SEI vs IEI

Markers that SEI mostly agrees with, while IEI mostly disagrees:

  1. I love reading and studying history, and almost automatically know what was happening in different parts of the world at the same time a hundred or two hundred years ago.
  2. I assert my position firmly and confidently in front of people of greater power and status.
  3. Compared to others of my gender, I have a deeper voice.
  4. It's easy for me to communicate with people - they almost always seem nice to me, and I feel no fear or barriers.
  5. Historical events are always well interconnected in my mind - by their simultaneity with other events of the period in different parts of the world, analogies with other periods, and their causal relationships with each other.
  6. I keep my word, even if it is not beneficial to me.
  7. The present is more or less clear to me, but the future is unclear and therefore of little interest.
  8. I am concerned about my health.
  9. When someone does something horrible to people I don't even know, I almost always intervene because I can't do otherwise.
  10. I remember all the key moments and details of a long conversation, all the main phrases of the interlocutor.
  11. Compared to many others, my pupils are usually small and narrow, like dots.
  12. I have always been interested in the laws of society's development and civilization.
  13. Sometimes I "nag" others with my care.
  14. There are often days (about half or more) when I think more about the general or others' well-being than my own.
  15. I don't eat more than others, but I am a gourmet, and in the search and selection of particularly tasty food, I am very diligent and discerning.
  16. I believe in the necessity of serving society.
  17. I usually can focus my attention on only one thing at a time.
  18. I like philosophy and science.
  19. In school, I showed the ability to draw with almost photographic accuracy.
  20. My lifestyle includes many pleasant physical activities and lots of physical activity.
  21. My stories are characterized by event sequence and continuity - mixing episodes from different moments in time in my story, placing them next to each other by some non-temporal sign, is not typical for me.
  22. Try to perform the following tasks [...] SEI: all the tasks were absolutely easy, without mistakes and without difficulty. IEI: mistakes arose in six tasks or more.
  23. I always think in advance about the possible consequences of my actions.
  24. What is more likely to arouse your interest and concern if you can choose a field of activity in the government? - SEI: The health of the masses. IEI: The country's sporting victories.
  25. Quite often I discuss my own or someone else's well-being, pleasant or unpleasant sensations, I am interested in what hurts where - in general, these are normal topics for conversation.
  26. My intestines work responsively and easily - practically every day at about the same time I have regular stools without any difficulties.
  27. I am highly willing to cooperate with others.
  28. I have good clear diction with quality pronunciation of all letters and sounds.
  29. I often compare the historical past with the present world.
  30. I always quickly stop at a warning shout.
  31. When visiting a doctor, I am always interested in my medical history, trying to inquire or even peek at what the doctor is writing.
  32. I always insist on my own, achieving recognition of my correctness by others.
  33. Many of my actions are more aimed at helping others than at my own interests.
  34. My hands never shake.
  35. I would make a good specialist in arranging convenient workplaces.
  36. If necessary, I think I can accurately copy someone else's handwriting.
  37. I instantly direct attention to any point in space, without the slightest difficulty.
  38. I like to tinker with causal relationships between numerous facts.
  39. I have a rather dense build.
  40. I like uncompromising frankness in expressing my feelings, without "evasion."
  41. I always spend a lot of time comfortably arranging myself in a new room.
  42. When communicating with many people, I start to refer more often to logical, scientific, or business facts and arguments than when alone with myself.
  43. If there is something to reproach a colleague for, I will definitely do it - in front of witnesses.
  44. I like to publicly point out the mistakes of a person who formally has a higher status.
  45. I can always and am always ready to explain my actions with words - I have no problems or dissatisfaction when necessary to do this.
  46. I am a good speaker, able to briefly and clearly convey material to the listener.
  47. As a rule, I can only keep my attention on one thing at a time.
  48. The key concepts for me are pleasure, satisfaction, enjoyment, satisfying hunger or thirst.
  49. Active gratitude to people who have helped me remains with me for many years.
  50. I like to share my own experiences thoroughly.
  51. My character is distinguished by liveliness and courage in approaching new people.
  52. I still enjoy the genre of children's riddles.
  53. By the sound of a bouncing ball alone, I can tell what surface it bounced off - asphalt, linoleum, or something else.
  54. I like to instruct new employees or just newcomers in some activity.
  55. I have bothersome problems with being overweight.
  56. Practically always, I am looking at someone or something specific with my eyes, rather than staring into infinite space.
  57. In which category do you more often think?: SEI: I think in terms of "what do I already have to do this or that." I choose goals for which I already have enough or almost enough resources. IEI: I don't care what I have for any actions. I care what I want to create. And even if I have nothing, I will create all this missing but needed for the goals with a volitional act of creation later.
  58. I remember the architectural details of buildings well - even without special memorization, I can probably draw the characteristic features of the house I was recently in from memory.
  59. When walking with someone, I like to talk along the way, walking silently is not interesting.
  60. I like to preach to others emphatically, striving to teach them my approach to life.
  61. I am more of a skeptic expecting future troubles than a romantic expecting future successes.
  62. I am very caring towards my relatives and close ones.
  63. I always find it easy to think.
  64. When guests come, the main thing I pay attention to is that no one is bored, even in the farthest corner.

