SOCIONIC COMPONENT OF THE NORMATIVITY OF RESPONSES TO ANY QUESTIONNAIRE ITEMS – revealing the content of this factor through lists of items closely correlated with its socionic profile.

ITEMS CHARACTERIZING RESPONDENTS AT THE POLE OF HIGH PERSONAL NORMATIVITY (in descending order of the covariance relationship between the items and the socionic profile of the factor)

1. By nature, I am kinder and less selfish than other people.
2. Given my psychological makeup, the role of a peacemaker would suit me better than that of the attacking side.
3. If compared with the average human level, my character is more peaceful and yielding than stubbornly conflict-prone.
4. I am afraid of the sight and sound of other people’s physical suffering.
5. Goodwill toward complete strangers and readiness to forgive offenses by people close to me have always been characteristic of me.
6. Any violence shocks and repels me.
7. Concepts key to my character: sympathy, morality, humility, conscientiousness, industriousness, rejection of coercion, responsiveness, caring, condemnation of greed, humanism, imagination, self-sacrifice.
8. Compared with others, I am a very peaceable person, alien even to thoughts of violence.
9. In life, I am a warm, soft little bun, conciliatory, fond of seeking advice, fond of eating, fond of my home comforts and of money.
10. A set of concepts that characterizes me very accurately and fully: feelings, agreement, peace, humanity, commandments, conscientiousness, shame, politeness, sense of obligation, the human soul, forgiveness, poetry, fate.
11. Every person deserves respect regardless of their status.
12. In the role of a manager, I would be characterized by a democratic, but by no means command-administrative, style of management.
13. It is always more pleasant to create something oneself than to direct from above.
14. I am yielding, affectionate, romantic, and unpredictable.
15. I am a gentle person who knows how to forgive.
16. People in whom I see a propensity for dictatorial coercion and violence cause me the greatest apprehension and distrust.
17. If forced to choose between the occupations of a sewage worker and an executioner, I would choose sewage worker.
18. I am inclined to help and offer sympathy to anyone near me who needs it.
19. If all people were divided into two equal groups - the first consisting of more malicious and suspicious people, and the second of more good-natured and contented people who are satisfied with life - I would belong rather TO THE SECOND GROUP, the group of the good-natured.
20. I am a very emotionally sensitive and benevolent person; I subtly perceive nuances in relationships.
21. I am a person with a gentle, though sometimes sad, sense of humor, and am mild and pleasant in interaction.
22. I easily feel sympathy for people; I often perceive the problems even of a stranger almost as my own.
23. I would try to avoid work in which one has to give people orders and manage them.
24. I absolutely cannot bear the sight of physical suffering.
25. Any conflict is a source of extremely unpleasant stress for me; therefore, in a conflict situation I am usually the first to give way and compromise, even neglecting the interests of the work at hand - just to relieve the tension.
26. I would agree to command people only with their voluntary consent.
27. It is easy to move me emotionally and awaken pity in me.
28. I am always friendly and pleasant in interaction; I spend a great deal of time on comforts for myself and my friends.
29. A set of concepts key to me: imagination, empathy, sympathy, soul, traditions, commandments, duty, tactfulness, self-sacrifice, neatness.
30. When people close to me around me quarrel, I feel energetically depleted and simply become ill from it.
31. People who forcibly impose submission and obedience are contemptible and deficient, for humankind is worthy of being united by nothing but the great and noble consciousness of brotherhood.
32. It is true that I do not know how to “pressure” others, and I neither know how nor like to control those around me.
33. I often dream of life in a world in which friendship and brotherhood would rule.
34. By my presence, I more often reconcile and harmonize than provoke disputes and stir disagreement.
35. I would prefer to live in a society where there is no division at all into aristocrats and plebeians, masters and slaves, superiors and subordinates.
36. I rarely set goals for myself, but willingly join in action if my help is very much needed and will be appreciated.
37. I do not know how to “pressure” others, and I neither know how nor like to control the surrounding space.
38. Fear of punishment should be used as an incentive as rarely as possible, and preferably not used at all.
39. Concepts key to me: spirituality, guilt, vulnerability, compassion, attentiveness, decency, morality, reliability, modesty, responsibility, consistency.
40. I am a good mediator in relationships because I am affectionate and soothingly gentle, never strive to be in the front ranks, and never create conflicts myself.
41. Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood - these are sacred concepts for me.
42. I am afraid of conflicts.
43. It is true that I never allow myself actions that are unfair to other people or that humiliate someone.
44. I am more idealistic than skeptical.
45. I often make concessions simply to avoid criticizing and arguing.
46. When I need to assess some step and make a practical decision, I am usually indecisive and prone to hesitation.
47. I am afraid to ride in the front seat of a car with a driver who drives recklessly and at high speed.
48. I am a supporter of a classless society based on equality among people.
49. I believe in the good and inherently honest nature of human beings.
50. I clearly prefer being praised for my kind disposition rather than for anything else.
51. When I sense another person’s pain and fear nearby, any logical arguments immediately recede and become unimportant.
52. By character, I am more modest, honest, and sincere than the average person in my social circle.
53. If misfortune happens to someone, I immediately feel an emotional response in my soul to this difficult event, even if I do not know the person.
54. Kindness, loyalty, and industriousness - these are my constant and most salient qualities in any situation.
55. I have an accommodating disposition.
56. I am very altruistic and almost always ready to help those who need help.
57. I avoid fighting and competing with other people.

