Item Description Test

[DirectorAbbie]

Look at an everyday object and write about it for only 5 minutes. See what it reveals about yourself.

 

Words on the label: Verbal thinking 1.09
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity 1.09
Bottle contents: Functional thinking 3.83
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity 6.01
Light and shadow: ontextual thinking 0.00


Words on the label: Verbal thinking. People who score high on this dimension tend to focus on the label and what the words actually say. They often report that the letters Oza and Ka referred to Ozarka and that "Thirst Quencher" could be seen on the blue background. Your score is about average. You probably mentioned a couple of the broad features of the words on the label but didn't dwell on them.

Colors and text: Visual sensitivity. Some people are particularly sensitive to colors and styles associated with writing. People who score high on the visual sensitivity dimension tend to write about colors of the text as well as the backgrounds. Your score on this dimension is below the average. You may be interested in what words say but not how they are presented. Graphic design may not be a wise career choice.

Bottle contents: Functional thinking. The purpose of a water bottle is to hold water. Duh. People who score high on this dimension focus on the bottle as a container of something. In other words, they are thinking about the function of the bottle. Your language use in describing the bottle suggests that you are someone who thinks about the functions of objects. When you looked at the picture, your eyes probably wandered to the contents of the bottle. Most people didn't do this. Perhaps you have deep philosophical thoughts. Perhaps you are an aspiring engineer. Perhaps you are thirsty.

The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity. Someone who is high in tactile sensitivity likes to touch things. They appreciate the surface, texture, and contours of objects and people. They have an appreciation of the dimensionality of objects. In describing the bottle, high scorers paid attention to the surface and contour of the bottle itself, perhaps thinking of it like a sculpture. Your writing suggests a true appreciation of form, depth, and touch. In looking at the bottle, you tend to see it as a living object. You can imagine it in your hand with an awareness of its surface and contour. You may be a sensual person who appreciates the complexity of objects and people. You may also have a fetish for bottles.

Light and shadow: Contextual thinking. If you look closely at the picture of the bottle, you will see that the lighting casts a shadow on the table through the bottle. People who wrote about this tended to score highly on this dimension. As you can see in the table, your score indicates that you are below average in contextual thinking. That is, the way you described the bottle tended to overlook the way the bottle was oriented on the table relative to the light and the background. People low in contextual thinking tend to view the bottle as an object on its own. This may signal a difficulty in adopting a broad perspective. At least a broad perspective on visual arrays. Perhaps you should not be a lighting director for movies.

 

It is a plastic bottle, several inches high and made of a clear substance. It gives when squeezed, and will produce a crinkling sound, but is not easy to fully smash. The top has a cap of white plastic. This lid is only about a fourth-inch high and screws on and off the clear plastic bottle, with ridges along its edge to aid in the twisting. A think plastic ring below this cap shows that the cap had been firmly connected before being removed. But it was removed, and the water is gone. But the cap was replaced on the bottle which now contains mostly air. Around the bottle, about 2/3 up and right before said bottle tapers to the lid (which is only about an inch wide) is a red label saying the company that bottled the water and other information regarding what had been a bottle of water. The print is too small for me to read it from this distance, but it seems they were able to think of a lot to say about their particular version of water.

[uncivilized]

Visual Dimension Your data The average response

Words on the label: Verbal thinking 0.47 1.74
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity 2.34 3.74
Bottle contents: Functional thinking 5.14 1.67
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity 7.48 2.91
Light and shadow: ontextual thinking 2.80 0.79

Overall, you wrote 214 words in the 5 minutes. Generally, the more you write, the better. In this exercise, anything less than about 50 words is not too reliable.

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Visual Dimension Your data The average response
Words on the label: Verbal thinking 0.00 1.74
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity 1.23 3.74
Bottle contents: Functional thinking 3.07 1.67
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity 6.75 2.91
Light and shadow: contextual thinking 1.84 0.79

Words on the label: Verbal thinking. People who score high on this dimension tend to focus on the label and what the words actually say. They often report that the letters Oza and Ka referred to Ozarka and that "Thirst Quencher" could be seen on the blue background. Your score is lower than average. Your not mentioning the specific words or letters on the label may mean that you aren't particularly interested in words themselves. If you noticed the words but didn't write about them, you may be someone who doesn't need to discuss the obvious.

