Beta Values

Only those questions were selected into the clusters of quadral values (including Betan ones) for which the average agreement score for each of the four types of the corresponding quadra was above average.

The questions are grouped into clusters. A limited number of questions is included in each cluster’s list (if the cluster is large – no more than 20, for example purposes only). No other reliable clusters besides those listed were found in our analysis of 11,000 questions with accumulated statistics. It should also be kept in mind that not every Betan is “obligated” to share all Betan values without exception – much depends on individual leanings toward the type. For example, quite a few EIEs and IEIs have a balance of reasonableness-decisiveness at the level of ambiversion or even shifted toward reasonable traits. It would be strange to expect such people to share the decisive values of the “average Beta” (which are, frankly speaking, rather cruel and cold towards people).

After each question, four numbers are given – these are the average scores of normalized responses for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th quadras respectively.

PART ONE - STATEMENTS THAT ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, ACCEPED BY ALL BETA TYPES

010 – in the plus: awareness of one’s own uniqueness (opposition of the 2nd quadra to the 4th, with moderately elevated values of the 1st and neutral status of the 3rd)

  1. It is possible that I am indeed slightly “obsessed” with my superiority or with my uniqueness in something. 0.20 0.50 0.04 -0.74
  2. Integral passion in people is more important and valuable to me than their morality and politeness. 0.28 0.45 0.07 -0.79

030 – in the plus: broadly cheerful values (commonality of the 1st and 2nd quadras in opposition to the 3rd and 4th)

  1. I am very sympathetic to the customs of those peoples where the interests of the clan and the opinion of elders are law for everyone. 0.28 0.98 -0.84 -0.41
  2. I like the atmosphere of tragic passions. 0.21 0.81 -0.36 -0.65
  3. People who criticize their own country are traitors. 0.26 0.77 -0.64 -0.38
  4. I love situations with growing emotional tension. 0.23 0.76 -0.31 -0.67
  5. In emotions, I am usually attracted by their strength and passion. 0.48 0.73 -0.42 -0.78
  6. I love strong emotions. 0.43 0.69 -0.14 -0.99
  7. I can quite imagine myself committing some kind of deadly military feat (and sometimes imagined this in my dreams) – like the feats of pilots who sent their planes into ramming attacks, or the feats of Japanese kamikaze pilots, or the feat of Alexander Matrosov, covering the embrasure of an enemy bunker with his chest. 0.16 0.66 -0.44 -0.37
  8. I prefer situations of rising intensity of passions, rather than those where enthusiasm and passion are mocked and belittled. 0.53 0.65 -0.44 -0.74
  9. I would like to be the director of a grand nocturnal celebration on the eve of the solemn death of all humanity. 0.21 0.64 -0.20 -0.65
  10. I like watching military parades. 0.12 0.60 -0.46 -0.26
  11. Silence and the absence of conflict frighten me, because they do not allow me to concentrate and carry no information that I need. 0.13 0.55 -0.12 -0.57
  12. In my youth I often fantasized about passionate heroic feats, such as the feats of kamikaze pilots. 0.19 0.55 -0.30 -0.44
  13. I like poems and ballads with heroic sentimentality – such as those by Konstantin Simonov or Alexander Tvardovsky. 0.42 0.53 -0.36 -0.59
  14. I believe that a person cannot live normally and happily if they do not realize and feel themselves as a continuation and instrument of some higher will above them. 0.16 0.52 -0.45 -0.23
  15. I would rather die a hero than live a coward. 0.13 0.48 -0.21 -0.40
  16. I am often drawn to “feats”; otherwise I get bored. 0.00 0.48 -0.10 -0.37
  17. Pride, enthusiasm, and passion attract me more in reading books than the author’s observational subtlety regarding human relationships. 0.29 0.46 -0.07 -0.68
  18. I prefer the language of strong and clear emotions rather than half-tones. 0.45 0.45 -0.32 -0.58
  19. My thoughts and dreams usually have a global, revolutionary-challenging character. 0.32 0.45 -0.14 -0.63
  20. I often remember my dreams. 0.19 0.45 -0.52 -0.12

