IEE vs ILE
Markers that IEE mostly agrees with, while ILE mostly disagrees:
- Long immersion in dreams and fantasies is not for me.
- I usually find it easy to tell if someone is lying or telling the truth.
- I often notice changes in the relationships of my acquaintances.
- I'm not interested in theoretical discussions.
- Truth is what is beneficial at the moment.
- I would make a good diplomat.
- I think more about the coming week than about what will happen to the world in three years.
- I can avoid trouble by being perceptive and seeing through people.
- In communication, I am very good at "relaxing" my tense and worried partner, reducing the drama of the situation for them.
- I am indifferent to gratitude and praise; they are weak motivators for me.
- I am friendly, attentive, and compassionate with everyone, feeling the state of others well and gently adjusting to the interlocutor.
- I am a person of little anxiety.
- I never daydream during the day; if I do, it's only before bed, when I'm already falling asleep.
- I win arguments mostly due to a sharp and ironic tongue.
- I live "here and now."
- I instantly recognize sarcastic "thanks," grateful "thanks," and angry "thanks" by ear.
- My talent is being able to get in "sync" with the feelings and experiences of another person.
- Most of the time, I feel calm and self-sufficient.
- When interacting with people, I feel them well, easily predicting their future words and actions - I subconsciously perceive those around me "like the back of my hand."
- I am good at harmonizing relationships within a team.
- I can easily read a person's intentions from their eyes and face.
- I am a very emotionally sensitive and benevolent person, finely feeling the nuances in relationships.
- I am good at working with a wide variety of people.
- I can well foresee another person's reactions, successfully guessing what they will do in a particular situation or in response to a certain action.
- I always pay attention to who knows whom and what their closeness is based on.
- I always automatically sense what to expect from any given person at any time.
- How many pieces of gum do you use on average per day? IEE: Ten or more. ILE: None.
- I can hide my true attitude towards a person behind a facial expression.
- I believe that no reforms should break what has long been established and adhered to by prevailing public opinion - even if reformers have the strength and resources to overcome it.
- I don't worry about trifles.
- I can calm and relieve emotional tension in another person better than others.
- I can "stroke" a person with words at the right moment (deliberately and usually insincerely) - just to gain their trust.
- I would make a good diplomat.
- I am sensitive to others' states and can smooth out sharp edges in communication.
- My rules are "everything is nonsense" and "don't get upset over nonsense."
- Irony and sarcasm are closer and more understandable to me than optimistic romanticism.
- If my friends are scared, I usually understand it right away, although I don't share their fear.
- I have a kind of "arithmetical blindness" - perceiving numbers and operating with them is probably harder for me than for many others.
- I am a very balanced and realistic person.
- When watching movies, I rarely empathize with the victims, even if I am interested in the relationships of the characters - I am good at separating my feelings from others'.
- The criterion of truth is material benefit; only what is personally useful to me is correct.
- I easily emotionally adjust to those around me.
- If there is magic in movies and books, they usually become uninteresting and often even unpleasant to me just because of that.
- The ideas of humanism only corrupt people.
- In my explanations of anything to others, I always use vivid pictures and illustrations more than logical reasoning.
- In the vast majority of cases, I easily manage my emotions and control their external expression without problems.
- Knowledge must bring quick benefits; otherwise, what good is it?
- I believe that if a person moves against the direction of their herd, it is not wise at all.
- Even in nervous situations, I remain calm.
- I am diplomatic, especially good at negotiating with people in an informal, heartfelt setting, without any pressure.
- I can timely "flatter" a useful person when needed.
- It is true that I usually dislike it when someone "stands out" and causes disputes.
- I can easily feel people's relationships with each other and quickly distinguish genuine feelings from feigned ones.
- I would not go to great lengths to preserve old buildings if it hindered the growth and development of cities.
- I am a very realistic person; abstractions far from real-life experience do not interest me.
- When I see someone behaving inappropriately, I look at them with disgust for a long time, making them feel ashamed.
- I have no fetish for scientific knowledge - it is far more important to do something simply useful and functional.
- I am sociable, diplomatic, and emotional, but without flaunting my feelings, without noise and brightness - I can always be charming and find an approach to any person.
- I always feel my belonging to the team.
- The job of a sanitary inspector would appeal to me more (in terms of character and job content) than the job of an architect.
- I prefer when those around me highly appreciate IEE: The current result of my affairs. ILE: The prospects of my affairs.
- I know perfectly well what specific interests unite the people I know.
- I usually don't keep inconvenient and unpleasant thoughts and guesses in my head for long, easily driving them out.
- In any situation, I have good diplomatic skills - I never "dig in my heels" and don't stay in an unprofitable place for long, foreseeing the consequences and future developments, able to advance, retreat, and maneuver.