Colors and text: Visual sensitivity. Some people are particularly sensitive to colors and styles associated with writing. People who score high on the visual sensitivity dimension tend to write about colors of the text as well as the backgrounds. Your score on this dimension is below the average. You may be interested in what words say but not how they are presented. Graphic design may not be a wise career choice.

Bottle contents: Functional thinking. The purpose of a water bottle is to hold water. Duh. People who score high on this dimension focus on the bottle as a container of something. In other words, they are thinking about the function of the bottle. Your language use in describing the bottle suggests that you are someone who thinks about the functions of objects. When you looked at the picture, your eyes probably wandered to the contents of the bottle. Most people didn't do this. Perhaps you have deep philosophical thoughts. Perhaps you are an aspiring engineer. Perhaps you are thirsty.

The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity. Someone who is high in tactile sensitivity likes to touch things. They appreciate the surface, texture, and contours of objects and people. They have an appreciation of the dimensionality of objects. In describing the bottle, high scorers paid attention to the surface and contour of the bottle itself, perhaps thinking of it like a sculpture. Your writing suggests a true appreciation of form, depth, and touch. In looking at the bottle, you tend to see it as a living object. You can imagine it in your hand with an awareness of its surface and contour. You may be a sensual person who appreciates the complexity of objects and people. You may also have a fetish for bottles.

Light and shadow: Contextual thinking. If you look closely at the picture of the bottle, you will see that the lighting casts a shadow on the table through the bottle. People who wrote about this tended to score highly on this dimension. As you can see in the table, your score indicates that you are significantly more appreciative of context than most people. You are able to sense the role of light, depth, and perspective in viewing the bottle. Your artistic sensibilities and broad perspective hints that you could become an artist, a diplomat, or one of those fake vegetarians who eat fish.

Your bottle description: It's an empty bottle of Ozarka water. It's clear plastic with a white cap and a red label. Light is shining off the bottle and gleaming through it leaving a reflection on the table, and white gleams of light on the plastic. When you pick it up the plastic will fell smooth and crunchy in your hand. The cap is ridged with tiny lines giving it a rough file-like texture. It's not something you notice until you run your fingers over the ridges. There are also lines around the bottle itself where the plastic has been molded into dents for texture, probably to make the bottle itself easier to hold and not so slick. The plastic is thin, easily crushed, which is what makes it feel somewhat crunchy when you hold it. The label is made of paper and can be peeled off, being held on by spots of a sticky rubbery glue on one end as it wraps around the bottle.

[Aylen]

I did this twice a couple years ago, in another thread, so I am not eager to write about it again.

I am a sucker for online tests! I did the bottle test on that site.

 

Visual Dimension	Your data	The average response
Words on the label: Verbal thinking	1.48	1.74
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity	3.70	3.74
Bottle contents: Functional thinking	7.41	1.67
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity	5.93	2.91
Light and shadow: Contextual thinking	3.26	0.79

Generally, the more you write, the better. In this exercise, anything less than about 50 words is not too reliable.

Look at the table and compare your numbers with others who have done this task. In all cases, the higher the number, the more you used words associated with that particular category. The actual numbers refer to the percentage of all the words you wrote that were captured within each dimension. Based on very little evidence, one could imagine that your description of the bottle might mean something about you. This analysis is based on virtually no knowledge of you or of bottles in general. Take what is said with a grain of salt.

Words on the label: Verbal thinking. People who score high on this dimension tend to focus on the label and what the words actually say. They often report that the letters Oza and Ka referred to Ozarka and that "Thirst Quencher" could be seen on the blue background. Your score is about average. You probably mentioned a couple of the broad features of the words on the label but didn't dwell on them.

Colors and text: Visual sensitivity. Some people are particularly sensitive to colors and styles associated with writing. People who score high on the visual sensitivity dimension tend to write about colors of the text as well as the backgrounds. Your score on this dimension is close to the average. You are drawn to colors and have a passing interest in layout and design.

