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I think I'm part accommodator, part diverger. Diverger resonates with me because I tend to take one concrete experience or observation and infer larger significance and patterns.  Over generalization is a problem for me because of this tendency.  On the other hand, it is easy for me to find patterns, make connections and transfer experiences to solve new and novel problems. 

As anyone who has interacted with me for even just a moment can attest to, I like to act; sometimes before I think.  In this way I think I am part accommodator. 

The fact that I am a bit compulsive, luckily works for me because I am also very social. I am not attached to my ideas, instead prefer to through them out and have other people react and interact with them.  As I observe how they react and interact with them I modify, change or delete as needed. In this way I use social interactions to help me reflect on what works and what is not resonating with other people.

These two facets of my learning style makes the "reflecting" part of the scientific method difficult for me, but the "acting" and "theorizing" fun and second nature.