- I often immerse myself in the feelings of my friends.
- I don't like any buildup of emotions - neither in life nor in books.
- When possible, I almost always have some news talk radio on in the room.
- Resisting the world is pointless; you can only adapt.
- There is no particular point in racking your brain over why something happens and how something works.
- Sympathy for a country competing with your homeland or for a company competing with your employer is already betrayal.
Markers that ILE mostly agrees with, while IEE mostly disagrees:
- I am weak in determining whether another specific person can cause me trouble.
- I tend to obsess too much over certain ideas.
- I often have sharp reactions of disappointment and dissatisfaction.
- I like to "play" in arguments and discussions using formal logic.
- In my case, praise and sincere gratitude are the best motivation.
- I have old memories of fear that still evoke the same feelings of horror.
- I am a dreamer and often fantasize.
- I often "immerse" in the future, indulging in dreams, hopes, or fears.
- I am often strongly drawn to sugar and other sweets.
- I love the atmosphere of struggle, I love chivalry in defense of justice, I love films about weapons, but my main calling is revolutionary discoveries and inventions.
- I often make mistakes in people because I idealize them at first, "inventing" them.
- Honest praise from others is more valuable to me than money.
- I am better than many at reviewing and updating logical solutions and models, moving away from the familiar and established.
- I like philosophy and science.
- There are periods of crying and tears.
- To stimulate my activities, public recognition and others' gratitude are much more important and necessary than money or the threat of punishment.
- I am often driven by "itching" curiosity or inquisitiveness.
- Often, trivialities can put me in an excited or upset state.
- My hands and feet often become cold, "like ice."
- It is often very hard for me to tear myself away from a started game, even though more important matters await.
- I am often excited or irritated.
- Often, from a mental find or some external irritation, I begin to feel an inner "devil" wanting to burst out - I want to immediately jump up, speak out, object, express indignation, or exclaim "Eureka, I've found it!"
- It often happens that I reacted too quickly or strongly to something, leading to undesirable consequences.
- I love abstract thinking on abstract topics.
- I have a good imagination and always many original ideas.
- I easily lose my temper.
- I perfectly remember the entire multiplication table by heart.
- The same thoughts often run in circles many, many times.
- I often "get stuck" on thoughts or fears that begin to haunt me for a long time.
- I have bouts of sobbing.
- I am a nervous person.
- I always keep something unfinished and contradictory in my head - because without a perspective, without having something open and unfinished, life is boring.
- I like starting something new.
- I have a very developed imagination.
- I am a historical optimist, believing in progress and the development of humanity on the path of mutual respect and goodness.
- I can be interested in doing only those things that are really needed by someone and genuinely useful - and money is far from the main thing here.
- I am hard to call a conservative in relation to new non-standard theories and solutions.
- In a state of angry excitement, I often involuntarily begin to wave my hands.
- I am more involved in what is cool, interesting, exciting, and enjoyable than in what brings me direct practical benefit.
- I have a habit of biting my nails or picking at hangnails on my fingers.
- I often make mistakes in people.
- I perfectly remember the signs of divisibility of any integers by 3 and 5.
- I have a popularizing talent - I love and know how to "play" with complex logical things, showing them from different sides.
- I have a very vulnerable self-esteem - I have always been very afraid of being rejected.
- I am obsessed with any work I undertake.
- I lack flexibility in behavior.
- When thinking about the future, I usually see it in a "rosy" light.
- I usually react too excitedly to many things.
- As a rule, I was very trusting of people.
- I often have mood swings.
- In a state of angry excitement, I sometimes start to "jump" or dance in one place.
- There are things that, if I start talking about them, make my voice tremble, and sometimes even bring a tear to my eye.
- I am not an indifferent person; I am not characterized by apathy.
- My character is marked by nervousness and irritability.
- I am undiplomatic and easily get into a state of indignation.
- What do you pay more attention to? - ILE: The smell of food. IEE: The smell of other people.
- It is easy to arouse interest and focused attention in me towards something.
- I often get nervous.
- I am often so internally tense as if I am ready either for immediate fight or immediate flight.
- Stressful states happen to me regularly, at least once a week.
- If I sit in a hall and listen to a speech I disagree with, I almost always start fidgeting or fiddling with something in my hands.
- Any minor defects in any systems, structures, or classifications often, even without my desire, "scratch my eye."
- I am prone to over-planning and excessively worrying about the future, sometimes "getting stuck" on it.
- I am often irritated and distracted by extraneous noise.
- After watching an emotional and exciting movie, I still feel its influence on me even after several hours.
- I often got into trouble because I overestimated people's good attitude towards me.
- I react painfully to any awkward situations in social contacts.
- I am very concerned about the fate of the country.
- It is easy to make me angry.
- I constantly want to acquire new knowledge.