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        The Herrmann Brain Dominance Instrument

Glossary of Terms

Analytic 
Breaking up things or ideas into parts and examining them to see how they fit together.

Artistic 
Taking enjoyment from or skillful in painting, drawing, music, or sculpture. Able to coordinate color, design, and texture for pleasing effects.

Conceptual  
Able to conceive thoughts and ideas; to generalize abstract ideas from specific instances.

Controlled  
Restrained, holding back, in charge of one’s emotions.

Conservative 
Tending towards maintaining traditional and proven views, conditions, and institutions.

Creative 
Having unusual ideas and innovative thoughts. Able to put things together in new and imaginative ways.

Critical   
Exercising or involving careful judgment or evaluation, e.g., judging the feasibility of an idea or product.

Detailed   
Paying attention to the small items or parts of an idea or project.

Dominant   
Ruling or controlling; having strong impact on others.

Emotional   
Having feelings that are easily stirred; displaying those feelings.

Empathetic   
Able to understand how another person feels, and able to communicate that feeling.

Extrovert   
More interested in people and things outside of self than internal thoughts and feelings. Quickly and easily exposes thoughts, reactions, feelings, etc. to others.

Financial   
Competent in monitoring and handling of quantitative issues related to costs, budgets, and investments.

Holistic   
Able to perceive and understand the “big picture” without dwelling on individual elements of an idea, concepts, or situation. Can see the forest as contrasted with the trees.

Imaginative  
Able to form mental images of things not immediately available to the senses or never wholly perceived in reality; able to confront and deal with a problem in a new way.

Implementation   
Able to carry out an activity and ensure fulfillment by concrete measures and results.

Innovating 
Able to introduce new or novel ideas, methods, or devices.

Integration  
The ability to combine pieces, parts and elements of ideas, concepts and situations into a unified whole.

Intellectual  
Having superior reasoning powers; able to acquire  and retain knowledge.

Interpersonal   
Easily able to develop and maintain meaningful and pleasant relationships with many different kinds of people.

Introvert   
Directed more towards inward reflection and understanding than towards people and things outside of self. Slow to expose reactions, feelings, and thoughts to others.

 

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Intuitive  
Knowing something without thinking it out – having instant understanding without need for facts or proof.

Logical  
Able to reason deductively from what has gone before.

Mathematical   
Perceiving and understanding numbers and being able to manipulate them to a desired end.

Metaphorical   
Able to understand and make use of visual and verbal figures of speech to suggest a likeness or an analogy in place of literal descriptions, e.g., “heart of gold.”

Musical   
Having an interest in or talent for music and/or dance.

Organized   
Able to arrange people, concepts, objects, elements, etc. into coherent relationships with each other.

Planning  
Formulating methods or means to achieve a desired end in advance of taking actions to implement.

Problem solving  
Able to find solutions to difficult problems by reasoning.

Quantitative 
Oriented toward numerical relationships; inclined to know or seek exact measures.

Rational   
Making choices on the basis of reason as opposed to emotion.

Reader 
One who reads often and enjoys it.

Rigorous thinking 
Having a thorough, detailed approach to problem- solving.

Sequential   
Dealing with things and ideas one after another or in order.

Simultaneous   
Able to process more than one type of mental input at a time, e.g. visual, verbal, and musical; able to attend to more than one activity at a time.

Spatial   
Able to perceive, understand and manipulate the relative positions of objects in space.

Spiritual   
Having to do with spirit or soul as apart from the body or material things.

Symbolic 
Able to use and understand objects, marks, and signs as representative of facts and ideas.

Synthesizer   
One who unites separate ideas, elements, or concepts into something new.

Technical   
Able to understand and apply engineering and scientific knowledge.

Teaching/ Training 
Able to explain ideas and procedures in a way that people can understand and apply them.

Verbal   
Having good speaking skills; clear and effective with words.

Writer   
One who communicates clearly with the written word and enjoys it.

 

 

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