Quiz to find your primary representational system

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Comment by Richard Nongard - NLPBoard.com on March 16, 2010 at 1:02pm

Use this quiz to find out if your client is operating primarily from a visual, auditory or kinestetic representational system

The Nongard Assessment of Primary Representational Systems


1.) When you are injured, what is you immediate response:
a.) See the would as if it is magnified
b.) Hear the sound of impact
c.) Feel the sensation of pain



2.) When you spell a new or difficult word, do you:
a.) Visualize it on a blackboard
b.) Sound it out
c.) Start writing it out




3.) When you read, do you:
a.) See images of what you are reading
b.) Have conversations with the characters
c.) Seek stories with action and behavior



4.) When you think, do you:
a.) Imagine your thoughts as a movie
b.) Hear yourself talking to yourself
c.) Become distracted by external activity



5.) When driving, do you:
a.) Daydream in pictures
b.) Listen to talk radio
c.) Rock out and dance



6.) If you buy an assemble-it-yourself project, what do you do:
a.) Look at the picture on the box
b.) Read the directions out loud
c.) Just start building and complete it by trial and error



7.) What is more appealing or interesting to you:
a.) Artful Images of beautiful people
b.) The sounds of a sensual voice speaking
c.) The feeling of human touch


8.) When you go to movies or watch TV, do you:
a.) Prefer rich scenery of distant places
b.) Enjoy the dialog of heavy movies like court dramas
c.) Get bored and wish you could go do something else



9.) When you give a speech, do you:
a.) Talk with your hands
b.) Hear yourself telling you what to say
c.) Speak slower than other people



10.) When relating to others, do you:
a.) Imagine them taller, fatter, further, closer, or different in any way; or pay particular attention to unusual features they possess
b.) Find it easy to follow the stories, jokes and conversations with others without feeling lost
c.) Move toward them, feeling their energy



Add up all the A answers, the B answrs and C answers...

If A has the most it is Visual

B has the most it is Auditory

C it is Kinestetic.



of course, people can use and access all rep systems, but usually we can identify the strongest. This is very valuable if I am trying to communicate or create a new induction for a new client. Matching rep systems of our clients is an effective tool for rapport and overcoming resistence.