I was faced with the question of how to determine my personality types in these typologies. Unfortunately, 100% reliable methods currently do not exist. But if you use several different methods, you can get a completely acceptable result from the point of view of reliability.

Before getting typed, you need to know a few important points.

1. The most common misconception is that the socionic type completely determines a person’s character, his habits and behavior. This is not so, in fact, a sociotype is the characteristics of the perception of information, a kind of filter that allows certain types of information to pass through. Since a person’s behavior depends on the information he receives, the sociotype, of course, influences, but we should not forget about other factors: previous experience, upbringing, values, which can also have no less influence.
2. Psychosophical and socionic types can be combined with each other in any way. Moreover, some of the combinations are harmonious, while others are contradictory. As a rule, harmonious combinations are easily typed, while contradictory ones give a wide range of versions in both socionics and psychosophy. More details about how such combinations affect the person himself are described in the article “The relationship between socionics and psychosophy.”
3. According to the descriptions, one may or may not like certain types, which may affect the desire to “get into/not get into this type.” To prevent this from happening, it is advisable to read type descriptions only at the final stage of typing, after the typer has named his version (or several versions).
4. Descriptions of types are written with harmonious combinations, so those with contradictory combinations may have difficulty recognizing themselves. But even among harmonious types, complete agreement with the description is rare. Normal for socionics is a 70-80% match of the description. In addition, almost all currently existing descriptions of socionic types include a lot of things that actually have nothing to do with socionics as a study of information metabolism (so-called “behavioral descriptions”). The most free from this are the functional descriptions posted on the Wikipedia website in the article “Socionic type”, as well as the descriptions of Yulia Kolesnichenko posted on our website SOCTYPE.RU.
5. In psychosophy, it is advisable to read descriptions not of types as a whole, but functional ones by Afanasyev himself or Alexandra Vasilenko aka Spyke. Descriptions of psychosophical types in general from Afanasyev show well the connection between the type and the worldview of a person, but it is quite difficult to recognize oneself from them.

Tests. Where does typing begin? Most people start by taking tests, as this is the fastest way to get results, but at the same time the most unreliable. Therefore, it is advisable to take all available tests several times in different states: in the morning, after waking up, in the evening (at night), when you begin to want to sleep, and during the day, at the peak of activity.

If you have a harmonious combination of TIM and PI type, then the spread will be small: 2-3 types maximum, which will differ from each other by one or two dichotomies. (You can see the table of correspondence between types and characteristics in the article “How a socionic type is formed.”) And those characteristics that coincide can be considered reliably defined. If the spread of types is significantly larger (more than 4 types), then most likely you have a contradictory combination of TIM and PI-type, and you need to resort to more reliable methods.

Questionnaire typing. Questionnaire typing has an optimal balance between time investment and reliability of results. The main difficulty in determining a type using a questionnaire is the inability to verify the accuracy of the answers of the person being typed. There are several reasons for this: the desire to be better (or worse) than one actually is, a switch from basic to role, and a distortion of quadral values.

Therefore, it is recommended to fill out the form in a calm environment, removing all irritants (radio, telephone, TV, third-party sites in the browser). After filling it out, it is advisable to show the questionnaire to a person who knows you well and whom you trust. If he decides that this questionnaire is not about you at all, then the typing reliability will be low and it would be advisable to refill the questionnaire.

It is advisable to type using questionnaires where typists type according to both typologies: socionics and psychosophy. An example of such a site is TIPIRUEM.RU. It is advisable to start defining the type with the psychosophical type, and only then move on to the socionic type, since the psychosophical type is less susceptible to distortion.

Typing according to the questionnaire in simple cases goes to a specific type, in more complex cases, the two most probable versions are given (or two possible combinations of TIM + PY-type). After these versions are named by the typers, you should read the type descriptions, tell the typers about the inconsistencies found, and also report the versions obtained as a result of the tests. This will provide additional information on the basis of which the version can be adjusted (or, conversely, the typers will explain to you why these inconsistencies are not significant). Don't be afraid to ask additional questions or even argue with the typists! Don’t forget that you have known yourself all your life, and they only know about you what you wrote about yourself in the questionnaire.

If, as a result of all this, it was not possible to come to an unambiguous version or you still have doubts, it makes sense to try typing using other methods.

Typing by appearance. Typing by appearance is one of the most controversial issues, especially in socionics. There are both opponents and supporters of this method. From the point of view of the Unified Typological Project, typing by appearance is possible if the type is immediately visible, and such typing cannot be described using formal characteristics (although such attempts have been made in some social schools), it can only be learned through experience.

