BENZIGER THINKING STYLES ASSESSMENT

BENZIGER THINKING STYLES ASSESSMENT
(WHAT IS YOUR BRAIN TYPE?) Rita L. Sterling Sterling Insights, Inc. March, 2008

WHAT IS THE BTSA? The Benziger Thinking Styles Assessment is a questionnaire intended to help the user to: increase their understanding of themselves of others and to more specifically understand in what type of work their brain is best suited.

What is the BTSA? Research shows that:
there are significant mental and physical health impacts as a result of not matching your job and your tasks to your primary brain style.

SCIENTIFIC BACKGROUND
Dr. Benziger partnered with a neurosurgeon to study brain research done through MRI’s and PET scans. 10,000 people were scanned over 10 years to determine what area of the brain is dedicated for what functions.

What is MRI? Magnetic Resonance Imaging:
a diagnostic procedure that uses a non-invasive, magnetic field to provide three-dimensional images of internal body structures, especially the brain and spinal cord.

WHY UNDERSTAND BRAIN TYPE?
Understanding your own brain type, and therefore your natural strengths and weaknesses, is helpful for: self-development managing relationships managing teams and generally being as fulfilled in life as we can be

Knowing your own strengths gives you confidence to take on responsibilities and projects in your own skill areas. Knowing your own weaknesses shows you where you need to seek help and advice.

The Brain Type model also explains very clearly that hardly anyone is good at everything. And, even those who are, have other issues and challenges that result from their multi-skilled nature.

YOUR FIRST ASSIGNMENT Before we begin to look at the Benziger Assessment and Model, please review the next 4 slides and let me know which of the four designs you resonate with the most:

DESIGN #1

DESIGN #2

DESIGN #3

DESIGN #4

Okay, now it is time to let me know which design you relate to the most.
Send me an at: Thanks!

BTSA (Benziger Thinking Styles Assessment)
It’s time to take the test. Click this link: and print out the document - fill out and score according to directions listed. eBTSA (I&E) Workbooks Coaching $75/hr.

WHERE DID THIS TEST COME FROM?
Thriving in Mind: The Art & Science of Using Your Whole Brain Dr. Katherine Benziger There is additional information at: I highly recommend this book and Dr. Benziger’s more in-depth test:

NOW, PLEASE SEND ME YOUR SCORES FOR:
Mode I, Mode II, Mode III, & Mode IV Thanks! When we come together, you will discover what your scores mean and learn some additional information about thinking styles.

Overview of the Benziger Model
Traditional View & Dr. Benziger Research

Here’s a Graphic of the Traditional Left/Right Brain Model
(Classic understanding of the brain) Analytical Creative

(Another neat diagram of left-right brain for those of you who like art)
Left Brain Right Brain

Synthesis (Put Together)
Front Katherine Benziger’s research identified additional areas. Instead of just right & left, it’s a bit more complex. You need to consider the front and back along with the right and left sides of the brain. Strategic Analysis (Take Apart) Left Synthesis (Put Together) Right Practical/Tactical Back (Basal)

Synthesis (Put together)
Front It’s more like there are 4 quadrants of specialization. Strategic Frontal Left Logic & Results Frontal Right Vision & Creativity Synthesis (Put together) Analysis (Take apart) Right Left Basal Right Intuition & Empathy Basal Left Process & Routine Each quadrant is a specialized type of thinking. Each quadrant attends to very different information. Katherine Benziger’s research identified additional areas: Practical/Tactical Back (Basal)

Benziger Modes & Their Functions:
Each quadrant is a specialized type of thinking. Each quadrant attends to very different information. LOGIC & RESULTS VISION & CREATIVITY The Brain Benziger's model uses this representation of the brain (viewed from above, top is front) and the summary definitions below. The brain has four specialized areas. Each is responsible for different brain functions (which imply strengths, behavior and thinking style). Within Benziger's model the specialized areas are called 'modes'. Each of us possesses natural strengths in only one of these specialized areas, which causes us to favor and use a certain style ahead of others. (Outside of that one style, we may have strengths and weaknesses which are based on what competencies we have been exposed to, or developed, and indeed which competencies we have not been exposed to.) Dr Benziger refers to the natural specialized area as the preferred thinking and behavioral mode. Put simply, Benziger's theory expresses personality in terms of four quadrants of the brain (basal means rear or back): Basal Left - process and routine Basal Right - intuition and empathy Front Left - logic and results Front Right - vision and creativity Benziger relates these modes of thinking to Jung's Four Functions, and Benziger's theory provides many people an immensely helpful way to make sense of what Jung said and advocated. For ease of comparison between Benziger's and Jung's models the same colours are used for corresponding 'functions' or 'styles', although these colours were not part of either theorist's concepts. PROCESS & ROUTINE INTUITION & EMPATHY

Sample result of online test through Dr. Benziger’s website:
Note: There is one and only one quadrant that is our natural preference. But, we all use some of each quadrant to survive and thrive.

