Are you a big picture thinker or a details thinker?

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25 Mar 2010, 7:01 pm

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25 Mar 2010, 8:31 pm

I bent the meter needle on the Baron-Cohen systemitizer test. I am a seeker after patterns.

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25 Mar 2010, 9:15 pm

Ultimately, it's the big picture I'm after, so I voted that way (I'm also INTP). But it's tough for me to see the big picture because I require so many details and it's so easy for me to get lost in them! But I think once I finally DO see the big picture, I understand it a lot better than neurotypicals, even if it takes me longer to get there.

What's the point of taking things apart and understanding the individual pieces if you aren't going to put the whole thing back together?

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12 Sep 2010, 2:42 pm

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12 Sep 2010, 2:47 pm

unquestionably, a details thin ker.

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12 Sep 2010, 2:56 pm

I'm a detail/system thinker. When I look at picture, I see one element first and later I see the whole picture (very quickly). Or I see how the pictures is organised and later what it is.

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12 Sep 2010, 8:21 pm

It depends. I've noticed from time to time that I do get bogged down by the little, unimportant details. As soon as I notice this, though, I remind myself to step back and look at the big picture, and life's perfect again.

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12 Sep 2010, 8:52 pm

Details.

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12 Sep 2010, 9:07 pm

I'm very visual, and also don't assimilate information or input very well at all through auditory means.

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12 Sep 2010, 10:22 pm

Both. It depends on the task.

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13 Sep 2010, 3:29 am

I focus on the details. I consider it to be an advantage, because it makes my drawings look better (with a lot of detail).

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13 Sep 2010, 3:39 am

Definitely details, as with most people with Aspergers.

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13 Sep 2010, 4:13 am

See, this is one of the questions I hated on the tests.

When I have an idea, or am given a problem to solve, I need to know the whole situation, and every detail I can conceivably discover about the situation, in order to come up with the best solution I can. By then I usually have a good idea where I need to start building the solution, and I begin working on the details. Often, details that aren't easy to solve stop me for a while, and sometimes neccesitate a return to the big picture for review or alternate solutions.

So I usually need to have the big picture understood, in detail, before I can begin working.
But I'm very detail oriented.

I know I'm in a forest with 15% of the grownth being old wood, and 7 fires currently burning on the north end (or so they say), but I'm more interested in the trees, squirrels, and pinecones I encounter along the way...

OMG. I was going to go scavenge walnuts off that tree a week ago.
5am. I should go do that before I forget again.

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13 Sep 2010, 12:06 pm

Etular wrote:

I first envision the big picture - "I wish to be a Computer Programmer", "I wish to do this" etc. but, when it comes to me actually doing so, I try too hard to focus on every specific detail - getting myself stressed beyond all belief by the end of it.

This is my problem exactly! I notice, lately, I do this a lot. And, unfortunately, I tend to get so stressed, I often end up doing nothing. Thanks for explaining it this way.

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13 Sep 2010, 12:10 pm

I honestly have no idea. I've seen this question in online autism tests before, and I have no idea how to really answer it.

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13 Sep 2010, 12:17 pm

I like big details

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