031 – in the plus: provocative behavior and elements of masochism associated with the striving to obtain surges of endorphins and dopamine (opposition of the 2nd quadra to the 4th, with neutral status of the 1st and 3rd)

  1. I have masochistic tendencies. 0.02 0.45 -0.05 -0.42
  2. Almost every person deserves to be humiliated, or at least to be told to their face all the unpleasant truth about them. 0.17 0.86 -0.34 -0.68
  3. Sometimes I deliberately provoke others into arguments – just for the sake of storm, not truth. 0.01 0.55 0.00 -0.56
  4. Quite often, on my own initiative, I “go to war” and quarrel with relatives. 0.00 0.53 -0.14 -0.40
  5. It is true that I never make the first move toward reconciliation. 0.04 0.44 -0.21 -0.27
  6. Pain is often accompanied for me by bliss that rolls in afterward. 0.03 0.41 0.00 -0.43
  7. Sometimes I like to hurt myself. -0.08 0.50 -0.07 -0.35

040 – in the minus: humanism and social justice (the 2nd quadra opposes itself to all the others)

  1. Proper authority should be built “from top to bottom,” and talk about democracy is for the feeble-minded. -0.27 1.06 -0.65 -0.14
  2. Society needs strict and even ferocious leaders. -0.25 1.01 -0.19 -0.58
  3. If there are no masters and obedient subjects in a society, such a society is boring to live in. -0.29 0.99 -0.37 -0.32
  4. Let the will to power grow and triumph; let all the weak and deformed perish. -0.33 0.96 -0.05 -0.59
  5. I like such expressions as “merciless energy,” “cold determination,” “brute force.” -0.43 0.95 -0.09 -0.42
  6. I believe that spreading hostility toward a potential enemy among the population and fear of the might of authority is a useful measure for strengthening a good state. -0.22 0.93 -0.36 -0.36
  7. Territorial expansion of an empire is generally more valuable than any democracy. -0.35 0.92 -0.38 -0.19
  8. Most often I adhere to the principle: “who is not with us is against us.” -0.20 0.91 -0.38 -0.32
  9. I prefer leaders with a domineering and strongly willful manner of behavior. -0.18 0.86 -0.01 -0.67
  10. I like the power of a firm hand, even if at the same time someone shouts about various violations. -0.36 0.84 -0.08 -0.40
  11. Representatives of different social groups should remain representatives of those social groups, without mixing with each other. -0.23 0.83 -0.51 -0.09
  12. I derive pleasure from others’ hostility – hatred means fear and respect, and I like it when I am feared and respected. -0.37 0.82 -0.02 -0.42
  13. I would like professional service in the army if it were well paid. -0.22 0.81 -0.29 -0.30
  14. Soldiers are more necessary to the people than scholars. -0.07 0.75 -0.18 -0.50
  15. The interests of one’s own nation must necessarily be above the interests of all other peoples. -0.09 0.75 -0.32 -0.33
  16. I have taken part in bullying someone. -0.30 0.74 -0.10 -0.35
  17. Enemies must necessarily be avenged – up to their destruction. -0.15 0.74 -0.15 -0.43
  18. My ideal state is the great empires of the past: the empire of Alexander the Great, the Roman Empire, the empire of Bonaparte. -0.16 0.71 -0.09 -0.46
  19. If a man is not a warrior, then he is not a man. -0.33 0.71 -0.08 -0.29
  20. An ideal monarchy is better than an ideal republic. -0.13 0.71 -0.39 -0.18
  21. I have a need for ranks and statuses assigned to members by a collective – I am not indifferent to them. -0.42 0.74 0.06 -0.38

041 – in the plus: increased stress tolerance (the 2nd quadra opposes all the others on this trait)

