Are You Visual, Auditory or Kinesthetic?
Posted on April 2, 2008
Filed Under NLP
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As humans, we experience all of our life through our 5 senses - hearing, smell, touch, sight, and taste. According to the principles of NLP, all people predominantly fall into one of three groups - Visual (sight), Auditory (hearing), or Kinesthetic (smell, taste, and touch).
What is your favorite sense?
Taken from How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less by Nicholas Boothman
VAK Test
- If only three rooms are left at a beach resort, I’ll choose the room that offers
a) An ocean view but lots of noise
b) Sounds of the ocean but no view
c) Comfort but lots of noise and no view - When I have a problem,
a) I look for alternatives
b) I talk about the problem
c) I rearrange the details - When riding in a car, I want the inside to
a) Look good
b) Sound quiet or powerful
c) Feel comfortable or secure - When I explain a concert or event I’ve just attended, I first
a) Describe how it looked
b) Tell people how it sounded
c) Convey the feeling - In my spare time, I most enjoy
a) Watching TV or going to the movies
b) Reading or listening to music
c) Doing something physical (crafts/ gardening) or playing a sport - The one thing I personally believe everyone should experience in his or her lifetime is
a) Sight
b) Sound
c) Feeling - Of the following activities, I spend the most time indulging in
a) Daydreaming
b) Listening to my thoughts
c) Picking up on my feelings - When someone is trying to convince me of something,
a) I want to see evidence or proof
b) I talk myself through it
c) I trust my intuition - I usually speak and think
a) Quickly
b) Moderately
c) Slowly - I normally breathe from
a) High in my chest
b) Low in my chest
c) My belly - When finding my way around an unfamiliar city,
a) I use a map
b) I ask for directions
c) I trust my intuition - When I choose clothes, it is most important to me that
a) I look immaculate
b) I make a personal statement about my personality.
c) I feel comfortable - When I choose a restaurant, my main concern is that
a) It look impressive
b) I can hear myself talk
c) I will be comfortable - I make decisions
a) Quickly
b) Moderately
c) Slowly
a) is Visual, b) is Auditory and c) is Kinesthetic. The
higher the number in each category, the stronger the
tendency.
My scores:
a) 5
b) 5
c) 4
Although I’m rather sure I’m more of a visual person.
What is this information good for? Learning which way is the best way to learn new things for yourself (watching documentaries vs listening/reading books vs field trips). In the NLP realm, it used for building rapport. People with the same dominant sense tend to connect with people of the same dominant sense much easier. Things just click because they speak and experience life in the same fashion.
Will be posting a review about the book once I’m done.
More VAK Tests:
https://olt.qut.edu.au/it/ITB116/gen/static/VAK/VAK_Dominance_Test.htm
| Visual = | 8 |
| Auditory = | 5 |
| Kinesthetic = | 5 |
| Visual: 3 | |||
| Auditory: 3 | |||
| Kinesthetic: 4 |
http://www2.amk.fi/mater/kauppa_ja_talous/demand_forecasting/vak.php
| Visual 31 Auditory 29 Kinesthetic 27 |
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