EIE vs IEI

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

1. I would prefer to present my views immediately in a lecture to a large audience rather than in communication with a small group of people at a seminar.
2. Other people’s mistakes offend and irritate me — usually, once I notice them, it is difficult for me to keep silent.
3. I am usually quite critical of the quality of work and the diligence of my partners.
4. It is easier for me to speak myself than to listen to someone else.
5. It is difficult for me to refrain from corrections and objections to other people’s projects.
6. I often give instructions to others, but I cannot tolerate a commanding tone myself.
7. I fall into anger at the slightest provocation.
8. Criticizing other people’s views and statements is always pleasant for me.
9. If I am annoyed, I will not calm down until I thoroughly and with stomping my feet express everything I think about this shitty universe.
10. I think that I experience feelings of disgust or revulsion more often than others.
11. I like talking more than listening to someone else.
12. A reaction of disgust toward something arises easily in me.
13. I have a strongly developed sense of squeamishness — touching some things or objects is disgusting, almost to the point of physical nausea.
14. When speaking in front of people, I always speak loudly.
15. I do not tolerate objections.
16. It is difficult for me to listen to others.
17. I am squeamish and irritably uncompromising toward everything bad, stupid, or obviously wrong.
18. I am very demanding toward the people with whom I communicate or work.
19. I get irritated easily.
20. I like telling everyone which path they should take and which of the possibilities they should choose.
21. I often express dissatisfaction with something.
22. I am a “lover of perfection,” that is, active, touchy, excitable, conscientious, demanding, and intolerant of other people’s mistakes.
23. If I catch fire with some idea, I cannot be stopped — I will overcome any obstacles.
24. By character I am hot-tempered.
25. I cannot stand disgusting smells. I cannot really do anything properly while they persist.
26. My work almost always has high quality.
27. When reading internet forums, very often there arises a desire to write something specifically in the form of an objection.
28. It is important for me to be a recognized leader in a group, the top person — otherwise I will feel uncomfortable.
29. I openly state my demands and easily enter into quarrels.
30. The larger the audience, the more confident I feel when speaking; at the same time, I sense the listeners’ reaction to my words well, can quickly adapt in the course of things, and steer the discussion in an unexpected direction.
31. In my free time, I can accurately imitate the voice and intonation of a recent interlocutor.
32. With my voice, I can quite well imitate someone else’s intonation and manner of speaking, right down to characteristic features and the timbre of another person’s voice.
33. I often quarrel and take offense.
34. I am demanding toward others and their statements, easily “get worked up,” and am worse than other people at smoothing over conflicts.
35. If at work or neighbors infringe on me in some way, I am highly likely to file a complaint and go to court.
36. Other people’s unreliability irritates me (apparently more strongly than many of my acquaintances).
37. It is quite possible that I have a somewhat quarrelsome character.
38. A threat to my health always makes me nervous.
39. In conversations with friends, I usually talk or tell something for more than half of the total conversation time, that is, I speak aloud more than my interlocutor.
40. Many smells often irritate me.
41. I am never at a loss for words — I instantly find what to reply or how to make a witty retort.
42. There are people who evoke in me an almost physiological feeling of disgust.
43. I will definitely reprimand a person who tries to push ahead of me without waiting in line.
44. I am a very good orator — I know how to captivate an audience, lead it, and manage it.
45. I usually express my thoughts willingly and at length.
46. I get upset when things are not in their proper places.
47. I consider my point of view to be the only correct one.
48. It is important for me to be the center of attention, so that all eyes and ears are focused on me.
49. I always think through my plans for tomorrow in advance.
50. I do not like lending my belongings to other people
51. It is true that I could not be a simple wanderer through current life impressions — I have a strong need for constant evaluation of results and for summing up.
52. Jealous suspicions are characteristic of me — in almost all my relationships I have experienced the torments of jealousy.
53. I am squeamish, and it often happens that after shaking hands with some people I try to go wash my hands as soon as possible.
54. I like to criticize.
55. A certain nervous irritability toward everything unpleasant or incorrect is characteristic of me.
56. It is difficult for me, when being with people, to remain silent for a long time without saying a word.
57. I am more impatient, irritable, and hot-tempered than others.
58. At night I usually wake up at the slightest call or noise.
59. Any “roughness” in results, both mine and others’, irritates me — everything should be smooth and completely finished, like a billiard ball.
60. I often take responsibility on my own initiative.
61. A completed task never leaves me indifferent; I always feel either pleasure or disappointment.
62. In a group I usually dominate over other people.
63. I need things to be done in a very specific order and in a specific way; otherwise I get upset or angry.
64. I feel most confident and comfortable when I am at the center of others’ attention.
65. I like to control everyone and everything in a system of relationships subordinate to me.

