ILI vs IEI

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

1. In public, I’m usually noticeably dry and can be somewhat rough.
2. Criticizing others’ views and statements is always pleasant for me.
3. I am better than most at clearly and lucidly presenting flawless chains of justifying arguments to an audience.
4. I’m more often dissatisfied than very pleased.
5. I always think about the possible consequences of my actions in advance.
6. I very firmly and confidently defend my position in front of more powerful and higher-status people.
7. I’m basically a skeptic at heart, always ready for the worst.
8. I’m a master at making grim predictions.
9. I’m better than others at working with symbols of things and concepts, better at managing time and money.
10. I don’t hesitate to be rough for the sake of utility.
11. I always approach the evaluation of my imagination’s products soberly and critically.
12. I eagerly discuss which technology will be more effective, which business decision will yield higher profits.
13. I sometimes consider overly emotional people hysterical and clowns, preferring to keep them away from my work.
14. I’m not good at spending money easily, though some accuse me of stinginess - I prefer to save for a “rainy day.”
15. I tend to predict the worst.
16. I always have reserves in any undertaking, ready to use at the right moment.
17. I can be called an erudite keeper of useful facts - people often refer to my memory and my knowledge for information.
18. I like to specifically look for weak spots in people’s logical constructions who claim their own special logic.
19. I’m suspicious of compliments if they are made to me.
20. My main principle is the principle of utility. Not beauty or harmony (whether in scientific theory or in the soul - it doesn’t matter to me), but specifically and only utility for practical activity - that’s what I value most.
21. I often criticize or make sharp remarks.
22. Sarcasm often appears in my texts.
23. Small logical errors usually catch my eye even before errors in the general sense and the overall idea of someone’s work.
24. I often think in terms of profit, efficiency, and utility.
25. I comprehend quickly and always concentrate my thoughts efficiently and without problems.
26. After brief reflection, I can answer almost any question.
27. I often use the phrase, “So what’s the problem?”
28. I’m better than many at revising and updating logical decisions and models, moving away from conventional and established ones.
29. I like to criticize.
30. I’m better than others at quickly grasping subtle nuances when comparing deals by their profitability.
31. In communication, I often deliberately emphasize my ability to structure logical material better than others, and I get offended if this ability is challenged.
32. Pressuring me with emotions is useless - it only provokes my disrespect.
33. I don’t miss a chance to reproach someone for incompetence.
34. I mostly have a bad mood.
35. I’m often ironic in my conversations.
36. I have encyclopedic knowledge and sometimes act as a “walking encyclopedia.”
37. I’m a lazy skeptic; my favorite activity is to dwell in philosophical-strategic reflections, seeking what misfortunes might occur in the path of some imaginary actions.
38. I always insist on my way, achieving recognition of my correctness by those around me.
39. I use a lot of criteria for comparison and verification in any problem-solving situation.
40. I always assume the worst - let reality turn out better than my forecasts, it will be more pleasant for me.
41. I’m flexible in discussion, easily finding logical arguments to defend any necessary thesis at the moment.
42. I always think in advance about the possible consequences of my actions.
43. I am very sensitive to minor facts or legal details that remain unnoticed by many other colleagues.
44. I more often dissuade friends from their intentions than persuade them to do something.
45. I can completely block emotions in critical situations, not allowing fear or panic.
46. If necessary, I can demand very strictly, in such a way that not only subordinates but also those higher in status will take me seriously.
47. I am a broadly erudite person (the set of useful facts stored in my memory is larger than that of my peers).
48. In other people’s logical arguments and supporting arguments, I often recognize something well-known and forgotten.
49. I always have “strategic reserves” of money, intended for special situations.
50. I’m often on guard, expecting some misfortune.
51. People will definitely use against you everything they can learn about you.
52. Quite often people are somehow offended by my words, although I did not intend to offend them.
53. The motto “Science and humanism” is closer to me than the motto “Unity and cohesion.”
54. I tend to consider all possibilities in advance and pre-develop solutions for all possible scenarios.
55. When I speak, I always seem to “proclaim” unquestionable truths - questioning intonation is not typical for me.
56. I can question and see the weak sides in any action (in this, I often excel others).
57. My ability to self-criticize without distress (with a “cold nose”) and to honestly admit mistakes is higher than that of other people.
58. My worldview fully corresponds to the sayings “There is no antidote against a crowbar,” “Don’t get caught,” and “If not caught, not a thief.”
59. I love to mentally identify the sources of errors and delusions of people I know.
60. Everything in the world is determined either by money, or power, or the physiological nature of man, and talks about ideals are for fools.
61. The natural color of my hair is rather dark than light.
62. I’m better than others at detecting problems.
63. I enjoy publicly pointing out the mistakes of a person with a formally higher status.
64. I always prefer even emotions in others, without “surges.”
65. If there is something to reproach a colleague for, I will definitely do it - in the presence of witnesses.
66. True, I really don’t like interlocutors or partners with “emotional surges.”
67. In any business, I immediately notice aspects that need serious improvement.
68. Compared to other people of my gender, I have a more “bass” voice.
69. I am very sensitive to minor facts that remain unnoticed by many other colleagues.

