INTUITION – SELF EXAMINATION

ARE YOU INTUITIVE?

This questionnaire will help you assess your basic style of approaching problems and decisions.  To the degree that there is a correlation between intuitive style & the quality of intuition, your score might reflect on the later as well.  For each item, choose the alternative, A or B that best applies to you

1. When I don’t have a ready answer, I tend to be;
a) Patient
b) Uneasy

2. When faced with uncertainly, I usually:
a) Become disoriented
b) Remain comfortable

3. In challenging situations, I am highly motivated and deeply committed:
a) Most of the time
b) Infrequently

4. When my intuition differs from the facts, I usually:
a) Trust my feelings
b) Follow the logical course

5. When working on a difficult problem, I tend to:
a) Concentrate on finding the solution
b) Play around with possibilities
6. 
When I disagree with others, I tend to:
a) Let them know about it
b) Keep the disagreement to myself

7. Generally speaking I:
a) Prefer the safe way
b) Enjoy taking risks

8. When working on a problem I change strategies:
a) Seldom
b) Often

9. I prefer to be told:
a) Exactly how to do things
b) Only when needs to be done

10. When things get very complicated, I:
a) Become exhilarated
b) Become insecure

11. When faced with a problem, I usually:
a) Create a plan or outline before getting started
b) Plunge right in

12. In most cases:
a) Change makes me nervous
b) I welcome unexpected changes

13. My reading consists of:
a) A variety of subjects, including fiction
b) Factual material mainly related to my work

14. When my opinion differs from the experts, I usually:
a) Stick to my beliefs
b) Defer to authority

15. When faced with a number of tasks, I:
a) Tackle them simultaneously
b) Finish one before going on to another

16. When learning something new, I:
a) Master the rules and procedures first
b) Get started and learn the rules as I go along

17. At work I prefer to:
a) Follow a prearranged schedule
b) Make my own schedule

18. At school I was better at
a) Essay questions
b) Short-answer questions

19. Basically, I am:
a) An idealist
b) A realist

20. When I make a mistake, I tend to
a) Second-guess myself
b) Forget it go on

21. The following statement best applies to me:
a) I can usually explain exactly why I know something
b) Often I can’t describe why I know something

22. When offering a description or explanation, I am more likely to rely on:
a) Analogy and anecdote
b) Facts or figures

23. I can usually be convinced by:
a) An appeal to reason
b) An appeal to my emotions

24. When I am wrong, I:
a) Readily admit it
b) Defend myself

25. I would rather be called:
a) Imaginative
b) Practical

26. When faced with a difficult problem, I am likely to:
a) Ask for advice
b) Tackle it myself

27. Unpredictable people are:
a) Annoying
b) Interesting

28. When setting an appointment for the following week, I am likely to say:
a) Let’s set an exact time now
b) Call me the day before

29. When something spoils my plans, I:
a) Get upset
b) Calmly make a new plan

30. When I have a hunch, I usually react with:
a) Enthusiasm
b) Mistrust

31. Most of my friends and colleagues:
a) Believe in the value of intuition
b) Are skeptical about intuition

32. I am best known as:
a) An idea person
b) A detail person

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Give yourself one point if you answered A on the following items: 1 , 3,  4 , 6,  10,  13,  14,  15, 18,  19,  22,  24,  25,  30,  31,  32

Give yourself on point if you answered B on the following item:  2,  5,  7,  8,  9,  11,  12,  16,  17,  20,  21,  23,  26,  27,  28,  29

Score 24 or above:
You tend strongly toward an intuitive approach to decisions and problems.  More than likely you trust your intuition, and you should, since it probably highly accurate

Score between 16 & 23
You tend to vary in style but are more intuitive than analytic or systematic.  Your intuition is probably correct more often than not

Score between 8 & 15
You tend to mix styles but lean more toward the analytic and rational than the intuitive.  Your intuiton might be erratic.

Below 8
You lean heavily toward a systematic, rational approach to problems and decisions.  You do not trust your intuition very much, perhaps due to past experiences when it has been wrong.

Please note:  In evaluating these results, do not regard this test as a definitive measure of you intuitive capacity.  For one thing, there are no universally accepted standards for making such judgments. No systematic attempt to determine either intuitive ability or style, including this one, has been validated with long-term use.  Also, keep in mind that you are likely to be more intuitive, and to trust your intuition more, in some situations more than in others.  A high score on the questionnaire is a good indication of positive, intuition-enhancing behavior.  In that respect, the questions can also serve as a tool for introspection and improvement.