From Managing For the Future by Ancona, Kochan, Scully, Van Maanen, and Westney.
This is a set of questions designed to indicate your cognitive style. The answer you choose to any question is neither "right" nor "wrong". It simply indicates your personal style.
Below you will find a number of paired statements and words. Please give each one a score so that each pair adds up to 5. For example:
1. In describing my
work, I would say it is:
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Clearly, work can sometimes be challenging and sometimes dull. In the above example I have indicated that mostly I find work to be challenging, weighted "challenging" a 3 and "routine" a 2. In your case, you might have assigned 4+1, or 0+5, or any other combination that adds to 5. (Don't use negative numbers!)
After you fill out the questionnaire, you need to score it. The instructions for scoring are given at the end. Thanks for participating!
Your Name: ______________________________
1. Are you influenced more by:
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2. When you have to meet strangers, do you find it:
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3. Does following a plan:
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4. Do you get along better with people who are:
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5. Are you naturally:
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6. Is it harder for you to adjust to:
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7. Is it better to be:
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8. At a party, do you usually:
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9. When you learn something new, do you:
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10. Are you at your best:
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11. Do you get more annoyed at:
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12. Is it better to be regarded by others as a person with a:
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13. Are you more often:
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14. When you buy a gift, are you:
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15. Do you find talking to people you don=t know:
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16. Do you think it is a worse mistake to:
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17. Do you prefer people who have:
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18. Do you usually:
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19. Do people get to know you:
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20. At work, do you:
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21. When you are with people you don=t know, do you usually:
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22. Which is more appealing?
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23. Which is more appealing?
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24. Which is more appealing?
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25. Which is more appealing?
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26. Which is more appealing?
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27. Which is more appealing?
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28. Which is more appealing?
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29. Which is more appealing?
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30. Which is more appealing?
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1. Add up your responses to each question into 8 sums as follows:
| Dimension | Questions to add up: | Total: |
| Extraversion | 2b+5b+8a+15a+19a+21a+28b | _________ |
| Introversion | 2a+5a+8b+15b+19b+21b+28a | _________ |
| Sensing | 4b+9a+11a+12b+17b+25a+29a+30b | _________ |
| Intuitive | 4a+9b+11b+12a+17a+25b+29b+30a | _________ |
| Thinking | 1b+7b+13b+16a+22b+24a+26b+27b | _________ |
| Feeling | 1a+7a+13a+16b+22a+24b+26a+27a | _________ |
| Judging | 3a+6b+10a+14b+18a+20b+23a | _________ |
| Perceiving | 3b+6a+10b+14a+18b+20a+23b | _________ |
2. Compare scores for each pair of matched dimensions. If one is more than 4 points larger than the other, that is your type. For example, if you score 20 on Extraversion and 15 on Introversion, you are an "E". If the scores are less than 5 points apart, you are neither type: just somewhere in between. For example, you might find that you are a "IN?P", which is what I am. The question mark means that I am somewhere in between Thinking and Feeling.
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