I usually explore through levels very thoroughly, sometimes to complete as much as I can and sometimes just to find secrets. I always have to complete and get everything i possibly can in every level.
Would be really interesting to hear what kind of player you are!
Here are a few examples:
The Hopeless -> You are afraid of each little goomba appearing on the screen and sometimes even sometimes forget how the controller works.
The Slow one -> You don't care about how long you need for a level and you dislike the run button.
The Explorer -> You try to find every coin,path and secret in a level.
The Speed runner -> You don't care about secrets and all the other stuff in the level and just want to rush trough the level and finish it as fast as possible.
I to be honest am a speed runner and want to complete a level/episode as fast as possible.
But sometimes i explore too to find simply every hidden dingy in the level.