Therefore, when typing, it is still advisable to attach several photographs to the questionnaire: perhaps this will provide additional information that helps to make a decision in difficult cases, especially when the results of the questionnaire typing result in two TIMs that are dissimilar to each other.

Alternative typing techniques. This includes projective typing and handwriting typing. With projective typing, you will be asked to draw a picture on a given topic (for example, a house, a tree and a person), which will be used to determine the type. When typing by handwriting, you will be asked to send a scan of any text you wrote. Both approaches are good in that they allow us to minimize the influence of type distortions as a result of accumulated (or, conversely, insufficiently developed) experience and the influence of the environment. However, at the moment these techniques are rather in an experimental state, in addition, a fairly small number of typists know these techniques.

Typing in the form of an interview. It can be carried out either in person or using remote means of communication (Skype, Mail.Agent) and, as a rule, is a paid service. There is a widespread belief that such typing “by professionals” or “in socionic schools” is the most reliable. This statement is only true for individual consultations lasting at least 30 minutes. Various group express typings, when a group of a dozen or more people are typed in an hour by asking each person 3-4 questions, are comparable in reliability only to typing using tests and photos. In addition, you should be typed by professional typists, that is, those who have articles, books, speeches at conferences and a holistic, complete view of socionics.

Self-typing. In socionic circles, there is an opinion that it is impossible to independently determine your TIM (in some communities it even goes so far as to discriminate against those who are self-typed). This is not true. It is quite possible to determine your personality type both in socionics and in psychosophy, but to do this you need to adequately perceive yourself, not divide types into “bad” and “good” and have a sufficiently deep understanding of the corresponding typology.

In particular, in socionics it is necessary to study not only the dichotomies of Jung’s basis, but also to have a good understanding of the semantics of aspects described in aspectonics, to study the properties of the functions of Model A, to determine quadratic values ​​and at least 2 or 3 Reinin characteristics. If the results obtained using all of the above are consistent, we can talk about a reliable determination of TIM.

In psychosophy, to determine the type, one should study not only the features of the manifestation of a function in a particular position, but also additional signs: processivity/effectiveness, consistency/inconsistency (also adjusting/dominant), high/low, as well as the characteristics of the influence of Will on others functions.

And once again I would like to emphasize: under no circumstances should you self-type based on descriptions!

In conclusion, it remains to be noted that you should not perceive your personality type as a verdict. There are no good or bad types (although there are more or less in demand by society at a certain stage of its development). Socionic TIM is just an indicator of development potential in certain areas of activity, and the psychosophical type is an indicator of the subjective significance of these areas. The decision of what to do with this: whether to develop weak functions in order to be no worse than others in any matter, or to focus on achieving results in strong functions, entrusting the cover of weak ones to your dual, is up to you.

2002/09/15 : “” appears in the Russian section – search for socionics by city. Their portraits, short biographies, and images of books are posted in the city sections.

2002/08/15 : The English section appears. The descriptions of the types were translated, the translation was edited by L. Kamensky. In addition, at first J. Bolden took part in editing the section, but then contact with him was lost.

2002/07/15 : a German section appears (type descriptions compiled and translated).

2002/06/01-30 : Sections appear on the site in Esperanto (translated, edited by A. Galkin), Estonian (translated by B. Pushkin) and French.

2002/05/22 : The site was born! There is only one section in it so far - Russian, although sections in other languages ​​are already planned:

2003

2004/09/07 : new monograph and G. Kukhlova.

2004/09/04 : major changes and additions have been made to and.

2004/09/01 : Multivariate Test (MT) testing has been discontinued.

2004/08/31 : major additions: added description of 8 information exchange functions, Model A, additions were made to type descriptions.

2004/07/28 : testing conditions for the Multifactor Test (MT) have been changed. The page dedicated to type determination methods has been updated.

2004/07/24 : We are publishing a review article on our Multivariate Test (MT), which approximately 1,000 participants have taken since last year:

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September 29, 2005: the site structure has been updated - for ease of navigation, existing sections have been reorganized, several new ones have been added. Now the top menu has two submenus: navigation through sections of the site and navigation within a specific section.

A. Solyony. Yang/Yin dichotomy and Jung's dichotomies.

A. Bukalov, O. Karpenko, G. Chikirisova. .

August 9, 2005: The article "" has been significantly corrected and supplemented. A table and figures have also been added.

And again the old criticism of socionics.

May 4, 2005: instead of the “Socionic Newspaper”, which has retired, a mailing list “Psychodiagnostics, Jung types and socionics” has been created.