Preference vs. Competency:
If your brain “preference” is Mode 2, Basal Right, then it is easier to develop competencies in the two adjacent areas (1 & 3)… …and more difficult to go diagonally to develop competencies. If your “preference” (brain quadrant dominance) is Mode 2, for example, there is 100 times more electrical resistance to use the other 3 quadrants (#1,3,4). The term basal is used to indicate that all quadrants are equally important.

Quadrant Dominance Benziger says that people can have one and only one natural lead in which their brain is naturally efficient. They can and often do develop competencies in other modes (quadrants). When they do this in practice they will be using more areas of their brain, and also, when they do this, the competencies outside their natural lead are always very draining.

Falsifying Type This is the term used by Carl Jung (famous psychologist) to describe what he witnessed about people who were not living their true nature. The Benziger Breakthrough links current “hard” scientific knowledge about the brain, its structure and physiology with the “softer” body of psychological knowledge about thinking and learning styles. It is an important application of Integrative Medicine – by helping people to balance their internal brain-body systems. It is distinguished, from other similar models, by her in-depth understanding of the difference between a preference and competency as well as her appreciation for human nature and our tendency to abandon our natural preference for non-preferred competencies which are more accepted or more highly rewarded – despite the fact that it is only be developing and using our natural lead and its gifts that we can achieve naturally sustainable mental and emotional health.

What does it mean to falsify type?
Dr. Carl Gustav Jung originally coined the term Falsification of Type to describe an individual whose most developed and/or used skills were outside one’s area of greatest natural preference. In his writing, Dr. Jung stated that he believed the problem to be a serious one with both practical and psychological ramifications. Indeed, Jung saw Falsification of Type as “a violation of their natural disposition…”

The MRI’s/PET scans show that the brain “heats up” when using the 3 non-preferred quadrants which is detrimental to one’s health over time when overused.

The Costs of Falsifying Type (overuse of any of the other 3 quadrants)
Fatigue Hyper-vigilance Immune system alterations Memory impairment Altered brain chemistry Diminished frontal lobe functions Discouragement and or depression Self-esteem problems Benziger is keen to focus on the common tendency of people in work, whether being assessed or not, to 'falsify type'. She rightly says that when people adapt their natural thinking and working styles to fit expectations of others, normally created by work and career, tension and stress results. People are not happy and effective if they behave in unnatural ways, and much of Benziger's work focuses on dealing with these issues and the costs of falsifying. Relating directly to this is the work Arlene Taylor PhD, a leading specialist in 'wellness' since 1980, and collaborator with Benziger for much of that time. Arlene Taylor's work has confirmed, and builds on, Benziger's observations about the cost of falsifying type, notably the identification anecdotally of a collection of symptoms (in persons who were falsifying type) which Taylor has labelled Prolonged Adaption Stress Syndrome (PASS). PASS initially featured in the 1999 Taylor and Benziger paper 'The Physiological Foundations of Falsification of Type and PASS', and remains central to Benziger's and Taylor's work. The complete family of symptoms which Dr Arlene Taylor identified within PASS (Prolonged Adaption Stress Syndrome), as linked to Benziger's Falsification of Type,

Focus On Falsifying Type
Dr. Benziger, through her research and model, places greatest emphasis on 'wellness' and the need to help people avoid 'falsifying' their true type. Benziger says that very many people 'falsify type', so as to fit into a role or career path that might not be right for them, which has a negative impact on health, happiness and personal effectiveness. Benziger says that people possess one and only one natural leading function or 'mode' in which their brain is naturally efficient. People can and often do however develop competencies in other modes. When they do in practice they will be using more areas of their brain, and when they do this the competencies outside their natural lead are always somewhat draining, which links to Benziger's ideas about the dangers of falsification of type. If it's 'draining' using competencies that are not our natural strength, it must be more stressful still when we have to work exclusively in a competence other than our natural preference. Katherine Benziger is keen to distance herself from the 'personality testing' industry, for which 'falsification of type', and the interests of the individual - rather than the organisation - are not generally seen as a priority concerns. For Dr Benziger they are.

