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What is your thinking type

5 min · 20 statements

Psychologist Irena Yakimanskaya described four forms of thinking: through handling objects, through images, through words and signs, and through symbols and diagrams. Everyone uses all four, but one or two usually lead.

Mark how much you agree with each statement. Answer quickly: your first reaction is the most accurate.

I understand how something works more easily if I can take it apart with my hands.
When someone explains something, I picture it in my head.
I get to grips with a topic best by reading a well-written text.
I like to lay information out in diagrams, tables and formulas.
I learn a new skill faster if I try it out right away.
I remember faces, colours and what places look like well.
It is easier for me to put my thoughts into words than to draw them.
I enjoy problems where I have to find a pattern.
Instructions and drawings make more sense to me than the object itself in front of me.
I find it hard to imagine how a room will look after moving the furniture.
I notice imprecise wording and mistakes in a text.
A diagram of boxes and arrows helps me understand a complex idea.
I like fixing, making or assembling things with my own hands.
I often explain an idea through a comparison or a metaphor.
I enjoy reading, writing or discussing ideas.
I usually skip the numbers and charts in an article.
I find my way better on the spot than from a map.
Music, films or paintings bring vivid images to my mind.
I struggle to find the right words to explain something.
I am curious how rules and systems work: languages, games, laws.
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Who you might turn out to be

PractitionerHands-on thinkingArtistImaginative thinkingStorytellerVerbal thinkingAnalystSymbolic thinking

What this test can’t tell you

The test shows which way of thinking feels most natural to you, not how well you think. It is not an IQ test, career guidance or a diagnosis. The statements were written by our editors after Yakimanskaya’s classification; it is a self-reflection quiz, not a standardised method with norms.

Sources

  1. Yakimanskaya I. S. Person-centred learning in the modern school. Moscow, 1996.
  2. Yakimanskaya I. S. Development of spatial thinking in schoolchildren. Moscow, 1980.

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