Bottle contents: Functional thinking. The purpose of a water bottle is to hold water. Duh. People who score high on this dimension focus on the bottle as a container of something. In other words, they are thinking about the function of the bottle. Your language use in describing the bottle suggests that you are someone who thinks about the functions of objects. When you looked at the picture, your eyes probably wandered to the contents of the bottle. Most people didn't do this. Perhaps you have deep philosophical thoughts. Perhaps you are an aspiring engineer. Perhaps you are thirsty.

The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity. Someone who is high in tactile sensitivity likes to touch things. They appreciate the surface, texture, and contours of objects and people. They have an appreciation of the dimensionality of objects. In describing the bottle, high scorers paid attention to the surface and contour of the bottle itself, perhaps thinking of it like a sculpture. Your writing suggests a true appreciation of form, depth, and touch. In looking at the bottle, you tend to see it as a living object. You can imagine it in your hand with an awareness of its surface and contour. You may be a sensual person who appreciates the complexity of objects and people. You may also have a fetish for bottles. <--

Light and shadow: Contextual thinking. If you look closely at the picture of the bottle, you will see that the lighting casts a shadow on the table through the bottle. People who wrote about this tended to score highly on this dimension. As you can see in the table, your score indicates that you are significantly more appreciative of context than most people. You are able to sense the role of light, depth, and perspective in viewing the bottle. Your artistic sensibilities and broad perspective hints that you could become an artist, a diplomat, or one of those fake vegetarians who eat fish.

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I did it again to see if I could do better but lost some points in some areas and gained in others

Visual Dimension	Your data	The average response
Words on the label: Verbal thinking	1.90	1.74
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity	5.71	3.74
Bottle contents: Functional thinking	7.62	1.67
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity	10.48	2.91
Light and shadow: Contextual thinking	1.90	0.79

Overall, you wrote 105 words in the 5 minutes.

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Generally, the more you write, the better. In this exercise, anything less than about 50 words is not too reliable.

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Look at the table and compare your numbers with others who have done this task. In all cases, the higher the number, the more you used words associated with that particular category. The actual numbers refer to the percentage of all the words you wrote that were captured within each dimension. Based on very little evidence, one could imagine that your description of the bottle might mean something about you. This analysis is based on virtually no knowledge of you or of bottles in general. Take what is said with a grain of salt.
Words on the label: Verbal thinking. People who score high on this dimension tend to focus on the label and what the words actually say. They often report that the letters Oza and Ka referred to Ozarka and that "Thirst Quencher" could be seen on the blue background. Your score is about average. You probably mentioned a couple of the broad features of the words on the label but didn't dwell on them.
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity. Some people are particularly sensitive to colors and styles associated with writing. People who score high on the visual sensitivity dimension tend to write about colors of the text as well as the backgrounds. Your score on this dimension is far above average. The colors and the words on the label clearly attracted your attention. You may be particularly attentive to styles in fashion, art, and design. You may also have an appreciation of graphic design.
Bottle contents: Functional thinking. The purpose of a water bottle is to hold water. Duh. People who score high on this dimension focus on the bottle as a container of something. In other words, they are thinking about the function of the bottle. Your language use in describing the bottle suggests that you are someone who thinks about the functions of objects. When you looked at the picture, your eyes probably wandered to the contents of the bottle. Most people didn't do this. Perhaps you have deep philosophical thoughts. Perhaps you are an aspiring engineer. Perhaps you are thirsty.
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity. Someone who is high in tactile sensitivity likes to touch things. They appreciate the surface, texture, and contours of objects and people. They have an appreciation of the dimensionality of objects. In describing the bottle, high scorers paid attention to the surface and contour of the bottle itself, perhaps thinking of it like a sculpture. Your writing suggests a true appreciation of form, depth, and touch. In looking at the bottle, you tend to see it as a living object. You can imagine it in your hand with an awareness of its surface and contour. You may be a sensual person who appreciates the complexity of objects and people. You may also have a fetish for bottles.
Light and shadow: Contextual thinking. If you look closely at the picture of the bottle, you will see that the lighting casts a shadow on the table through the bottle. People who wrote about this tended to score highly on this dimension. As you can see in the table, your score indicates that you are significantly more appreciative of context than most people. You are able to sense the role of light, depth, and perspective in viewing the bottle. Your artistic sensibilities and broad perspective hints that you could become an artist, a diplomat, or one of those fake vegetarians who eat fish.