PASS (Prolonged Adaption Stress Syndrome)
The long-term result of Falsifying Type, a discovery made in collaboration with Dr. Arlene Taylor Dr. Arlene Taylor “Falsifying Type is so costly that over time it can lead to the development of a syndrome identified by Dr. Arlene Taylor, as PASS or Prolonged Adaption Stress Syndrome. Significantly, one element of PASS is the experience, seemingly without cause, of chronic depression.” Dr. Arlene Taylor is a nurse who has been working in wellness for almost two decades. She has been studying Falsification of Type and its costs for more than a decade in collaboration with Dr. Benziger.

Introversion & Extraversion
NOTE: This is a very important aspect of understanding the Benziger research! Second Aspect of Benziger Research

INTROVERSION & EXTRAVERSION
15% 3 Out of 10 People are at the Extreme 7 Out of 10 Fall Somewhere In-between Rita: place research here from Dr. Benziger Your introversion/extraversion level reveals the context within which you are most effective; more specifically, the level of stimulation within the context. Attending to this context is most important for the 15 percent of the population who are highly extraverted and the 15 percent who are highly introverted. For these people, the right job in the worng context could spell failure. Moreover, because almost 70 percent of the population does not have such extreme needs for high or low levels of stimuation, context is often overlooked or interpreted as a matter of someone’s bad attitude or lack of motivation. Extraverts are more effective in very stimulating situations, situations in which a great deal is going on, in which there is a high volume of input. Obvious examples of the high volume situations on which high extraverts thrive are: The football game with a large noisy audience The pit on Wall Street in wich trading is done by shouting amidst multiple and rapidly changing visual cues. The typical office Christmas party The Boston Marathon The front line in a war zone There are many additional work situations, some less obvious, in which extraverts thrive because they involve a higher than normal level of stimulation: Negotiating for big stakes (the bigger the better) Starting an entrepreneurial venture Working in a large office with no dividers and multiple phones that ring frequently and loudly Selling in a store with heavy traffic or on a sale day Working in an emergency room Trouble-shooting to turn around a problem division in a company Introverts, on the other hand, are most effective in situations with low-volume stimulation, situations in which little or nothing seems to be happening. Obvious examples of fthe low volume situations in which introverts thrive are: The research library or research lab The quiet dinner for two The stroll in a quiet English garden or on the beach at sunset Behind the lines in a war zone or better yet, not in the war Here are some additional work situations, some less obvious, in which introverts thrive because they involve a lower than normal level of stimulation: Thinking, creating or working alone, off by oneself A small office with a door that closes, one phone with one line A back-office away from the action Organizations in which collaboration , harmonizing and listening are emphasized and valued: a symphony, chamber quartet, curch Advising or offering service rather than selling. Need to increase the level of activity or stimulation in order to achieve sufficient wakefulness. Zenith Petrie, PhD. Labels introverts diminishers because in many situations they need and seek to diminish the intensity of stimulation, to suit their naturally hyper-alert arousal level and preclude their needing to shut down due to being overwhelmed. She labels extraverts augmenters because in the majority of situations, they need to increase the level of activity or stimulation in order to achieve sufficient wakefulness. This kind of insight is invaluable. For many years people have had difficulty distinguishing between the interest in people demonstrated by feeling types and by extraverts. Many people regularly confuse the two to such an extent that many people have taken to calling someone extraverted who showed a keen interest in people. Here at last we have a solid, scientific model for distinguishing the two. Dr. Hans Eysenck, PhD, found that because the arousal system is altered by the experience of fight or flight, prolonged exposure to anxiety-inducing situations tends to raise a person’s arousal level causing them to become temporarily more introverted. Later, when the source of anxiety is resolved, the person’s natural stable state asserts itself. Introversion can be a result of chronic anxiety. (Easier for the 70% to flex) Introverted Extraverted Lets look at a scale of introversion and extraversion…