Markers that IEI mostly agrees with, while SEI mostly disagrees:

  1. Do you have visual images in your head during the day? IEI: I can call up and see an imagined visual image, bright and colored, not only with closed eyes but even with open eyes - against the background of the surrounding environment. SEI: No, even if you close your eyes and try very hard to see something.
  2. I am emotionally "uneven" and unstable.
  3. I can persistently beg - I know the best moment to approach someone with a request.
  4. Compared to peers of my gender, I have a higher-pitched voice.
  5. Sometimes I feel that people are laughing at me behind my back.
  6. In my sleep, without waking up, I sometimes start talking out loud.
  7. I often have mood swings.
  8. I am often impulsive, displaying anger or aggression.
  9. I frequently experience various fears or panic states.
  10. I usually get bored if people around me talk about politics or science.
  11. I am a person with kind, though sometimes sad humor, soft and pleasant in communication.
  12. I know I am smart, but I usually find it difficult to show it to others.
  13. I am not interested in theoretical discussions.
  14. I have some obsessive fears or sometimes have obsessive and ridiculous "forbidden desires" - although, of course, I do not succumb to them (like pulling the emergency brake in a train or doing something else absurd and forbidden).
  15. If a person wants to hear some pleasant lie about themselves, I am ready to tell it without any problems.
  16. I drink little and rarely, my body does not need a lot of water.
  17. Perhaps I sometimes spend too much time on "mental chewing," too often weighing, thinking over, and evaluating, reasoning around and about, instead of just doing and moving on.
  18. What is truly beneficial at the moment is true.
  19. I can find joy even in insignificant and ordinary events.
  20. In choosing food, I am an aesthete.
  21. I can suggest to myself not to see a particular person or thing - and indeed for some time, I will not see them even if I look directly at them.
  22. Sometimes voices in my head become uncontrollable and intrusive.
  23. I like power, pressure, and strength in people.
  24. If someone trusts you, they are at your complete disposal.
  25. I don't care about the names and life stories of those who ruled the country in the last century.
  26. I tend to use very long complex sentences with many commas and participial constructions in my writing.
  27. I more often think about the coming week than about what will happen to the world in three years.
  28. My hands are usually cold.
  29. Military service for all young people should be: IEI: three years. SEI: voluntary.
  30. I have aggressive-impulsive traits.
  31. My thoughts use some visual images of varying degrees of clarity rather than words.
  32. I prefer someone else to make decisions for me.
  33. I have fantasies with ideas of self-torture and self-destruction.
  34. Every hour, I mentally "jump ahead," running versions of events that have not yet happened.
  35. In food, I mostly consume something sweet and starchy (chocolate, Snickers, candies, pastries, ice cream, pasta, potato chips, etc.), and I eat omelets, chicken, meat, fish, as well as vegetables and beans less often and less willingly.
  36. I always feel sick performing tasks that I do not understand or consider foolish.
  37. Solving a life problem, I can intrigue, covertly pit people against each other in a team.
  38. In general, I rather respect those who can steal without getting caught.
  39. When speaking publicly, I often confuse the endings of words.
  40. Sometimes I like to negatively impact the emotions of others, stirring people up, taking them out of their usual cozy balance.
  41. I am somewhat "slow" by nature.
  42. It is true that I never point out people's flaws.
  43. Sometimes I spend an entire evening thinking and worrying about what I need to do, what I haven't done, or what I can't do, what needs to be done, or what will happen if something is not done, etc.
  44. My interest in scientific questions is rather superficial; in any case, I would not choose a profession in this or a purely technical field.
  45. If I speak quickly, I get fluent but confused speech, sometimes with nonsensical insertions, as I find it difficult to follow my speech.
  46. I am more modest in behavior than others.
  47. Often, quite unintentionally, but "in fact" and out of habit, I provoke people to objections and disagreement.
  48. I have a tendency towards some theatricality in my experiences.
  49. It is simultaneously true that I think quickly but do not always manage to express in words what I mean.
  50. I like expressions like "ruthless energy," "cold determination," "raw power."
  51. I react painfully to any awkward situations in social contacts.
  52. In computer games, I prefer slow "smart" games - chess, checkers, backgammon, simple games like "minesweeper," etc.
  53. Precisely because of my conscientiousness, I generally avoid any additional responsibility.
  54. I often experience sudden and sharp feelings of rejection, irritated protest.
  55. Feelings and relationships between people interest me more than the events of politics and business.
  56. I do not let anyone into my inner world.
  57. I have the gift of self-suggestion - for example, to suggest not feeling cold or pain, etc.
  58. I would rather have a cat at home than a dog.
  59. I often stumble over the pronunciation of words, their correct enunciation.
  60. For the surrounding world to "get through" to me, I need strong external stimuli.
  61. It is usually easy for me to figure out what bait another person might "bite" on.
  62. Often, I want to hide, go away, dissolve, disappear.
  63. During monotonous work, I often deliberately start to diversify my actions, even if it reduces quality and productivity.
  64. I am attracted to situations that excite the nerves with a slight fear.