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

1. I am more good-hearted than skeptical.
2. It is most important for me to make a positive emotional impression on those around me.
3. I love an emotionally rich life.
4. In conflict situations, compared to my usual state, I forget about arguments and start relying much more on pure emotions.
5. The world of my inner ethical feelings and experiences is the field where decisions are made.
6. I like to play an active, leading role in feelings and emotions.
7. If I were a journalist, I would more often write about the virtues of life rather than its shortcomings.
8. My mood is almost always predominantly light and euphoric, and there is almost never any bilious skepticism.
9. I am capable of passionately falling in love (truly passionately, to the point of potential readiness for any follies) - it was not so long ago.
10. It is difficult for me to balance desires and current financial possibilities.
11. My imagination tends to have a joyful rather than anxious tone.
12. I am a person with a kind, though sometimes sad, humor, soft and pleasant in communication.
13. In movies and books I read, I remember not their plot details but the overall emotional component (so if asked to tell about a movie or a book, I first try to describe just the emotional message as I understood it).
14. I am much more often in an uplifted and major mood than in a “down” and minor one.
15. I usually don’t care about various small logical contradictions in facts.
16. I have many bright hopes.
17. I usually set myself and people up for everything to be much better and more successful than might be expected from considerations of common sense.
18. I usually immediately see whether another person is cheerful.
19. I trust other people.
20. Which word is used more often in speech? - 1) Bad 5) Good
21. In emotions, I am usually attracted to their strength and passion.
22. True, I never make mistakes in using my feelings and external expression of emotions - they are a very precise tool for timely influence on the surrounding crowd.
23. I almost always feel the pain of a close relative as my own.
24. It is hard for me to control my desires.
25. Thinking about the future, I usually see it in a “rosy” light.
26. I usually see when a person is in a cheerful mood.
27. True, I usually have no need to criticize or dispute anyone.
28. I like to create “emotional whirlwinds” around myself to be in the focus of human emotions and passions.
29. Initially, I am more inclined to acceptance than to rejection.
30. It is important to me that the profession I engage in has a certain romantic flair.
31. I prefer situations of rising passion rather than those where enthusiasm and passion are ridiculed and demeaned.
32. I am easily frightened.
33. I quickly recognize another person’s mood by their behavior, facial expressions, and voice.
34. Faith for me stands above any doubts.
35. It is difficult for me to remain unmoved when everyone is rejoicing - I automatically rejoice with them.
36. If a close person cries, tears also appear in my eyes.
37. I am easily influenced by the feelings of those around me.
38. Pleasant memories come to my mind more often than unpleasant ones.
39. The idea of selfless service for the good of humanity is more appealing to me than to others.
40. I am primarily oriented toward my inner ethical world, the world of feelings and experiences.
41. I feel genuine suffering if the home team loses or a close person comes home dejected, having failed an exam.
42. If my close person is in a good mood, I see it instantly.
43. A changed mood of a close person immediately changes my mood as well.
44. I often expect pleasures rather than displeasures.
45. I quickly notice anxiety in another’s voice.
46. It often happens that it is very difficult to “gather my thoughts,” but if I really strain, I always manage to do it, albeit for a short time.
47. I usually immediately understand that my friend is starting to get angry.
48. I almost always look on the bright side of life.
49. Without a sense of my involvement in a group, I would feel uncomfortable.
50. In close communication, I easily catch the uplifted mood of others.
51. Sometimes, because of haste, I press the wrong buttons on some devices instead of the needed ones.
52. I am easily distracted.
53. I easily yield in conflicts, showing immense patience even to completely unjustified grievances and reproaches.
54. It is easy to embarrass me.
55. In my thoughts and concerns about the fates of the world, humanity, or nation, I am more of a selfless idealist than a pragmatist.
56. I feel comfortable being a member of a “pack” with a strong, authoritative leader.
57. It is simultaneously true that I always believe in success and irritably perceive bad forecasts; I like it when my faith is shared and people take my word for it, I do not like to prove anything.
58. When everything goes well for me (and this happens often), I often feel euphoric - feeling weightless, easily flowing over any boundaries, and everything seems beautiful and achieved already now, not someday in the future.
59. True, I never point out people’s shortcomings.
60. It is always very difficult for me to take on a necessary but unpleasant task - in such cases, I can long cling to all sorts of other things just to delay the start of the main task.
61. I usually assume that others have good intentions.
62. In everyday life, I am uneconomical and impractical.
63. I know how to blow things out of proportion, making a mountain out of a molehill.
64. I usually get bored if people around talk about politics or science.
65. A person without their own tribe, not thinking about their ethnicity and nationality, is always a dangerous degenerate.
66. In my behavior, I always straightforwardly follow the leader, the chief (as he does, so will I do - within the scope of my place in the general structure).
67. I love to regularly receive signs of respect and recognition and, I must say, I really need them.
68. Strength, nobility, charity are more significant words for me than democracy and equality.
69. Even having my own opinion, I can often give in to an opponent, just not to upset him.