[maniac]

Visual Dimension	Your data	The average response
Words on the label: Verbal thinking	0.46	1.74
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity	0.00	3.74
Bottle contents: Functional thinking	0.00	1.67
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity	0.46	2.91
Light and shadow: ontextual thinking	0.93	0.79

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[Sanguine Miasma]

LOL. I ended up describing how volume can be measured using approximative methods and direct ways (pouring liquid in it). What kinds of liquids it can store based on its most probable composition. What are the ways to fill and pour. How to modify it.

Visual Dimension	Your data	The average response
Words on the label: Verbal thinking	0.00	1.74
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity	1.59	3.74
Bottle contents: Functional thinking	6.35	1.67
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity	3.17	2.91
Light and shadow: ontextual thinking	1.59	0.79

[Kalinoche buenanoche]

Visual Dimension Your data The average response
Words on the label: Verbal thinking 0.00 1.74
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity 1.39 3.74
Bottle contents: Functional thinking 1.39 1.67
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity 2.78 2.91
Light and shadow: contextual thinking 4.17 0.79

[Myst]

Found my old post on this.

Words on the label: Verbal thinking 1.30 1.74
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity 6.49 3.74
Bottle contents: Functional thinking 3.90 1.67
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity 3.90 2.91
Light and shadow: Contextual thinking 1.30 0.79

My boring text with particularly bad English (should've done this in my native language):

On a white surface against a white background with a shadow cast at the top half of it, there is a clear plastic bottle for water with a white bottle cap, the bottle being of a standard looking size of about 0.5 litre or about 20 oz. The shape of the water bottle is also standard shape just like any other bottled water or other bottled drinks. There is a red paper tape put around the top third of the bottle under the bottleneck, detailing the usual stuff about contents and amount of drink inside in yellow letters and some feature advertisement in a smaller blue label with big bold white letters. Big white letters for the brand and name of the bottled water. There is also probably water in the bottle, filled to less than half. The bottle is intact. It is standing upright. It has the usual creases in the clear plastic.

My analysis:

Overall, you wrote 154 words in the 5 minutes -- well yeah I could've kept writing if they had let me.

Words on the label: Verbal thinking. People who score high on this dimension tend to focus on the label and what the words actually say. They often report that the letters Oza and Ka referred to Ozarka and that "Thirst Quencher" could be seen on the blue background. Your score is about average. You probably mentioned a couple of the broad features of the words on the label but didn't dwell on them.

Colors and text: Visual sensitivity. Some people are particularly sensitive to colors and styles associated with writing. People who score high on the visual sensitivity dimension tend to write about colors of the text as well as the backgrounds. Your score on this dimension is far above average. The colors and the words on the label clearly attracted your attention. You may be particularly attentive to styles in fashion, art, and design. You may also have an appreciation of graphic design.

Bottle contents: Functional thinking. The purpose of a water bottle is to hold water. Duh. People who score high on this dimension focus on the bottle as a container of something. In other words, they are thinking about the function of the bottle. Your language use in describing the bottle suggests that you are someone who thinks about the functions of objects. When you looked at the picture, your eyes probably wandered to the contents of the bottle. Most people didn't do this. Perhaps you have deep philosophical thoughts. Perhaps you are an aspiring engineer. Perhaps you are thirsty.

The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity. Someone who is high in tactile sensitivity likes to touch things. They appreciate the surface, texture, and contours of objects and people. They have an appreciation of the dimensionality of objects. In describing the bottle, high scorers paid attention to the surface and contour of the bottle itself, perhaps thinking of it like a sculpture. Your writing suggests that you have a healthy appreciation of form. In looking at the bottle, you may have mentioned its surface structure, imagining how it would feel in your hands. You are a normal human being along this dimension.

Light and shadow: Contextual thinking. If you look closely at the picture of the bottle, you will see that the lighting casts a shadow on the table through the bottle. People who wrote about this tended to score highly on this dimension. As you can see in the table, your score indicates that you are in the normal range of contextual thinking. In your writing, you made reference to some features of the background surrounding the bottle. This is healthy in the sense that it suggests you can stand back and look at objects in a broader perspective.