ITEMS CHARACTERIZING RESPONDENTS AT THE POLE OF HIGH PERSONAL NON-NORMATIVITY (in descending order of the negative covariance relationship between the items and the socionic profile of the factor)

1. I like expressions such as “ruthless energy,” “cold determination,” “brute force.”
2. I like the atmosphere of struggle.
3. Supporting the weak is harmful; the strongest should win in life.
4. I like it when people are afraid of me.
5. Many people evoke contempt in me.
6. The rights and feelings of other people concern me little.
7. I enjoy having the right to command and give orders.
8. I know how to treat people mercilessly.
9. I am prepared to sacrifice many of my current needs in order to attain a higher position.
10. When I manage to get something from another person through forceful pressure, it is usually pleasant.
11. I hate weaklings.
12. Exploiting fools and weaklings - this is normal and natural.
13. Sometimes I like seeing other people’s fear.
14. One must take revenge on enemies - up to and including destroying them.
15. I like the feeling of “drive” from intense sensations associated with some danger that I deliberately go out to meet.
16. I need the power to subjugate and command not for any particular purpose - it is pleasurable in itself.
17. I like forbidding things, or I like monitoring how people comply with various prohibitions.
18. I like manipulating people, striving for power and fame.
19. I am a person who is usually fearless and “tough” in my behavior.
20. It would suit me very well to be a leader in a large, rigidly organized system.
21. I very much like subordinating the external environment to myself and imposing my will.
22. I feel pleasure when I see an enemy suffer.
23. I like it when people are somewhat afraid of me.
24. Compared with the average level, I am more of a mean person than a kind and friendly one.
25. I function quite normally and successfully under alarm conditions that provoke aggression and nervous tension - no worse than others, if not more successfully.
26. My calling is to be a master.
27. I would very much like responsible work connected with power or leadership of a large organization.
28. Sometimes other people’s fear gives me satisfaction.
29. I like moving people around like chess pieces.
30. The logic of business, the logic of struggle - these are things I am capable of and very much enjoy.
31. I like looking “down on” people.
32. I always conduct myself as a person endowed with power and authority.
33. I believe that everything unfit for life and everything weak should be eradicated.
34. If compared with people of my age, sex, and social circle, then relative to their average level I am rather more “rough” than soft and “gentle.”
35. For achieving what I want, all means are good.
36. Probably, by nature I am more cruel than others.
37. If a person has trusted you, then they are completely at your disposal.
38. It is always pleasant to observe the humiliation of my opponent or rival.
39. A victorious war is better than a bad peace.
40. My stronger qualities include my will, inclination, and talent for leadership.
41. The world is cruel, and I always side with the victors, not those who have suffered.
42. The world is divided into plebeians and aristocrats, and that is right.
43. I have always liked exercising power over my peers.
44. I do not like empathizing with others - let them worry about themselves.
45. I accurately notice the weaknesses and mistakes of those around me, never missing a chance to “take a swipe” at them over it.
46. I will never give up my financial advantage.
47. I would gladly keep a combat pistol at home if it were allowed.
48. The triumph of the strong over the weak - this is a normal and entirely acceptable basis of life.
49. I never capitulate - I do not recognize capitulation; victory must be achieved by me on principle, at any cost.
50. I know how to demand what is mine and push rivals aside.
51. I know how to “put in their place” the weak and worthless.
52. I am more cold and hard than gentle and responsive.
53. Society needs strict and even fierce leaders.
54. I openly state my demands and readily get into quarrels.
55. I have a healthy careerism - my will to pursue a career is stronger than that of most of my friends.
56. I have a strong and authoritarian character that demands complete submission from those around me.
57. If there is an opportunity to make those around me understand my superiority, I will not fail to do so.
58. I always know how to use members of my family and close friends.
59. If I had the necessary power, I would crush all those who disagree with me.
60. I know how to apply pressure to an opponent’s weak points and I like doing so.
61. I have sometimes participated in the bullying of someone.

To be continued. The final part will examine the second component of normativity, which accounts for 60% of the variance. This component is associated not with a subconscious artifactual response set to smooth one’s responses toward the central norm (as in the factor already considered), but with the genuine «centrality» of the respondent’s traits in the population, with the true «middleness» of those traits.