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Communication Style Questionnaire Test

Completed in about three minutes, the Communication Style Questionnaire Test uses 15 questions to explore visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (sensory) modalities, alongside three ego states. Your result offers a practical profile for self-reflection and understanding how you express yourself.

Questions: 153 minutes

Communication Style Questionnaire Test: sample question card

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Scale Explorer

How the Scales are Structured

VisualV

This scale measures how strongly you rely on visual imagery and visual information when communicating.

example score4/6

4/6Moderate visual focusexample score

0 – 2Low visual focus

3 – 4Moderate visual focus

5 – 6High visual focus

A score of 4 suggests a moderate visual focus, meaning you often use visual cues and imagery to express and interpret messages, but not as your only default.

Kinesthetic (Sensory) ModalityKM

Measures how strongly you rely on bodily sensations and physical experience as a basis for communication.

example score5/6

5/6High sensory focusexample score

0 – 2Low sensory focus

3 – 4Balanced sensory focus

5 – 6High sensory focus

A score of 5 indicates a high sensory focus, meaning you tend to communicate with strong attention to bodily cues, comfort, and physical experience.

AuditoryA

This scale measures how strongly you rely on auditory (sound-based) cues when communicating and interpreting others.

example score3/6

3/6Balanced auditory focusexample score

0 – 2Low auditory focus

3 – 4Balanced auditory focus

5 – 6High auditory focus

A score of 3 suggests a balanced tendency to use sound information in communication, without it strongly dominating how you perceive interactions.

ChildC

Measures how strongly a child-like ego state shows up in your communication, including impulsiveness, pleasure-seeking, and shifting responsibility to others.

example score4/6

4/6Moderateexample score

0 – 2Low

3 – 4Moderate

5 – 6High

A score of 4 falls in the Moderate range, suggesting child-like communication patterns appear fairly often, with some impulsive or responsibility-shifting tendencies but not as a dominant style.

B: AdultBA

Measures how strongly you communicate from an adult ego state characterized by rational, objective, fact-based regulation of emotions.

example score3/6

3/6Moderate adult stateexample score

0 – 2Low adult state

3 – 4Moderate adult state

5 – 6High adult state

A score of 3 suggests a moderate adult ego state, meaning you often use a balanced, fact-based approach while still sometimes relying on less objective communication modes.

A: ParentAP

Measures how strongly a parental ego state shows up in your communication, reflecting a tendency toward responsibility-taking and right–wrong framing.

example score3/6

3/6Moderate Parentexample score

0 – 2Low Parent

3 – 4Moderate Parent

5 – 6High Parent

A score of 3 suggests a moderate parental tone, meaning you may sometimes sound guiding or evaluative while still leaving room for a more equal, flexible exchange.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Team leads and managers

41%OF USERS

They take it to see whether they come across as commanding or supportive and how well they listen in day-to-day leadership conversations.

Coaching and therapy clients

34%OF USERS

They use it to spot unconscious communication habits that shape conflict, trust, and emotional expression in relationships.

People builders and recruiters

25%OF USERS

They take it to understand someone’s typical speaking style and interaction tendencies when forming or assessing teams.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

Benchmarking

See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

visionv

You?

Average2.1

Typical rangeTypical1.3 – 2.9

Possible0 – 6

sensations

You?

Average3.4

Typical rangeTypical2.5 – 4.3

Possible0 – 6

hearingh

You?

Average3.6

Typical rangeTypical2.8 – 4.3

Possible0 – 6

in: childic

You?

Average1.7

Typical rangeTypical0.8 – 2.6

Possible0 – 6

b : adultb:a

You?

Average3.5

Typical rangeTypical2.7 – 4.3

Possible0 – 6

a: parentap

You?

Average4

Typical rangeTypical2.9 – 5.1

Possible0 – 6

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- We NEED to go to the movies.
- LET'S go to the movies.
- MAYBE we could go to the movies?
- I should get help.
- I will get help.
- I want to get help.
- We MUST eat.
- We CAN eat.
- MAYBE we should eat?

These are 3 of the 15 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Communication Style Questionnaire Test - Description and methodology of the test

ego-state

representational system

Readers who want to understand how they naturally express ideas can use this Communication Style Questionnaire Test as a brief self-reflection tool. It is intended for anyone curious about the language, sensory cues, and interpersonal stance they bring to everyday conversations. This communication style assessment highlights patterns to consider, rather than reducing a person to one fixed label.

What This Assessment Explores

Item wording contrasts sensory verbs, modal expressions, and interpersonal reactions. The profile describes how a person receives information and positions themselves in conversation. The communication questionnaire presents these dimensions:

Kinesthetic (Sensory) Modality (0-6) reflects bodily experience: Low sensory focus 0-2; Balanced sensory focus 3-4; High sensory focus 5-6.
Auditory (0-6) reflects sound-based information: Low auditory focus 0-2; Balanced auditory focus 3-4; High auditory focus 5-6.
Visual (0-6) reflects visual imagery: Low visual focus 0-2; Moderate visual focus 3-4; High visual focus 5-6.
Child (0-6) reflects impulsivity, pleasure seeking, and responsibility shifting: Low 0-2; Moderate 3-4; High 5-6.
B: Adult (0-6) reflects rational, objective, fact-based regulation: Low adult state 0-2; Moderate adult state 3-4; High adult state 5-6.
A: Parent (0-6) reflects right-wrong judgments and responsibility for others: Low Parent 0-2; Moderate Parent 3-4; High Parent 5-6.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each item presents a short situation or sentence choice, so the respondent selects the wording that feels most natural rather than rating agreement. The set covers sensory references, action and obligation language, emotional reactions, and ways of acknowledging or maintaining contact. This communication style quiz uses a forced-choice format, so the result depends on relative response patterns across the available options.

Choices map to separate results, but the questionnaire does not state how each response contributes to a score. The displayed bands are the questionnaire’s score interpretations, and the unstated response-to-score rule means readers cannot reconstruct how individual answers affect a result.

The questionnaire’s practical format is conceptually consistent with Kincher’s Psychology for Kids; its sensory wording is also conceptually consistent with Bandler and Grinder’s representational-system approach, while its ego-state vocabulary aligns with Berne’s transactional analysis. These relationships identify interpretive parallels, not evidence that the online questionnaire reproduces those instruments or their validation. Self-report can reflect current context, self-awareness, and response bias, so the result is best read as a starting point for reflection rather than a clinical conclusion.

Author: Kincher, Jonni

Literature:

Kincher, Jonni. Psychology for Kids: 40 Fun Tests That Help You Learn about Yourself. Free Spirit Publishing, 1995. ISBN 978-0-915793-85-3.
Bandler, Richard, and John Grinder. The Structure of Magic II: A Book About Communication and Change. Science and Behavior Books, 1976. ISBN 978-0-8314-0049-1.
Berne, Eric. Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy: A Systematic Individual and Social Psychiatry. Grove Press, 1961.
Berne, Eric. Transactional Analysis: A New and Effective Method of Group Therapy. American Journal of Psychotherapy, vol. 12, no. 4, 1958, pp. 735-743. 10.1176/appi.psychotherapy.1958.12.4.735

Updated: 2025-10-02