BRAIN RESEARCH – What was discovered:
Upon awakening and then throughout the day… The extreme introvert has a “Hyper-alert Arousal Level Brain” The extreme extravert has a “Low Arousal Level Brain” Extraverted Introverted Rita: place research here from Dr. Benziger What the researchers found is that introverted people wake up with their brains very alert. They want very little stimulation as a result. Whereas the highly extroverted people wake up with their brain at a very low-level of alertness. They may appear to be very alert because they are talking, moving around, listening to the news, etc. but they are active because they are trying to get their brain more alert. They seek out external stimulus to keep their brain alert throughout the day. Just with this little bit of information, we can understand some of the behaviors of people around us. What are the implications of this for a highly introverted person working at Solar? What does this mean for teams, what does it cause people to do/not do? Personal Story: I have a sister-in-law who is an extreme introvert. She can’t handle our family reunions because they are so loud and chaotic. Learning about this brain research helps me understand what is going on for her. It gives me more empathy for her.

Benziger Modes & Their Functions:
In each mode/ quadrant, there are introverted and extraverted people. Click to see Mode 2 as an example LOGIC & RESULTS VISION & CREATIVITY Benziger's model uses this representation of the brain (viewed from above, top is front) and the summary definitions below. The brain has four specialized areas. Each is responsible for different brain functions (which imply strengths, behavior and thinking style). Within Benziger's model the specialized areas are called 'modes'. Each of us possesses natural strengths in only one of these specialized areas, which causes us to favor and use a certain style ahead of others. (Outside of that one style, we may have strengths and weaknesses which are based on what competencies we have been exposed to, or developed, and indeed which competencies we have not been exposed to.) Dr Benziger refers to the natural specialized area as the preferred thinking and behavioral mode. Put simply, Benziger's theory expresses personality in terms of four quadrants of the brain (basal means rear or back): Basal Left - process and routine Basal Right - intuition and empathy Front Left - logic and results Front Right - vision and creativity Benziger relates these modes of thinking to Jung's Four Functions, and Benziger's theory provides many people an immensely helpful way to make sense of what Jung said and advocated. For ease of comparison between Benziger's and Jung's models the same colours are used for corresponding 'functions' or 'styles', although these colours were not part of either theorist's concepts. PROCESS & ROUTINE Extraverted Introverted INTUITION & EMPATHY

INTROVERSION & EXTRAVERSION
Each person has their own “set point” they are born with but circumstances can temporarily change one’s level of introversion or extraversion. Introverted Under chronic anxiety, one’s introversion often increases until the source of the anxiety has been resolved. Under chronic safety, one’s extraversion increases unless and until that safety is threatened. (See pg. 3) What could you do if you become stressed and need less stimulus but you work in the open work environment? Ex: leave the area on a break and go somewhere quiet Make sure that when you leave work, you create a quiet atmosphere at home to give your brain a rest from stimulus. Extraverted For example, when the extravert gets stressed, they need to retreat to a lower level of extraverted behavior after which they will return to their “set point”.

More Explanation re: Introversion
“Those of us who are mentally highly aroused take in much more information second per second than the average person and may subsequently need to diminish or limit the “volume” of the stimulation around us. This leads others to see us as introverted. This is because, being so highly aroused, introverts tend to "overload" more readily, especially in highly stimulating (noisy, varied, colorful, eventful) environments. When this happens, introverts tend to close down in order to control or to limit the level of incoming stimulation and to make sense of everything they have already taken in.”

More Explanation re: Extraversion
By contrast, those of us who are only minimally aroused take in much less information second per second than the average person and may subsequently need to augment or increase the “volume” of the stimulation around us. This leads others to see us as extraverted. This is because, being only minimally aroused, extraverts tend to not think clearly or even fall asleep if they do not receive more stimulation from the outside environment. For this reason, extraverts are commonly found increasing the volume of stimulation in their environment. They turn on the TV and radio. They open the door and invite the dogs and or children to come in. They turn on the radio while reading, or move to a noisy place to read.

