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The Gray-Wheelwright-Winer 4-letter Type Indicator Test Test Input

The Gray-Wheelwright-Winer 4-letter Type Indicator Test

This on-line version of the Gray Wheelwright typing test, designed in the 1930's, preceeded the more popular test developed by Myers-Briggs (Myers Briggs). Two American physicians at Stanford University Medical Center, Drs. Horace Gray and Joseph Wheelwright were students of Jung and both became Jungian analysts. In 2002, Dr. Winer re-wrote the test analysis to transform the test's result of a 3 letter type into a device that produced a 4-letter type enabling its results to be directly compared to Myers Briggs test. The results were less than satisfactory, and a second and third edition of the test were produced. It gradually became clear that the test questions were antiquated and needed to be re-examined for relevancy, extensively edited for clarity, and that new questions needed to be composed. By May, 2006 the third edition proved to be reliable and the results were validated against both the Myers Briggs and Keirsey test. Also, the number of questions was reduced from 81 to 70.

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1. In a social setting, do you prefer to

Talk
Listen
 
2. In viewing a problem, do you
First try to measure, count, or define it
First look at its background features
 
3. Are you more interested in
What someone does
Why or what motivates a person to do it
 
4. Is your nature more to
Categorize life by thoughts
Categorize life by feelings
 
5. Are your opinions, decisions, or judgments based upon
Some logical principle or category
Your own or society's values
 
6. Are you usually
On time
Late
 
7. In practice, is your style to set up appointments
Long in advance
Do them at the last moment
 
8. Granting that you've adapted your behavior to a social settings, is it your real impulse
To speak out
To keep quiet
 
9. Assuming your living was assured and that you could take a job for enjoyment or to have something to do. Would you take one that is more
Useful to yourself or others
On the imaginative side
 
10. Do you prefer pictures that portray things that are
On the earth / ground
In the sky / air
 
11. In trying to understand a society or an individual, do you learn about their
Principles and laws
Myths and values
 
12. In forming an opinion of someone, do you more pay attention to
The actual words they say
What you believe is in their heart
 
13. When you visit tourist sites in a place unfamiliar to you, do you
Get exact directions to the place
Get general directions and find out specifics later
 
14. Is your impulse to be
Punctual
Leisurely
 
15. Are you eager to join in with the group
Usually
Seldom
 
16. In gaining information about a culture, do you tend to look first at
The problems of an individual person in that society
The problems of that society as a whole
 
17. In giving praise, do you look at the
Specific actions
The overall result
 
18. Mostly, do you prefer people with
Good thinking
Good feeling
 
19. Is tact to you a matter of
Respecting independent views
Warm sympathy
 
20. When about to travel, do you pack up
Several days before
At the last moment
 
21. When you read the book you've bought and find it disappointing, do you
Finish it anyway
Stop reading it and/or find a new one
 
22. Do you like to chat with clerks, hairdressers, workers, etc.
Yes
No
 
23. Do you take in more about a situation from the
Actual circumstances
The background to the actual circumstances
 
24. When you focus your attention on a task or goal, do you tend to overlook the details
Seldom
Often
 
25. When confronted with the misfortune of others is your impulse to
Search for the cause
Console
 
26. In reasoning, do you proceed from the
Particular case to the general rule
General rule to the particular case
 
27. When listening to others, do you tend
Help them get to the point
Let them speak as long as they want
 
28. When situations are mildly uncertain, do you tend to
Do something
Let it work itself out
 
29. Is the telephone's ring a pleasure?
Yes
No
 
30. In a work of art, do you prefer it to be
Photographic in quality
Abstract of imaginative
 
31. In reading for information, do you prefer the presentation
To be to the point
Many-sided
 
32. In making a judgment about a person's reaction or behavior, do give a greater weight to
The general principles of human behavior that apply
The individual's unique traits and/or their specific situation
 
33. When you overhear two people having a difference of opinion, do you decide who is right on the basis
The strength of the points made
How you feel about each of them or about their behavior
 
34. Is orderliness?
Very important
Not very important
 
35. Do you tend to spend now or save for a rainy day?
Spend now
Save for later
 
36. In regard to friends which is more important to you
Quantity
Quality
 
37. Are you more interested in people's
Profession
Background growing up and life experience
 
38. When I let my mind dream new possibilities, I feel
Uncomfortable
Intrigued
 
39. Empathy is a major way I make decisions
No
Yes
 
40. Do you take observations as facts:
To be studied?
To be valued for usefulness?
 
41. On which side is your temperament
Deliberate
Spontaneous
 
42. Do you generally "size up" a person on the basis of a short talk
Yes
No
 
43. Do you enjoy meeting a lot of new people
Yes
No
 
44. In reading, do you prefer
Biography
Novels
 
45. When you meet people do you prefer to listen to what they
Do
Dream of
 
46. Gut feelings should be listened to
No
Yes
 
47. Devotion is the most important thing in a relationship
No
Yes
 
48. If living alone would you
Keep things in precise order
Not bother much with such things
 
49. Do conclusions come to you by
Deliberate reasoning
Immediate inspiration
 
50. At a party are you happier with
Twelve people
Three people
 
51. Does a problem seem like a closed room which intuition has to open
Quite frequently
Not much
 
52. Do you tend to see
One thing at a time
A variety of things at once
 
53. Which principle is more important in making your decisions
What you or others think
What you or others feel
 
54. When a person has a wrong idea, in the moment, do you
Try show them why your idea is correct
Try to reach some agreement
 
55. Having formed an opinion, do you
Tend to stick to it
Alter it
 
56. Is orderliness in you or your surroundings
Important
Unimportant
 
57. Do long encounters with people leave you drained
No
Yes
 
58. Are you inclined to pursuits that involve new possibilities
Quite a bit
Not much
 
59. Which is more of an achievment, a person who is
Practical
Creative
 
60. Towards achieving your goals do you choose on the basis of
Principles and facts
Feelings and possibilities
 
61. Is it necessary to be passionate about your decisions
No
Yes
 
62. With regard to future possibilities, do you
Plan for various contingencies
Cross bridges as they come
 
63. Do you prefer to make decisions
Immediately
At leisure
 
64. Are you more energized if others join with you in your plans
Always
Sometimes
 
65. Do you tend to see:
The individual tree rather than the forest as a whole
The forest rather than the individual tree
 
66. In paintings, which attracts you more
Portraits
Landscapes
 
67. Do you make decisions with your
Head
Heart
 
68. Do people error more by ignoring
The principles of the matter
What has value to them or others
 
69. Were you born with a time clock in your head that you closely follow:
Yes
No
 
70.When picking a present for somebody, do you seek something
You think they want
You think will be a surprise



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