Communication Styles Assessment

Your Communication Style (Modality) Assessment

Each of the numbered statements below can be completed in 4 different ways. Please choose the completion that describes you the best and give it the number 4. Then, choose the next best completion and give it a 3, and so on, giving 1 to the completion that is the least like you.

You must rate all of the completions for every numbered statement and use each of the numbers 1-4 once and only once (one 4, one 3, one 2 and one 1).

1. I make important decisions based on:
   • Gut feelings
   • What sounds best
   • What looks best
   • Precise, diligent study of the issues
2. During an argument, I am most likely to be influenced by:
   • The other person's tone of voice
   • Whether or not I can see the other person's point of view
   • The logic of the other person's argument
   • Whether or not I feel I am in touch with the other person's true feelings
3. I most easily communicate what is going on with me by:
   • The way I dress
   • My body language (hand gestures, facial expression)
   • The words I choose
   • My tone of voice
4. It is easy for me to:
   • Find the ideal volume and tuning on a stereo system
   • Select the most intellectually relevant points concerning an interesting subject
   • Choose superbly comfortable furniture
   • Select rich colour combinations
5. In regard to my awareness:
   • I am very attuned to the sounds in my surroundings
   • I am very adept at making sense of new facts and data
   • I am very sensitive to the way articles of clothing feel on my body
   • I have a strong response to colours and the way a room looks
6. In order to know someone is doing a good job, I need to:
   • Do the job with them, to experience some aspect of their job
   • Listen to a description of how they do their job
   • See them do their job
   • Get a systematic, step by step, exposure to their job and how they do it
7. I find that in class, I take most notice of information that:
   • I can hear, such as what the presenter is saying, sounds and noises
   • I can experience by doing an activity or an exercise
   • I can understand and fit in with other things I already know
   • I can see, such as PowerPoint slides, pictures or visual effects
8. In a presentation:
   • I take lots of notes, so I can look at them later, and I like to scribble
   • I remember what was said and taking notes distracts me from the speaker
   • I take notes and scribble, but I rarely go back to look at my notes
   • I take notes of my understandings, after processing what was presented
9. When reading a book:
   • I pay lots of attention to passages revealing feelings, moods, action and drama
   • I pay lots of attention to passages involving conversations, sounds and music
   • I pay attention to the language structure, the writing style and the plot details
   • I pay lots of attention to passages picturing the scenery, clothing and colours
10. In a conversation:
    • I explain my ideas step by step in a logical structure and progression
    • I need to see the other person
    • I use my hands and body to express myself better
    • I focus on what the other person is saying, even when I can't see them
11. At a party:
    • I like to listen to the music
    • I like a deep conversation I can learn from
    • I like to look at people's clothes, room decorations and the lighting
    • I like games and dancing
12. When recalling information:
    • I see pictures in my mind
    • I retrace the logic, structure or process involved
    • I hear sounds and words in my mind
    • I relive feelings and actions
13. When someone has a message for me:
    • I'm most comfortable when they talk to me in person
    • I'm most comfortable when they send me a memo
    • I'm most comfortable when they call me on the phone
    • I'm most comfortable when they say or write exactly what they mean

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