In our first two Theory of Knowledge classes we took a sort of psychological test designed by Ned Herrmann to determine our ‘way of thinking’. The main point of the activity was to better understand ourselves as thinkers. After getting my results back and looking through the expanded model of cognitive preferences and personality types, I discovered that I fall mainly under quadrants C and D.
The traits of quadrant C thinkers are:
· Conceptualization
· Creative thinking and
· Imagination
While as the traits of quadrant D thinkers are:
· Need for affiliation
· Desire for Harmony and
· Capacity for warmth
Quadrant C thinkers are holistic, intuitive, synthesizing and integrating while as quadrant D thinkers are emotional, interpersonal, feeling-based and kinesthetic.
The results I got were what I expected because I welcome change and strongly dislike routines. The ‘new and unknown’ attract me and if I am doing something I have a passion for, I become very enthusiastic about it. In my life, the most important things are my family and friends and I tend to become very protective over them. I do tend to sometimes seek approval as quadrant D suggest, but mainly from the people I love and I hate criticism which isn’t one of my most positive traits.
In school, my favorite subjects are art, history, languages and literature. I love doing tasks that require creativity and ever since I was little, I have been writing poems. My results also suggest that I orientate myself around the past and the future, which is very much true and not really a good thing as I sometimes get lost in nostalgia or in day dreaming about what is to come.
I think that, my personality has taken the shape and form described by my results because I have been moving from country to country my whole life (Bulgaria, Zimbabwe, Seychelles, Kiribati, Malta, Fiji) which has exposed me to many different cultures, religions etc and made me very aware of other people’s feelings.
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