Te + Qi

Markers of Unusual Combinations of Functions: Te + Qi

1. If I am sure that I am right about something, then I do not waste a lot of time listening to other people’s arguments.
2. I have never had optical illusions or any “visions”.
3. A high standard of living is more important than being a great military power.
4. To get something from me, you need to praise me - to motivate me, scolding me is useless.
5. I always carefully and thoroughly calculate whether I get enough for the money spent.
6. I almost always have a stash of money.
7. I am invariably repelled by any manifestations of laziness, lies, cruelty and injustice in people.
8. I like to “put things on the shelves”, organize and classify.
9. I always demand that any statement be confirmed by a reference to a source.
10. Power should always be divided between several independent branches - concentrating it in one hands is unacceptable.
11. Based on the peculiarities of my character, I could become a very good, attentive and insightful diagnostician.
12. If at work or by my neighbors I am discriminated against in any way, then with a high probability I will write a statement and go to court.
13. My main principle in life is “Live and let others live.”
14. When it comes to getting my way from others through persistence, I often lack flexibility.
15. I am a calculating and consistent person in using my time.
16. For most countries, a woman is better off as a leader than a man.
17. I strongly dislike people who constantly demand concessions from others.
18. If someone’s patriotic pride condemns the population to long-term material deprivation, then this is crap, not patriotism.
19. When someone else tells me how delicious, pleasant and cozy everything will be, I relax and seem to fall into a trance.
20. I would prefer not to play any game (chess, tic-tac-toe, cards - not for money) with a clearly stronger opponent if the chances of winning are very slim.
21. I am often critical and ironic about other people’s work methods.
22. I always willingly discuss which technology will be more effective, which business decision will yield higher profits.
23. It is true that I am stingy and really don’t like to part with money. 24. It is very characteristic of me to strive to distance myself from bad people and bad relationships, thereby insuring myself in advance against negative experiences.
24. I try to control other people not by force of will, but by economic methods.
25. It is usually very difficult for me to tear myself away from an activity that I enjoy.
26. I would not be able to engage in any kind of meditation - I cannot sit idle and think about nothing, I must either create something or learn something.
27. It is true that I absolutely do not tolerate and do not forgive harsh coercion.
28. At signs of danger, one should flee first, without relying on other people’s assurances and admonitions.
29. I think of myself first, then of others.
30. I do not like and never have liked going to art museums.
31. Compared to many others, I always think first, then speak.
32. I tolerate insect bites and all kinds of wounds, injections and scratches very badly and painfully.
33. Sometimes I do not feel too sorry for other people when they have problems.
34. It is true that I have never had any prolonged - even an hour - suicidal thoughts aimed at killing myself (even those that then pass and do not end in any life-threatening action).
35. I am weak in determining whether another particular person can cause trouble for me.
36. You can’t trust anyone, you can only rely on yourself.
37. I like to get to the bottom of things and am never afraid to seem stupid by asking for explanations.
38. Tomorrow is usually better than yesterday.
39. If I were a psychologist, I would be more interested in studying on people: 1) Psychological mechanisms of suffering 5) Psychological mechanisms of hope and joy
40. I believe that a true feeling for a person is only one that has been tested over a long time.
41. By nature, I am an independent person with a penchant for intellectual leadership. 43. Other people’s pain, death and illness greatly scare me - I could not work as a medical worker in a hospice or a cancer ward of a hospital for any amount of money.
42. I don’t take anything on faith, I double-check everything.
43. What would you like to give to people? - 1) Freedom from doubt 5) Freedom of choice
44. I am most wary and distrustful of people in whom I see a tendency toward dictatorship and violence.
45. I always make decisions on my own, and if I ask for advice, it is just for the sake of form.
46. Doing something for someone, while forgetting about myself - well, that’s not about me.
47. I am ready to defend the facts of the matter in an argument, regardless of persons and ranks.
48. If I don’t eat something, it’s usually not because I don’t want this dish right now, but more often because I never eat it at all.
49. By nature, I am a kind person, but I put business above personal interests and relationships.
50. I avoid any strong emotions and experiences.
51. I disdain those cultures where offending the weak is a virtue.
52. I have a purely scientific worldview, alien to any magic or religion.
53. Equal horizontal relationships are always more pleasant and preferable than hierarchical relationships of people.
54. I would enjoy working as a technologist, where I have to set the right parameters for a chemical process at each given moment.
55. I believe that all living things in nature develop and evolve not gradually, but in steps, leaps, and rapid breakthroughs to a new level, after which they are again preserved for a long time.
56. I can perceive the nuances and minor changes in another person’s mood if I want to, but usually they don’t interest me - I have an opinion about each person “as a whole”.