[Tearsofaclown]

Found my old post on this.

Words on the label: Verbal thinking 1.30 1.74
Colors and text: Visual sensitivity 6.49 3.74
Bottle contents: Functional thinking 3.90 1.67
The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity 3.90 2.91
Light and shadow: Contextual thinking 1.30 0.79

My boring text with particularly bad English (should've done this in my native language):

On a white surface against a white background with a shadow cast at the top half of it, there is a clear plastic bottle for water with a white bottle cap, the bottle being of a standard looking size of about 0.5 litre or about 20 oz. The shape of the water bottle is also standard shape just like any other bottled water or other bottled drinks. There is a red paper tape put around the top third of the bottle under the bottleneck, detailing the usual stuff about contents and amount of drink inside in yellow letters and some feature advertisement in a smaller blue label with big bold white letters. Big white letters for the brand and name of the bottled water. There is also probably water in the bottle, filled to less than half. The bottle is intact. It is standing upright. It has the usual creases in the clear plastic.

My analysis:

Overall, you wrote 154 words in the 5 minutes -- well yeah I could've kept writing if they had let me.

Words on the label: Verbal thinking. People who score high on this dimension tend to focus on the label and what the words actually say. They often report that the letters Oza and Ka referred to Ozarka and that "Thirst Quencher" could be seen on the blue background. Your score is about average. You probably mentioned a couple of the broad features of the words on the label but didn't dwell on them.

Colors and text: Visual sensitivity. Some people are particularly sensitive to colors and styles associated with writing. People who score high on the visual sensitivity dimension tend to write about colors of the text as well as the backgrounds. Your score on this dimension is far above average. The colors and the words on the label clearly attracted your attention. You may be particularly attentive to styles in fashion, art, and design. You may also have an appreciation of graphic design.

Bottle contents: Functional thinking. The purpose of a water bottle is to hold water. Duh. People who score high on this dimension focus on the bottle as a container of something. In other words, they are thinking about the function of the bottle. Your language use in describing the bottle suggests that you are someone who thinks about the functions of objects. When you looked at the picture, your eyes probably wandered to the contents of the bottle. Most people didn't do this. Perhaps you have deep philosophical thoughts. Perhaps you are an aspiring engineer. Perhaps you are thirsty.

The bottle itself: Tactile sensitivity. Someone who is high in tactile sensitivity likes to touch things. They appreciate the surface, texture, and contours of objects and people. They have an appreciation of the dimensionality of objects. In describing the bottle, high scorers paid attention to the surface and contour of the bottle itself, perhaps thinking of it like a sculpture. Your writing suggests that you have a healthy appreciation of form. In looking at the bottle, you may have mentioned its surface structure, imagining how it would feel in your hands. You are a normal human being along this dimension.

Light and shadow: Contextual thinking. If you look closely at the picture of the bottle, you will see that the lighting casts a shadow on the table through the bottle. People who wrote about this tended to score highly on this dimension. As you can see in the table, your score indicates that you are in the normal range of contextual thinking. In your writing, you made reference to some features of the background surrounding the bottle. This is healthy in the sense that it suggests you can stand back and look at objects in a broader perspective.

A poet once said, ‘The whole universe is in a glass of wine.’ We will probably never know in what sense he meant it, for poets do not write to be understood. But it is true that if we look at a glass of wine closely enough we see the entire universe. There are the things of physics: the twisting liquid which evaporates depending on the wind and weather, the reflection in the glass; and our imagination adds atoms. The glass is a distillation of the earth’s rocks, and in its composition we see the secrets of the universe’s age, and the evolution of stars. What strange array of chemicals are in the wine? How did they come to be? There are the ferments, the enzymes, the substrates, and the products. There in wine is found the great generalization; all life is fermentation. Nobody can discover the chemistry of wine without discovering, as did Louis Pasteur, the cause of much disease. How vivid is the claret, pressing its existence into the consciousness that watches it! If our small minds, for some convenience, divide this glass of wine, this universe, into parts — physics, biology, geology, astronomy, psychology, and so on — remember that nature does not know it! So let us put it all back together, not forgetting ultimately what it is for. Let it give us one more final pleasure; drink it and forget it all!

-Richard Feynman

[Chae]