Additional Insights Into Each Quadrant

Basal Lefts Descriptors: Skills: Typical Phrases Self-Perception:
Cautious, conservative, detailed, procedural, sequential Skills: Holding to deadlines and schedules, monitoring, performing routine or procedural tasks, whether operational or administrative, proof-reading Typical Phrases Let’s go by the book, look in the procedures manual, it’s better to play it safe, law and order are important, we’ve always done it this way, there’s no reason to change, it’s important to establish good habits, self-discipline, what’s the right sequence or order? Self-Perception: Industrious, productive, reliable, thorough, dependable As Seen By Others: Boring, grinds out the task, stuck in the mud

Basal Rights Descriptors Skills: Typical Phrases: Self-Perception:
Musical, rhythmical, sensitive to nonverbal behaviors, makes eye contact, speaks with their eyes, spiritual, intuitive about people Skills: Bridging, encouraging, harmonizing, nurturing, teaching, welcoming, writing personal notes and letters Typical Phrases: Caring, family human spirit, participation, meaningful, personal growth, sharing, teamwork Self-Perception: Deeply caring, concerned person (if extraverted), a deep-feeling person (if introverted) As Seen By Others: A non-stop talker, a soft-touch, touchy feely

Frontal Rights Descriptors Skills: Typical Phrases: Self-Perception:
Artistic, creative, expressive, holistic, intuitive, innovative, spatial, synthesizing, dreaming, metaphoric, pattern sensitive, sees the biggest picture, is a stacker and/or doodler Skills: Creative problem-solving, design, making change, seeing the big picture, seeing the trends and synthesizing ideas and patterns, discovering, inventing, innovating (if extraverted) Typical Phrases: Conceptual block-busting, being on the cutting edge, playing with an idea, finding something new, synergistic, all-encompassing systems Self-Perception: A visionary leader (if extraverted), a visionary thinker (if introverted) As Seen By Others: A space cadet with his head in the clouds, a dreamer, unfocused, a fool

Frontal Lefts Descriptors Skills: Typical Phrases: Self-Perception:
Analytical, decisive, directing, evaluating, factual, logical, mathematical, quantitative, precise Skills: Decision-making, precision, weighing and measuring, evaluating, prioritizing, calculating, negotiating, financial problem-solving, technical problem-solving, functional and structural analysis, using precision tools Typical Phrases: Understanding the key factors, doing a critical analysis, knowing the bottom line, breaking it down or taking it apart, using leverage, weighing all the variables, maximizing the Return on Investment (ROI) Self-Perception: A strong, decisive leader (if extraverted), an expert resource (if introverted) As Seen By Others: Critical, unemotional and uncaring, power-focused, calculating and manipulative, hard, cool, distant, intelligent (if introverted)

Graphical Representations
eBTSA

Basal Left Strong basal left gives good ability in routine, sequential, process skills. Detailed, structured, ordered, efficient, dependable, reliable, builds and maintains orderly foundations. Follows instructions, does things by the book, step-by-step. Communicates in writing, detailed. Meets deadlines through following schedules and processes. Disciplined. Good attention to detail. Can appear labored, bureaucratic, or obstinate.

Basal Right Strong basal right gives good abilities in intuition, feelings, empathy, relationships, connecting with people. Good active listening skills, understands how people feel, sensitive, picks up moods and feelings. Singing, dancing, speaking and listening with the eyes, touching, reaching out to people. Caring, compassionate. Non-verbally able, notices body-language. Interpersonally good, attentive to relationships and people. Internal language is feelings. Likes to harmonize with their environment. Can be a soft-touch, making too many personal sacrifices, and can find it difficult to say no. Doesn't like to upset people.

Frontal Right Strong frontal right gives good spatial and internal imaging, innovating and adapting. Can visualize, conceptualize, (eg good at packing a car boot/trunk. Able to grasp whole pictures, themes, from vague outlines or ideas. relates to cartoons and models and caricatures. They file visually - where they can see things, in stacks. Attentive to new ideas. Uses language to think out loud. Uses metaphors and word pictures. Expressive, at times looking within themselves to find or examine how best to paint the next word-picture. Enthusiastic and likes change. Gets bored. Can appear out of step, whacky, off-the-wall. Quirky sense of humor. At times to others can appear to have 'lost touch with reality'. Can change for change's sake. Good starters, not good finishers.

Frontal Left Strong frontal left gives good analytical skills.
Good at mathematics. Uses signage and labels to analyze and store data Physical and mental data storage. Non-emotional. Uses critical analysis to assess causes and effects, to make decisions and announce actions to meet goals. Results orientated. Calculates and uses diagnostic thinking. Logical, good at verbal argument. tactics, goal-setting and goal achievement. Manages resources to achieve objectives. Uses operational principles. Communicates in concise no-nonsense terms. Can be seen as cold and manipulating, uncaring, unfeeling. Puts the task before people. Will bend rules. Will make new rules. Not strongly creative. Not good with people directly. Not strongly supportive or nurturing.