  1. I am attracted to situations that stir the nerves with a light fear. -0.15 0.59 -0.04 -0.40
  2. When I start breathing with play, I feel an incredible surge and sharpening of all senses – and then I no longer want to drink, smoke, or even eat. -0.06 0.59 -0.19 -0.34
  3. What helps you better to overcome laziness and apathy and enter active work? – 1) to fill oneself with positive emotions; 5) to become at least a little offended and enraged. -0.06 0.55 -0.03 -0.45
  4. I think that compared to other people I adapt rather easily to an atmosphere of quarrels, grievances, and conflicts. -0.18 0.46 -0.04 -0.24

050 – in the minus: values of individualism (commonality of the 2nd and 4th quadras, against the 1st and 3rd)

  1. In a healthy society, the police should have higher funding priorities than fundamental science, especially science engaged in research of little relevance to today. -0.20 0.53 -0.33 0.01
  2. I always seek my place in the common formation; it is very important for me to constantly feel it. -0.06 0.43 -0.40 0.03

060 – in the minus: benevolent-brotherly attitude toward unfamiliar people (2nd and 3rd quadras against the 1st and 4th)

  1. The sweetest thing in life is power over others. -0.32 0.91 0.01 -0.60
  2. The power to subordinate and command is needed by me not for something – it is pleasant in itself. -0.35 0.86 0.06 -0.57
  3. The triumph of the strong over the weak is a normal and quite acceptable foundation of life. -0.41 0.84 0.18 -0.61
  4. When it is possible to achieve something from another person through forceful pressure, it is usually pleasant. -0.40 0.83 0.24 -0.67
  5. At times I like seeing another’s fear. -0.41 0.82 0.12 -0.53
  6. I like authority, drive, and strength in people. -0.37 0.81 0.21 -0.65
  7. I need leadership, not brotherhood. -0.34 0.78 0.13 -0.58
  8. I like it when people are afraid of me. -0.42 0.77 0.12 -0.47
  9. I hate weaklings. -0.51 0.77 0.30 -0.56
  10. I like the atmosphere of struggle. -0.33 0.76 0.20 -0.63
  11. At times another’s fear gives me satisfaction. -0.26 0.76 0.11 -0.61
  12. Sometimes I amuse myself with psychological “attacks” on another person – to see how they get nervous and how their mood gradually worsens. -0.31 0.75 0.02 -0.46
  13. Compared to the average level, I am a person rather more evil than more kind and friendly. -0.34 0.74 0.28 -0.67
  14. I like showing certain people that they are fools and insignificances. -0.19 0.73 0.02 -0.56
  15. Sometimes I want to destroy something belonging to someone – just like that, out of spite. -0.19 0.72 0.03 -0.56
  16. I like manipulating people, striving for power and fame. -0.46 0.72 0.41 -0.67
  17. If I had the necessary power, I would crush all those who disagree with me. -0.27 0.72 0.02 -0.46
  18. I feel pleasure when I see an enemy suffering. -0.26 0.72 0.17 -0.63
  19. The world is cruel, and I am always on the side of the winners, not the victims. -0.33 0.71 0.11 -0.49

PART TWO – STATEMENTS THAT ARE, FOR THE MOST PART, DENIED BY ALL BETA TYPES

011 - in the minus: risk-taking and striving to throw out of balance (opposition of the 4th quadra to all three others). Beta does not stabilize, but on the contrary destabilizes.

