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Are You Right-Brained or Left-Brained?

Are You Right-Brained or Left-Brained?. Your learning style is influenced by whether you are right-brained or left-brained. Background.

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Are You Right-Brained or Left-Brained?

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  1. Are You Right-Brained or Left-Brained? Your learning style is influenced by whether you are right-brained or left-brained.

  2. Background Popular psychology tends to make broad and sometimes pseudoscientific generalizations about certain functions (e.g. logic, creativity) being lateral, that is, located in either the right or the left side of the brain. Researchers often criticize popular psychology for this, because the popular lateralizations often are distributed across both hemispheres, although mental processing is divided between them.

  3. 1. Which is more true of you? • I am tense about getting things right. B. I am relaxed and let things happen.

  4. 2. Which do you enjoy more about music? • The beat B. The melody

  5. 3. Which ways of learning do you like best? • Workshops and field trips B. Books and lectures

  6. 4. Which of these two subjects do you like more? • Art B. Math

  7. 5. When you buy something, do you make sure you have received the correct change? • Yes, I count. B. No.

  8. 6. How do you figure things out? • The answer comes to me all at once, like a light going on. B. A piece at a time, then I put it all together.

  9. 7. Which would you rather do? • Read B. Watch TV

  10. 8. How are you at putting your feelings into words? • Very good B. It is hard for me

  11. 9. If you practice an instrument or a sport, how do you do it? • When I feel like it and have the time. B. The same time each day, for a certain amount of time.

  12. 10. You are riding your bike to a friend’s house. You have never been there before. Which method do you use to find your way? • I ask for directions, then I look at a map. B. I ask for directions, then write down street names and landmarks.

  13. 11. Which of these types of fabrics do you prefer? • Fabrics without much texture (cotton and denim) B. Fabrics with lots of texture (corduroy, suede, velvet)

  14. 12. Are you good at remembering faces? • Yes B. No

  15. 13. Are you good at remembering names? • Yes B. No

  16. 14. How do you feel about psychic claims: that there is such a thing as ESP (extrasensory perception), for example? • Science cannot explain everything: they are worth looking into. B. They are foolish and non-scientific.

  17. It is time to score your results… Record a “L” for left or a “R” for right beside your respective selection.

  18. 1. Which is more true of you? • I am tense about getting things right. (LEFT) B. I am relaxed and let things happen. (RIGHT)

  19. 2. Which do you enjoy more about music? • The beat (LEFT) B. The melody (RIGHT)

  20. 3. Which ways of learning do you like best? • Workshops and field trips (RIGHT) B. Books and lectures (LEFT)

  21. 4. Which of these two subjects do you like more? • Art (RIGHT) B. Math (LEFT)

  22. 5. When you buy something, do you make sure you have received the correct change? • Yes, I count. (LEFT) B. No. (RIGHT)

  23. 6. How do you figure things out? • The answer comes to me all at once, like a light going on. (RIGHT) B. A piece at a time, then I put it all together. (LEFT)

  24. 7. Which would you rather do? • Read (LEFT) B. Watch TV (RIGHT)

  25. 8. How are you at putting your feelings into words? • Very good (LEFT) B. It is hard for me (RIGHT)

  26. 9. If you practice an instrument or a sport, how do you do it? • When I feel like it and have the time. (RIGHT) B. The same time each day, for a certain amount of time. (LEFT)

  27. 10. You are riding your bike to a friend’s house. You have never been there before. Which method do you use to find your way? • I ask for directions, then I look at a map. (RIGHT) B. I ask for directions, then write down street names and landmarks. (LEFT)

  28. 11. Which of these types of fabrics do you prefer? • Fabrics without much texture (cotton and denim) (LEFT) B. Fabrics with lots of texture (corduroy, suede, velvet) (RIGHT)

  29. 12. Are you good at remembering faces? • Yes (RIGHT) B. No (LEFT)

  30. 13. Are you good at remembering names? • Yes (LEFT) B. No (RIGHT)

  31. 14. How do you feel about psychic claims: that there is such a thing as ESP (extrasensory perception), for example? • Science cannot explain everything: they are worth looking into. (RIGHT) B. They are foolish and non-scientific. (LEFT)

  32. So…Are you Left-Brained or Right-Brained? Total up your worksheet to determine your dominant side.

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