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

66. I am more patient than others, both with other people’s shortcomings and with any other irritating moments in life.
67. I have a wide range of what is personally acceptable to me — that is, things I easily put up with or agree to and that practically do not irritate me.
68. I believe that power should rely not on an elite, but on ordinary people — and very ordinary ones at that.
69. When the animated series “DuckTales” (about the adventures of Uncle Scrooge, the millionaire duck, and his duckling nephews) is shown on television, I sometimes linger by the screen and watch an episode to the end with pleasure.
70. I am often in a state of calm serenity, like a cat licking its fur.
71. My position is: let everyone live as they want.
72. I am good at solving problems by waiting them out and “letting them slide.”
73. In interacting with people, I am closer to equanimity and acceptance of their shortcomings than to rejection and irritability (even if the latter is hidden).
74. When communicating with acquaintances, I listen more than I speak.
75. When I speak aloud, my sentences come out somewhat clumsy; it is not easy for me to translate an intention into an extended external statement.
76. It is true that, as a rule, I have no need to criticize or dispute anyone.
77. If I am teased in company, I barely notice it and usually just do not pay attention to it.
78. I live by going with the flow and solve problems only when they arise.
79. It is true that if I am not asked, I never have the desire to intrude with advice or remarks of my own accord.
80. I am patient and tolerant toward people whom many consider unpleasant.
81. When speaking publicly, I often mix up word endings.
82. I usually lack inner excitement and often want to somehow increase it.
83. I am usually reserved about what and when has upset me, and when I am upset, I try not to show it.
84. I go with the flow of life, living by its pleasant surprises, without planning ahead.
85. I do not like and avoid conversations about life principles, since life is unpredictable and one must always look at the situation.
86. I often “slow down” — it is difficult for me to emerge from sluggishness and absent-mindedness.
87. I always have a calm, soothing aura.
88. My favorite roles are an observer of fleeting moments, a wanderer along the river of events.
89. I am more of a listener than a talker.
90. I am afraid of public speaking, of delivering speeches before a large number of people.
91. I very rarely have the desire to object or argue.
92. Learning something new for myself is usually more engaging than conveying something new to others.
93. I often put off until tomorrow what I can do today.
94. I am not demanding toward people.
95. I would like to be a mentor for “difficult” homeless children wronged by fate, teaching them to enjoy life.
96. The feeling of physical disgust is practically unfamiliar to me.
97. I usually behave modestly and unobtrusively.
98. I know how not to notice everything that could be unpleasant.
99. When the animated series about the adventures of the pilot bear Baloo is shown on television, I sometimes linger by the screen and watch an episode to the end with pleasure.
100. In communication, I am more silent and listening than speaking.
101. I do not interfere in disputes or relationship clarifications; I try to be at peace with everyone and in a group I always occupy the position of the “golden mean.”
102. I have not planned anything for a long time — there is somehow no pleasure in it.
103. I too often feel difficulty concentrating, a lazy scatter of attention.
104. It is difficult to provoke me into irritation.
105. I am a good mediator in relationships, as I am gentle and lulling-soft, never striving for the front ranks and never generating conflicts myself.
106. Intentions and previously outlined plans quickly “slip out” of my memory.
107. I more often remain calm when others are already getting irritated.
108. I live by going with the flow and solve problems reluctantly and only when there is no way out.
109. I have never aspired and do not aspire to speak before the masses; I prefer communication only within a circle of trusted acquaintances.
110. In life I am a “whatever” type and not inclined to exaggerate anything, especially possible troubles.
111. I poorly remember what I was doing yesterday and can get confused about the sequence of events.
112. Sometimes I cannot recall at all what I was doing a couple of hours ago.
113. In my personal affairs I plan little ahead; more often I leave myself to chance.
114. In my diet, sweets and starchy foods predominate (chocolate, Snickers, candies, pastries, ice cream, pasta, potato chips, etc.), while omelets, chicken, meat, fish, as well as vegetables and legumes, I eat less often and with less enthusiasm.
115. I usually speak quietly, softly.
116. Generally speaking, in life I am a “whatever” type.
117. I do not like to come to the forefront in large groups; I usually feel awkward taking the initiative.
118. From the outside I sometimes seem very disorganized and inactive — indeed, it is more habitual for me to wait for the right moment, when everything will fall into my hands by itself, than to bluntly and inappropriately row against the current.
119. Among desires and needs, it is difficult for me to single out the most important ones — I usually just follow those that are stronger at the moment, even if reason somewhere deep down initially suggested a different decision.
120. I have low motivation for action.
121. It would be very difficult to provoke me into anger.
122. I very much dislike feeling constrained by deadlines.
123. I am very slow and dreamy; it is not easy to stir me into real-world action.
124. Compared to most people, I am more restrained, inconspicuous, quiet, and unhurried — in my speech, movements, contacts, and work.
125. Compared to the average level of my acquaintances, I am quieter and more restrained.
126. I quickly reconcile myself with circumstances — the feeling of dissatisfaction does not last long for me.
127. By character, I am a bit of a “slowpoke.”
128. My aura is softly calming, responsive to joy, but lacking in bright emotions.
129. I often get into debt.
130. In company, I avoid coming to the forefront.