MAPP Reference Manual
The reference manual is intended to help better understand the MAPP and the useful information behind each of the traits presented. We encourage you to review this information so you can help others better understand what they can learn from their MAPP.
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Learning Styles
Mental OrientationPerceptual Orientation
Perception Regarding Input Media
Coping with Learning Environments
Coping With Classroom Environments
Skills for Testing Procedures
Interest In Job Content
0 Output drive: production, goals, efficiency1 Physical work with materials, tools, equipment
2 Direct business contact and interaction with others
3 Routine, organized, methodical procedures
4 Management of social or organizational activities
5 Work for personal gain, recognition, status
6 Concerned with people, communication of ideas
7 Technical, scientific interests and skills
8 Abstract, innovative, creative activities
9 Nonsocial procedures, operations or functions
Temperament For The Job
0 Evaluation: logical study, analysis1 Change and variety: accept, utilize, cause change
2 Routine activity set by schedule or operations
3 Work under management or supervision by others
4 Plan, control, direct activities of others
5 Organizational involvement, teamwork, roles
6 Independent, self-planned, self-performed activity
7 Aggressively influence, persuade, get agreement
8 Handle responsibilities, choices, decisions
9 Intuition, creativity: ideas, concepts, options
X- Provide service dedicated to interest of others
Y- Work with detail, data, records, inventory
Aptitude: Mental, Perceptual, Sensory/Physical
C- See and sense colors, shades, patterns, texturesE- Simultaneous skills in complex physical tasks
F- Mental/Sensory skills in handling fine detail
G- Intellectual and/or Analytical orientation
K- Mental/Sensory coordination of physical action
M- Manual dexterity in routine "workbench" activities
N- Computational or analytical use of numbers
P- Sensory/Mental awareness of "pieces of the picture"
Q- Sensory/Mental awareness of detail per se
S- Mental/Sensory awareness of "the big picture"
V- Literary and/or Communicative orientation
People: Relationships, Roles, Interaction
0 Mentor: size up people, personalities, motives1 Negotiate: confront, communicate to achieve goal
2 Instruct: teach, train, influence, demonstrate
3 Supervise: plan, manage work activity of others
4 Entertain: to deliberately influence others
5 Persuade: assertively influence, convince others
6 Service communication: voluntarily inform others
7 Social service directly benefiting others
Things: Engineering, Operating, Sensory/Physical
0 Engineering, technical planning, installation1 Precision/quality: technical, mechanical standards
2 Operate/control: on-site machine operation
3 Drive/Operate: mobile and heavy equipment; controls
4 Manipulate: physically manage material processes
5 Tending: monitoring/adjusting gauges, switches, controls
6 Feeding/offbearing: manual labor timed by machines
7 Handling: basic, routine manual labor
Data: Priority and Preference of Mind Activity
0 Synthesize: holistic, conceptual, strategic thinking1 Coordinate: plan, implement, manage procedures
2 Analyze: investigate, research, experiment
3 Compile: gather, classify, store information
4 Compute: solve routine mathematical problems
5 Copy: duplicate, transcribe, record, send
6 Compare: recognize important factors for use
Reasoning: Mental Processes Required By Job
1 Follow specific directions for basic, routine tasks2 Methodical and thorough in routine procedures
3 Operational systems, procedures, maintenance
4 Solving on-going problems in familiar areas
5 Apply ideas and strategies to real problems/tasks
6 Holistic concepts, meanings, options, strategies
Mathematics: Math Function Required By Job
1 Counting/Posting: inventory, data processing2 Elemental: add, subtract, multiply, divide
3 Computational: solving routine math problems
4 Analytical, accounting, auditing use of math
5 Statistical, investigative mathematics
6 Research: innovative, experimental use of math