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6. You are purchasing a new stereo. Other than price, what would most
influence your decision?
b) the salesperson telling you what you want to know
c) reading the details about it
d) playing with the controls and listening to it
a) it looks really smart and fashionable
7. Recall a time in your life when you learned how to do something like
playing a new board game. Try to avoid choosing a very physical skill, e.g.
riding a bike. How did you learn best? By:
a) visual clues -- pictures, diagrams, charts
c) written instructions
b) listening to somebody explaining it
d) doing it or trying it
8. You have an eye problem. Would you prefer that the doctor:
a) tell you what is wrong
b) show you a diagram of what is wrong
d) use a model to show what is wrong
9. You are about to learn to use a new program on a computer. Would you:
d) sit down at the keyboard and begin to experiment with the program's
features
c) read the manual that comes with the program
b) telephone a friend and ask questions about it
10. You are staying in a hotel and have a rental car. You would like to visit
friends whose address/location you do not know. Would you like them to:
a) draw you a map on paper
b) tell you the directions
c) write down the directions (without a map)
d) pick you up from the hotel in their car
11. Apart from price, what would most influence your decision to buy a
particular textbook:
d) you have used a copy before
b) a friend talking about it
c) quickly reading parts of it
a) the way it looks is appealing
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