April 17, 2005: a conference on the topic “Prospects of Socionics as a Science” was held in Moscow. . The authors of the site could not attend it, but sent their article to the organizing committee: Lytova M.F., Lytov D.A. (considerations and proposals in connection with the creation of the Scientific Socionic Society).

April 10, 2005: a thematic index has appeared on the main page of the site. Pages and have been added to the Library.

March 30, 2005: A copy of our site is published on a CD-ROM supplement to the 3rd issue of the PC World magazine.

November 12, 2006: a month and a half ago, “for a combination of reasons,” we considered it inappropriate to continue cooperation with the site www.socionics.spb.ru and suggested that its owner (V. Mironov) mutually clear each other’s traces. Despite several reminders, our articles (in particular, psychological biographies of some scientists, an article about the MT test, etc.) have not yet been deleted. On the one hand, we are glad that we are valued and respected without expectation of reciprocity, but on the other hand, we would like to wish V. Mironov to learn to maintain the statistics of traffic to his website through legal agreements.

The acceptance and processing of completed MT test forms has been completely stopped.

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Socionics has become very popular lately. This is due to an interesting scientific theory that divides people into 16 types. Gradation occurs on the basis of a person’s perception of the information flow and its transmission in the sphere of building relationships. The test for determining the socionic type is focused on knowledge of the basic functions and feelings that drive a person. Its result will explain the nature of certain actions in certain situations and will show the strengths and weaknesses of character.

Features of the test for determining the socionic personality type

The theory is based on four abilities: thinking, feeling, sensing and intuitive perception. Moreover, each function is divided by psychological attitudes focused on one’s own self and the outside world. To make it easier to perceive information, each personality type is dedicated to a famous person who left an indelible mark on the history of mankind or literature (Dostoevsky, Dumas, Zhukov, Gorky, etc.).

An online test that allows you to determine the socionic personality type can be used as a tool for gaining knowledge about yourself and others. The latter should be put into practice in order to improve relationships of any nature.

It should be understood that all four pairs of signs that you will look at are present in every person. It’s just that some sign in the pair is more pronounced. This is what we need to focus on.

Find out whether you are a rational person or an irrational person. A rational person is careful, reasonable, and reads everything in life. He is not distracted and a waste of time, effort, and money. He is first. Irrational is its complete opposite. Absent-minded, forgetful, going with the flow. This guy does it first.

If you classify yourself as irrational, determine whether you are a sensory person or an intuitive person. Sensorik is a down-to-earth person. Down-to-earth - earthly, in contrast to the intuitive who has his head in the clouds. The sensory person is focused on objectivity, his bodily sensations - smells, tastes, etc. Intuitive - focused on subjective perception, senses time, often lives in the past, trying to understand himself.

Now find out whether you are a logician or an ethicist. Logicians know everything, are well versed in facts and events, analyze, calmly operate with facts and figures, “live with their heads.” An ethicist has a great sense of people, the relationships between them, and perceives the world through the prism of his attitude to something. He justifies his actions - “I want!”

The next step is to see if you are an introvert or an extrovert. An extrovert perceives himself as part of objective reality. He better receives incentives from the outside and gives emotions only to the external environment. Easily takes responsibility for others. An introvert completely trusts his thoughts, desires and feelings. It is difficult for him to establish relationships and he values ​​them very much. He does not like it when the attention of others is focused on him.

Now we determine your socionic type. You are irrational. If you are an intuitive, logician and extrovert, then your socionic type is Don Quixote. Sensory, ethical and introverted – Dumas; sensory, logician and extrovert – Zhukov; intuitive, ethical and introvert - Yesenin; sensory, ethical and extrovert - Napoleon; intuitive, logician and introvert - Balzac; intuitive, ethicist and extrovert - Huxley; sensory, logical and introverted – Gaben.

If you initially defined yourself as rational, then first look at whether you are a logician or an ethicist, then - an intuitive or sensory person, and finally - an extrovert or an introvert.

Now look at the socionic types of rationals and look for yourself. Ethicist, sensory and extrovert - Hugo; logician, intuitive and introvert - Robespierre; ethicist, intuitive and extrovert - Hamlet; logician, sensory and introvert - Maxim Gorky; logician, intuitive and extrovert - Jack London; ethicist, sensory and introvert - Dreiser; logician, sensory and extrovert - Stirlitz; ethicist, intuitive and introvert - Dostoevsky.

