Holism and Reductionism
Take this personality test and check all boxes that you agree with:
| A | B | C | D | E |
| F | G | H | I | J |
| K | L | M | N | O |
| P | Q | R | S | T |
A: You see the big picture.
B: You think about the nuts and bolts of things.
C: You enjoy laughter.
D: You dislike music.
E: You piece things together one by one, then as a whole.
F: You prefer a bird's eye map for directions.
G: You micro- and macro-manage.
H: You procrastinate.
I: You are a systems thinker.
J: You like to both combine and divide thoughts.
K: You need one underlying theme to summarize an idea.
L: You prefer directions as a series of lefts and rights.
M: You can understand a general concept without knowing the
details.
N: You like to take your time.
O: Each scene contributes as much as the overall story to a
movie.
P: The whole is greater than the sum of all the parts.
Q: You enjoy the presence of others.
R: The whole is the sum of all the parts.
S: You read the table of contents first.
T: You read the synopsis first.