  1. It is true that I always calmly and without offense relate both to mockery of my intellect and to accusations of childishness in my views on life. -0.03 -0.40 0.00 0.43
  2. More than anything in the world I value coziness and calm. -0.09 -0.68 -0.17 0.94 030 - in the minus: broadly cheerful values (commonality of the 3rd and 4th quadras in opposition to the 1st and 2nd). In beta, cheerful values are affirmed; “serious” values are denied. 1. It is more important for me to avoid negative emotions than to receive positive impulses. -0.15 -0.39 0.16 0.39
  3. I do not like any rising intensification of experiences—neither in life nor in books. -0.30 -0.40 0.10 0.60
  4. My head is often occupied with thoughts of how, in some small thing, one can save money or time. -0.36 -0.41 0.47 0.31
  5. I perceive logical arguments better when they are presented in a quiet and calm voice. -0.26 -0.42 0.05 0.62
  6. I avoid emotionally unpleasant or anxiety-provoking information. -0.12 -0.43 0.10 0.45
  7. I am indifferent to conversations about the quality of my work—it is enough that I myself know its worth. -0.25 -0.44 0.20 0.49
  8. It is true that I very much dislike interlocutors or partners with “emotional outbursts.” -0.58 -0.45 0.43 0.60
  9. I try to manage other people not through forceful pressure, but with the help of economic methods. -0.26 -0.47 0.43 0.31
  10. Films where one fight follows another are frankly boring to me. -0.25 -0.48 0.35 0.38
  11. Compared to other people, in my head there is always room for listening to and thinking through objections—I never “fixate” on my ideas and my rightness, I never “fanboy.” -0.12 -0.51 0.15 0.48
  12. I like checking and trying different culinary recipes. -0.28 -0.51 0.19 0.61
  13. A calm life is always more valuable than defending some abstract principles. -0.62 -0.53 0.28 0.87
  14. I prefer reading writers about simple everyday human life, not about the intensity of passions in an era of some heroic changes. -0.35 -0.55 0.16 0.74
  15. I always prefer even emotions in others, without “outbursts.” -0.61 -0.58 0.47 0.72
  16. I prefer literary works that do not elevate pathos, but, on the contrary, ridicule pathos, playing “downward.” -0.37 -0.62 0.30 0.70
  17. I am a supporter of rather moderate than radical solutions. -0.17 -0.69 0.26 0.60
  18. If someone’s patriotic pride condemns the population to long material deprivations, then it is crap, not patriotism. -0.38 -0.70 0.67 0.41

033 - in the minus: confrontation and negativism toward close people (opposition of the 3rd quadra to the 2nd with neutral status of the 1st and 4th). In beta, a negative attitude toward close people is often expressed.

  1. What feelings toward close people do you experience more often? Indicate the number of the option: 1) Passive trust and gratitude; 5) Active tenderness and understanding -0.10 -0.39 0.21 0.29
  2. When building my business plans, I always give a large place in them to the business interest of my partners. -0.16 -0.46 0.18 0.44
  3. Toward others I always relate, on average, with the same respect and benevolence that I would like to see toward myself. 0.00 -0.59 0.13 0.46 040 - in the plus: humanism and social justice (commonality of the 1st, 3rd and 4th quadras, excluding the 2nd). Humanism and social justice are, as a general tendency, denied by beta as values. 1. I consider scoundrels those who are capable of usurping power or taking something from the weak. 0.34 -0.64 0.14 0.16
  4. I judge the importance of people by the degree of their diligence, effectiveness in their place, intellect, decency, care for others; a person’s position and its external trappings mean absolutely nothing to me. 0.17 -0.65 0.07 0.41
  5. I believe that a people can self-govern and live happily without tsars, leaders, and masters. 0.27 -0.65 0.25 0.13
  6. I treat with contempt those cultures where offending the weak is considered a достоинство. 0.14 -0.66 0.10 0.42
  7. In life there is a place and unoccupied expanse of activity for everyone; only pathological personalities rush into struggle with each other. 0.19 -0.66 0.01 0.45
  8. What would you like to give people? - 1) Freedom from doubts 5) Freedom of choice 0.14 -0.67 0.10 0.43
  9. I would agree to command people only with their voluntary consent. 0.34 -0.72 0.09 0.29
  10. Being forced to choose between the jobs of a sewage worker and an executioner, I would choose the sewage worker. 0.35 -0.76 0.10 0.31
  11. Any manifestations of inequality among people irritate me. 0.26 -0.77 0.35 0.17
  12. I recognize and respect the intrinsic value of every person. 0.20 -0.79 0.12 0.48
  13. I am a supporter of a classless society based on equality of people. 0.43 -0.80 0.19 0.18
  14. Which motto is closer to you? Indicate the number of the option: 1) A united people, a common fate 5) We are different, we are friendly 0.09 -0.81 0.42 0.30
  15. Compared to others, I am a very peace-loving person, alien even to thoughts of violence. 0.35 -0.85 0.02 0.48
  16. I would prefer to live in a society where there is no division into aristocrats and plebeians, masters and slaves, bosses and subordinates. 0.39 -0.86 0.28 0.19
  17. Power should be built from bottom to top, according to the canons of democracy, and in no case from top to bottom. 0.21 -0.88 0.55 0.12
  18. I like being in a society and environment where no one depends on anyone, where there are no “elders” and “authorities.” 0.26 -0.91 0.48 0.17
  19. The greatest concern and distrust in me is caused by people in whom I see a склонность to диктат and violence. 0.25 -0.92 0.05 0.62
  20. In the role of a boss, a democratic, but in no way command-administrative style of leadership would be characteristic of me. 0.24 -0.95 0.40 0.31
  21. My slogans: live yourself and let others live, do not strive for domination and respect others’ freedom. 0.21 -0.97 0.17 0.59
  22. I am afraid of the sight and sound of others’ physical suffering. 0.40 -1.03 0.09 0.54