Double Brain – Left or Right

Double Brain – Frontal or Basal

Tri-Modal & Whole Brain

Frequency of Each Pattern

Who’s Who? The four most common brain developed patterns are: Double Basal, Double Left, Double Frontal and Double Right. As a rule people with such developed patterns find and make friends easiest, because there are simply more of them around than any other developed brain patterns.

Percentages 25% 55% 15% 5% Only one highly developed, dominant mode.
Two strongly developed modes 15% Tri-modal thinkers 5% Whole-brained Approximately 25% of the population has only one highly developed, dominant mode. When these persons are in a situation that demands the expertise of their lead, they tend to come across as experts. When the context shifts and the necessary skills are outside their single area of strength, however, these same persons may be seen as too narrowly focused or narrow-minded. An example of such context-dependent, negative labeling is the strong Frontal Left thinker, who is respected for his analytic skill in structuring contracts yet is seen as a dud the same evening at a cocktail party. By contrast, the 55 percent of the population with two strongly developed modes is seen as more flexible and broad-minded. Nonetheless, even these persons can be seen, by others, as distinctly skewed. This seems to be most obvious when the person in question is a double left or a double right thinker. Tri-modal thinkers are far more rare, making up only 15 percent of the population. These individuals with their wide-ranging developed competencies, enjoy a flexible strength. They are often recognized as translators as they find themselves being asked to assist people with differing and narrower patterns to understand each other. Although many people look at triple translators with a sense of envy or admiration, the patter is not without its disadvantages, one of which is difficulty in decision-making. With three equally developed modes all vying for control, it is not uncommon for tri-modals to feel confused or terribly at odds with themselves. The last of the general patters, in which all four of the modes are strongly developed, is referred to as whole-brained. The pattern is found in only a small portion of the population, approximately 5 percetn, and is noted for either its high degree of flexibility or is indecisiveness, depending on the context. See page 32 & 33

Who’s Who? Single-brained people and triple-/whole-brained people find it more difficult to find friends, especially close friends, because simply there are not many people who have developed so many modes.

Careers

Careers Double lefts Double lefts with frontal left leads
Lawyers, physicians, intensive care nurses Double lefts with frontal left leads Accountants, MBA’s, electrical engineers, hospital directors, implementer leaders Double lefts with basal left leads Bankers, machine operators, machine repairers Basal lefts Ordering & purchasing clerks, record-keepers, filing clerks, bookkeepers, personnel clerks, supervisors, head nurses, personnel officers, school administrators Basal rights Receptionists, communications specialists, pediatric nurses, staff nurses, teachers, staff development specialists, trainers, community & public relations Double Basals Teachers, head nurses, supervisors Frontal Rights Entrepreneurs, geologists, architects, illustrators, woodcraftsmen Double Rights Organizational development specialists, teachers, emergency doctors, dancers, painters, poets

Careers pg. 2 Double rights with basal right leads
Counselors, psychologists, therapists, actors, musicians, interior decorators Double rights with frontal right leads Counselors, psychologists, therapists, psychiatrists Double frontals Inventors, chemists and chemical engineers, research scientists, economists, surgeons, hospital administrators, poets, composers, painters Basal left/frontal rights Journalists, librarians, community organizers, Triple-brain double right (right basal leads) with frontal lefts Poets, composers Triple-brain double left with frontal right leads Visionary leaders Whole-brained Leaders of large complex concerns

Relationships

Friends Most of us select friends who mirror our brain types. We do this because we feel comfortable with people whose mental preferences are like our own. If we find a friend with a near-identical brain type they are likely to become a 'best friend'.

Mates The search for a marriage and mating partner is different. Rather than try to 'mirror', we tend to choose marriage and mating partners with brain types that will complement our own, that will cover our weaknesses.

Which design did you pick at the beginning
Which design did you pick at the beginning? Does your choice match the results of your test? Frontal Left The Frontal Left focuses in on the target, like an ARROW. Frontal Right The Frontal Right SPIRALS high, playing with an idea. The Basal Left pigeonholes everything into a GRID. The Basal Right goes with the flow, like a WAVE. The Frontal Right SPIRALS high, playing with an idea. The Frontal Left focuses in on the target, like an ARROW. Basal Left The Basal Left pigeonholes everything into a GRID. Basal Right The Basal Right goes with the flow, like a WAVE.