57. I am always ready to change my choice if something suits me better.
58. At a factory, I would be more interested in organizing production than in HR and staff motivation.
59. Other people’s misfortunes usually don’t bother me.
60. I often strive for separation rather than unification.
61. I often find it difficult to understand what rights I have over another person, what and to what extent I can ask of them.
62. I sit at the computer on average more than an hour a day.
63. I noticed that in noisy conditions (for example, in the subway, at a disco, etc.) I cannot hear some of the words that the person I am talking to says.
64. I hate it when people dictate to me or even just advise me on the order of my work.
65. On television, I am usually more interested in watching individual athletes’ competitions than team games.
66. Fear of punishment should be used as an incentive as rarely as possible, and it is better not to use it at all.
67. Carrots and sweets are, in most cases, much better incentives for achievement than sticks and rods.
68. I enjoy “playing” in disputes and discussions using the language of formal logic.
69. I categorically could not be an unthinking, silent executor in someone’s army.
70. I am afraid of injections into the body, generally avoid any pain.
71. In most cases, I find good solutions.
72. My goodwill towards people is rather vague and broad, rather than selected for a specific outlined circle of people.
73. Maybe I’m a bore, but I usually look for scientific, not mystical explanations for everything unusual.
74. Benefit and common sense are more important than rules and laws.
75. It is true that I am independent of the team and its opinions, I do not like to “keep to myself” my attitude towards people, to be diplomatic and give compliments, I also really do not like and do not know how to feel like a petitioner or listen to other people’s moralizing.
76. What is more characteristic of you? - 1) The desire for integrity and unity, a willingness to unite people and unite with them. 5) Unwillingness to unite and unite.
77. I am against the policy of legislative prohibitions and restrictions - there should be as few prohibitions in laws as possible, and certainly much fewer than there are today.
78. Unlike many, I am completely incapable of giving insincere compliments (it is completely repugnant to my very being).
79. I always believe I am right.
80. In which category do you most often reason? (indicate the number of the option): 1. It doesn’t matter to me what I have available for certain actions. What matters to me is what I want to create. And even if I don’t have anything, I will then create everything that is missing but necessary for my goals through an act of willpower. 5. I reason in terms of “what do I already have to do this or that?” I choose precisely those goals for which I have already collected sufficient or almost sufficient resources.
81. I consider belief in miracles, the evil eye, someone’s magical talents, telepathy, etc. to be a sign of a superficial and naive mind.
82. I would rather live two hundred years from now than two hundred years ago.
83. I judge the importance of people by their hard work, effectiveness in their position, intelligence, integrity, and concern for others; a person’s position and its external entourage mean absolutely nothing to me.
84. I am principled about what I consider an absolute fact or scientific truth – it would be very difficult for me to be disingenuous in such matters.
85. Among the boys and girls in my class, I was one of the two or three most inquisitive.
86. I like preference and other card games that involve “trickery” more than games based on bluffing or simple luck (that is, games like poker, blackjack, etc.).
87. There is a lot of individualism in my character – being a cog in a “big machine” is unbearable for me.
88. I don’t care about people’s differences; for me, they are all, by and large, the same in terms of how I can approach them.
89. What is more unpleasant? - 1) Someone else’s unfounded laughter 5) Someone else’s hysteria and foot-stomping
90. I am a historical optimist; I believe in progress and the development of humanity along the path of mutual respect and goodness.
91. In every undertaking, it is very important for me to maintain a sense of my independence.
92. Great wealth is more desirable for me than great power.
93. My slogans are: live and let others live, don’t strive for domination, and respect the freedom of others.
94. My behavior is that of a loner.
95. I am rather in favor of reducing the functions and rights of the state in relation to citizens than increasing them. 98. I am an independent and self-sufficient person.
96. The rights of people to life and freedom are more important than any state or national interests.
97. The most important thing in raising children is to give them as much freedom as possible and to prohibit them as little as possible.
98. I’m more “droopy-eared” than the average child my age - my ears stick out a little to the sides, what can I do?
99. I find it difficult to do anything simply on command, since I always think about the ultimate goal of the task.
100. I believe that even the highest state interests cannot take precedence over laws and the rights of citizens. 104. Individualism is good, not bad.
101. Personal interests are always more important than any group interests.
102. A limited and parliamentary constitutional monarchy is obviously better than an autocracy.
103. Closeness of interests is always much more important than citizenship and nationality of people.
104. Which statement is closer to you? - 1) The people are strong in their unity. 5) The people are strong in their individual talents.
105. Fitting into some kind of group hierarchy and becoming an integral part of it is more unpleasant than pleasant for me.
106. Human rights and social equality are certainly more important than the imperial power of a country.