041 - in the plus: worsened stress tolerance (commonality of the 1st, 3rd and 4th quadras, excluding the 2nd). Beta tolerates stress better than all other quadras.

  1. I avoid any statements that embarrass those around me. 0.07 -0.43 0.14 0.22
  2. From overly strong stimuli, sudden and sharp changes, my attention begins to тормозиться, to scatter. 0.14 -0.45 0.01 0.30
  3. The more benevolent the surrounding environment, the more consistent I become in mandatory execution of everything planned. 0.19 -0.45 0.05 0.22
  4. It has happened that from fright or horror I practically for some time stopped hearing and understanding what they were saying to me. 0.09 -0.52 0.08 0.35
  5. Sometimes I feel helpless if I find myself in the center of a very emotional situation. 0.09 -0.53 0.16 0.28
  6. I really do not like scandals—because I absolutely do not know what to do in such a situation. 0.06 -0.68 0.10 0.52

050 - in the plus: values of individualism (the 3rd quadra against the 2nd). Values of individualism are for the most part denied by beta.

  1. Patriotism is most often cultivated to cover up the enslavement of the people with it. 0.02 -0.43 0.44 -0.03
  2. Which statement is closer to you? - 1) The people are strong by their unity. 5) The people are strong by their individual talents. 0.06 -0.64 0.60 -0.03 060 - in the plus: benevolent-brotherly attitude even toward unfamiliar people (1st and 4th quadras against the 2nd and 3rd). Beta, along with gamma, rarely shows a benevolent-brotherly attitude toward unfamiliar people. 1. I love people, I believe in universal human brotherhood. 0.37 -0.47 -0.20 0.30
  3. Task: you are dividing food humanitarian aid in a refugee camp among those in need. First decision: give food aid only to half the people (those who signed up earlier on the list), but in an amount for each of them for two or even three days. Second decision: divide the food strictly equally among all participants on the list, but give it to each only for one day—moreover, in this case the total volume of food purchased and distributed will decrease by 10%—because from the available money you will have to pay for an extra day of security and warehouse rent. Which decision do you choose? If the first, put “1”. If the second, put “5”. 0.21 -0.47 0.00 0.27
  4. Most people by nature are kind and honest. 0.29 -0.47 -0.25 0.43
  5. It is true that I completely lack a talent for intrigue; I have always, like a fool, oriented toward the common good, and like an even bigger fool I always waited for the same from others. 0.42 -0.49 -0.17 0.24
  6. Compared to my acquaintances, I am to a greater extent altruistic by character, almost always ready to share, try to help, and respect others’ interests. 0.32 -0.49 -0.31 0.48
  7. I relate with warmth and goodwill to most people around me, practically never thinking about whether they are “holding a stone in their bosom.” 0.58 -0.50 -0.28 0.19
  8. I am an opponent of “sharp” decisions. 0.28 -0.52 -0.32 0.55
  9. The thought of the pain that I can cause myself and others always stops my rage. 0.07 -0.52 -0.14 0.60
  10. I often dream of life in a world where friendship and brotherhood would rule. 0.43 -0.55 -0.26 0.38