It is known that many people who (due to certain beliefs) do not turn to the services of practicing typists are interested in the algorithm that must be followed in order to independently determine your socionic type. Among those interested in socionics, such an algorithm is usually referred to as a “typing technique” and it is no secret that at the moment there are a lot of these techniques, and, notably, different “professional” typists, using their techniques, can create different types, even conflicters and duals (not to mention the ineffectiveness of socionic tests).

In this article, I will not focus on how to understand which socionicist’s arguments are correct and whose conclusions should be followed, but I will try to outline an algorithm that must be followed by those who want to independently determine their socionic type. Naturally, in order to apply it, you must have understanding. If you are not yet familiar with us, I assure you: taking the first steps in studying it with the help of our website will not be at all difficult and all the information necessary for this is freely available.

To begin with, I recommend that you familiarize yourself with how the socionic type is determined in our center. To do this, I suggest you look at the followingvideo on our youtube channel.

In order to learn, just as in the video, to distinguish where in the answers of the person you are typing certain qualities of his socionic type are present, it is necessary that you easily understand the following theoretical points:

1. What is information, what are there, information.
2. What is and how the socionic type perceives, processes and assimilates information.
3. What is a socionic type and with the help of which each type of information metabolism is described.

After this, you can proceed to direct typing. Let's look at our recommended algorithm and explanations for it:

In order for the typing process to be as effective as possible, it is necessary to type directly during communication with the person whose socionic type you want to find out (not to mention self-typing). This way you can ask all the important questions that affect the characteristics of perception, processing and assimilation of information by this person. Typing by quotes, statements, speeches provides too little information and does not allow you to fully test the hypotheses you put forward.

To take the first step in typing, it is necessary to determine which feature of information is voiced by the person being typed: sensory, intuition, logic or ethics. Next, you need to highlight the properties of this feature (static/dynamic or introversion/extroversion) and from this deduce what aspect of information it is. For example, information was voiced about the properties of objects (sensory), or more precisely about how objects with some properties influence objects with others (extroversion), which brings us to the aspect of black sensory.

Next, based on what the person being typed says, it is necessary to determine through which IM property he perceives, processes or assimilates information on this aspect. For example, we see that the person being typed talks a lot about the aspect of black sensory, touches on issues that were not relevant at the time of the conversation, and shows that he spends a lot of his time processing information on this aspect. This speaks of her inertia.

After defining inert black sensory, we put a plus in favor of Reinin’s “strategy” trait (inertness of sensory and contact of intuition). In the future, to verify this sign, it is necessary to find additional evidence that white and black sensory are inert, and white and black intuition are contact. If there is enough evidence, it will be possible to say with confidence that the person being typed is a “strategist.” From the following table you can see to what types the circle of your suspicions has thus been reduced:

On the other hand, the inertia of the black sensory gives a plus in favor of types with basic, pain, activation or restrictive black sensory (all inert functions). Having determined in the responses of the person being typed other properties through which he perceives, processes or assimilates information on this aspect, it will be possible to draw a conclusion about what function it is. For example, if you determine the inertia, pattern and busyness of the black sensory system, this will suggest that the person being typed has a basic black sensory system. You can also see what properties each of the functions has from the following table:

The final step in typing is to summarize all the arguments for the various traits and functions. Ideally, it should be so that there are no contradictory arguments, for example, that a person has all the characteristics of a Balzac, but for some reason he has an inert sensory system (although there should be contact sensory). In this case, you should reconsider your ideas about sensory inertia and try to understand why you defined it. For example, it may be that you confused sensory with psychosophical physics, and inertia with its principled nature (which is typical for 1F or 3F people).

Let's look at how to build your conclusions in practice. Suppose you noticed that during your typing of a certain person, most of all you talked about the topic of relationships, interaction with people, as well as feelings and what abilities your respondent and the people around him have. Judging by which information aspects are responsible for these aspects of life, from the information received you can evaluate the provisions of ethics and sensory in the model of this person’s type. So, when it came to the sensory aspects of life,You noticed the properties of “inertia” and “acceptance”, and in particular, when it came to emergencies, the properties of “value” and “mentality” appeared. In turn, in the answers on black ethics you saw the manifestation of the properties of “cliché”, “weakness” and “value”. From the table of correspondence of the properties of functions to their position in model A, you can conclude that the person you are typing is a carrier of the basic emergency situation and activation emergency response, that is, his type is “Zhukov” (SLE). Naturally, in order not to make a mistake, it is advisable to determine as many properties as possible, going through all the information aspects, which will take more time.

I hope that now you have a better understanding of how, according to the methodology of “Imperative Socionics”socionic type is determined. If you would like to undergo training with us or find out your type, you will find more detailed information.