CLass Demonstration: Cognitive Style

For the demonstration on out cognitive, MR. Anthony handed each of us Gregorc Style Delineator, a test on personality to determine what kind of cognitive style we have. The direction was simple, to rate the words in a set of vocabulary from 4 to 1, according to how much the word describes who you are; 4 is the most relevant and 1 is not yourself at all.

The result was divided into 4 kinds of cognitive processes: concrete sequential, concrete random, abstract sequential, and abstract random. The score of the test can be achieved by adding the scores you rated the vocabulary according to yourself and plotting them down the graph. I found that I fell into the category of concrete random with a score of 35.

The 4 cognitive styles have different qualities, weaknesses, strengths, preferences and disadvantages as the following:

1) Concrete Sequential: This style of cognitive is an organized, punctual person who process things step by step and live with reality.
2) Abstract Sequential: A person who is abstract sequential lives in the world of knowledge, facts, concepts, and ideas. They perceive things as two dimensional. The also relies on models and theories to learn things.
3) Abstract Random: These people focus mostly on the emotion of themselves and others. They are very sympathetic and understanding. Their creativity lies in arts and imagination. They also have exceptional social skills compared to others.
4) Concrete Random: Concrete Random believe that almost everything have its hidden meaning; they live with the present and relies much on their intuition. They learn from looking at the big picture; they either get or don’t get what they are learning. In other words, the line is drawn solidly between comprehension and confusion.