought to work.
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