  11. It is true that I am a person who simply does not know how to hate someone or something. 0.29 -0.55 -0.17 0.43
  12. Among the people I know (not necessarily personally—could just be public figures) there are more than ten people whom I would be ready to actively help completely selflessly and without hopes for subsequent benefits, and even sacrificing something of my own for this help. 0.57 -0.55 -0.28 0.26
  13. Despicable and flawed are people who forcibly impose submissiveness and obedience, for the human race is worthy of uniting only by a great and noble consciousness of brotherhood. 0.40 -0.55 -0.35 0.50
  14. I am diligent in trying not to quarrel with anyone. 0.14 -0.56 -0.13 0.55
  15. More freedom is more pleasant to me than more power. 0.41 -0.58 -0.27 0.44
  16. I sympathize with those who are worse off than I am. 0.27 -0.59 -0.15 0.47
  17. It is true that I never allow myself actions that are unjust toward other people or humiliating to someone. 0.29 -0.59 -0.24 0.54
  18. I would try to avoid work where one must order people around and manage them. 0.50 -0.63 -0.35 0.48
  19. By my character I am a kinder and less selfish person than others. 0.27 -0.65 -0.34 0.72
  20. Key concepts for my character: sympathy, morality, humility, conscientiousness, diligence, rejection of coercion, responsiveness, заботливость, condemnation of greed, humanism, fantasy, self-sacrifice. 0.27 -0.71 -0.21 0.65
  21. Any violence shocks and disgusts me. 0.32 -0.80 -0.15 0.63

061- in the plus: respect for the rights and interests of other people (1st and 4th quadras against the 2nd with neutral role of the 3rd). Beta, as a general tendency, respects the rights and interests of others less than other quadras.

  1. Greater interest is aroused in me by people who emit: 1) Negative emotions 5) Bright emotions 0.10 -0.42 -0.07 0.39
  2. The higher one should be the servant of all the others. 0.40 -0.48 -0.09 0.18
  3. The greatest human gift, most valued by me, is the ability to respect one’s own and others’ freedom. 0.42 -0.50 -0.09 0.18
  4. I am absolutely indifferent to where a person is from, what nationality or grouping they belong to, etc.—I am interested exclusively in their personal qualities. 0.28 -0.51 -0.08 0.32
  5. Any manifestations of social injustice irritate me. 0.34 -0.51 -0.07 0.24
  6. I really worry about other people. 0.17 -0.54 -0.04 0.41
  7. I am a benevolent and generous person, not greedy at all. 0.20 -0.55 -0.02 0.37
  8. Those who lack a talent for creativity seek and find war in everything. 0.26 -0.58 -0.04 0.37
  9. In me, respect for the rights and interests of other people is clearly developed above the average level. 0.23 -0.59 -0.04 0.39
  10. I am characterized by sincere respect for “little” people. 0.21 -0.65 -0.07 0.51
  11. In communication, what is most important for me is расслабленность, informality and “homeliness,” calm friendliness of the atmosphere—I do not tolerate грубых, vulgar, or eccentric companies. 0.16 -0.69 -0.05 0.58
  12. I always treat others’ rights with exactly the same respect as my own. 0.14 -0.77 -0.02 0.64
  13. Freedom, Equality, Brotherhood are sacred concepts for me. 0.50 -0.62 -0.03 0.14