For fun, ask your relative or friend which of these designs they resonate with the most and see what they say. Note: Use the 4 slides near the beginning of this learning session so they won’t be influenced by the position on this chart. Don’t use this slide!

But they now know that the Brain has 4 Quadrants vs. 2!
Front = Strategic Basal (Back) = Practical/Tactical Right Side = Synthesis (Put together) Left Side = Analysis (Take Apart)

The Brain – 4 Quadrants vs. 2
Front = Strategic Basal (Back) = Practical/Tactical Right Side = Synthesis (Put together) Left Side = Analysis (Take Apart)

Resources www.benziger.org
Book: Thriving in Mind by Katherine Benziger Arlene Taylor, Ph.D.

Background

Info On Test Also importantly, Benziger's systems are not psychometric tests. Benziger's work, model and assessment systems are instead based on the measurement of brain function and energy consumption in the brain. This study of brain function is a different science, and a more recent one than psychology and psychometrics (the study of brain function has for instance been particularly aided by the advent of recent brain scanning technologies such as PET and MRI). The accessibility and application of Benziger's work and systems do not suffer the same restrictions and limitations as pure psychometrics, and as such offer potentially enormous benefits to organisations.

Background Benziger drew great inspiration from Carl Jung and from the work of Myers Briggs and Hans Eysenck. Her work has also been influenced and supported by the late 20th century scientific developments into brain imaging, using modern scanning technologies - basically using safe equivalents of X-Ray techniques - to actually determine which parts of the brain are being used for various functions and types of thinking ('thinking' here in the general sense of what the brain is doing, not in the 'logical' Jungian sense).

Comparisons With Other Models
For those who are interested in behavioral/thinking style models.

Here’s an overview of the quadrants and for those of you interested in comparison to Jung’s Model, see the far right column. mode specialized area brain functions response to stimulus Jungian function 1 basal left Order and habit Ordered procedures Sequential routines Remembers definitions. What is, is as described. Sensing 2 basal right Spiritual experience Rhythm and feeling Harmony Picks up emotional tone and the presence or absence of harmony (including harmony between people). What is, is how we feel about it. Feeling 3 frontal right Internal imaging Metaphor and imagination Expressiveness Sees the essence of things, in pictures and metaphors. What is, is something meaning or enabling something else. Intuition 4 frontal left Structural analysis Prioritizing and logic Mathematics Converts into logical results or effects. What is, leads to, or produces results. Thinking

Comparison Chart

Comparison Chart 2 Jungian 'function' or 'attitude'
Benziger brain quadrant Benziger's describing characteristics examples frontal left analytical, objective, principles, standards, criteria, critiques Thinking basal left realistic, down-to-earth, practical, sensible, the past Sensing basal right subjective, personal, values intimacy, sees extenuating circumstances, humane, sees harmony Feeling frontal right hunches, speculative, fantasy, imaginative, the future Intuition behaviour directed inwardly to understand and manage self and experience Introversion behaviour directly externally, to influence outside factors and events Extraversion

Comparison Chart 3 Irwin Thompson's Archetypes in History (c 1970)
Hunter military general frontal left Leader administrative leader basal left Shaman spiritual leader basal right Fool leader in impossible situations front right

Comparison Chart 4 DISC/Inscape/Thomas International/Performax etc (common usage in business since 1980's) Dominance authoritative, decision-making, results-driven double frontal, extraverted* Influence motivates, inspires, enthuses, leads, persuades double right, extraverted Steadiness reliable, listens, follows routines and rules double basal, introverted Compliance detailed, critical thinking, accurate double left, introverted

Comparison Chart 5 Carl Jung - Four Functions (c 1930) Thinking
analytic, objective, principles, standards, criteria, critiques frontal left Sensing past, realistic, down-to-earth, practical, sensible basal left Feeling subjective, personal, valuing intimacy, extenuating circumstances, humane, harmony basal right Intuition hunches, futures, speculative, fantasy, imaginative front right Introversion behaviour directed inwardly to understand and manage self and experience Extraversion behaviour directed externally, to influence outside factors and events

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