COMMUNICATION CHARACTERS

                       Congnitive

• Self-discovery in pursuit of knowledge i.e. will take own initiative to see knowledge and find answer
• Somewhat self-centered, difficulty in communication i.e. strong believer in own beliefs and knowledge found; need to allow him to self-discover own mistakes and wrong answers
• Need to be motivated with a reason to learn, with a clear goal; allow more thinking & give less answers
• Self-motivated with own achievements
• Demand space and respect in communication and decision
• High ego and highly prideful of self
• Discourage harsh punishment but allow self-learning from mistake

                       Affective

• Self-discovery through modifications and leveraging on existing materials i.e. learning of new subjects/topics is preferred to be example based
• Leverage and learn from the media – newspaper, films, magazines etc.
• Motivated through reading of famous biographies
• Organised and planned with guided examples
• quiet achiever but thrive on being appreciated by others; give regular encouragement to instil feel-good factor in learning and improve motivation

                       Reflective

• Open-minded, able to absorb a lot but not necessarily understanding all
• Need patience with continuous repetition in the accumulation of knowledge
• Best if given 1-1 focused learning/coaching
• Clear reward and punishment method to drive improvement, to meet objectives
• Motivated by philosophical ideas and objectives
• Need to plan daily activities; need to reflect on daily activities

                       Critical

• Creative, love challenges, very competitive
• Thrive on setting new standards and challenges
• Coached by reverse reasoning and using reverse psychology
• Use stages and points accumulation to achieve reward
• Motivated by challenges
• Allow self-plan and self-managed