PULP'S PERSONALITY PROFILE

1. At a party do you
a. interact with many, including strangers
b. interact with a few, known to you

2. Are you more
a. realistic than speculative
b. speculative than realistic

3. Is it worse to
a. have your head in the clouds
b. be in a rut

4. Are you impressed by
a. principles
b. emotions

5. Are you more drawn towards the
a. convincing
b. touching

6. Do you prefer to work
a. to deadlines
b. just whenever

7. Do you tend to choose
a. rather carefully
b. somewhat impulsively

8. At parties do you
a. stay late, with increasing energy
b. leave early, with decreasing energy

9. Are you more attached to
a. sensible people
b. imaginative people

10. Are more interested in
a. what is actual
b. what is possible

11. In judging others are you more swayed by
a. laws than circumstances
b. circumstances than laws

12. In approaching others is your inclination to be somewhat
a. objective
b. personal

13. Are you more
a. punctual
b. leisurely

14. Does it bother you more having things
a. incomplete
b. completed

15. In your social groups do you
a. keep abreast of other’s happenings
b. get behind on the news

16. In doing ordinary things are you more likely to
a. do it the usual way
b. do it your own way

17. Writers should
a. say what they mean and mean what they say
b. express things more by use of analogy

18. Which appeals to you more
a. consistency of thought
b. harmonious human relationships

19. Are you more comfortable in making
a. logical judgments
b. value judgments

20. Do you want things
a. settled and decided
b. unsettled and undecided

21. Would you say you are more
a. serious determined
b. easy-going

22. In phoning do you
a. rarely question that it will all be said
b. rehearse what you’ll say

23. Facts
a. speak fro themselves
b. illustrate principles

24. Are visionaries
a. somewhat annoying
b. rather fascinating

25. Are you more often
a. a cool-heated person
b. a warm-heated person

26. Is it worst to be
a. unjust
b. merciless

27. Should one usually let events occur
a. by careful selection and choice
b. randomly and by chance

28. Do you feel better about
a. having purchased
b. having the option to buy

29. In company do you
a. initiate conversation
b. wait to be approached

30. Common sense is
a. rarely questionable
b. frequently questionable

31. Children often do not
a. make themselves useful enough
b. exercise their fantasy enough

32. In making decisions do you feel more comfortable with
a. standards
b. feelings

33. Are you more
a. firm than gentle
b. gentle than firm

34. Which is more admirable
a. the ability to organize and be methodical
b. the ability to adapt and make do

35. Do you put more value on the
a. definite
b. open-ended

36. Does new and non-routine interaction with others
a. stimulate and energize you
b. tax your reserves

37. Are you more frequently
a. a practical sort of person
b. a fanciful sort of person

38. Are you more likely to
a. see how others are useful
b. see how others see

39. Which is more satisfying
a. to discuss an issue thoroughly
b. to arrive at an agreement on a issue

40. Which rules you more
a. your head
b. your heart

41. Are you more comfortable with work that is
a. contracted
b. done on a actual basis

42. Do you tend to look for
a. the orderly
b. whatever turns up

43. Do you prefer
a. many friends with brief contact
b. a few friends with more lengthy contact

44. Do you go more by
a. facts
b. principles

45. Are you more interested in
a. production and distribution
b. design and research

46. Which is more of a compliment
a. there is a very logical person
b. there is a very sentimental person

47. Do you value in yourself more that you are
a. unwavering
b. devoted

48. Do you more often prefer the
a. final and unalterable statement
b. tentative and preliminary statement

49. Are you more comfortable
a. after a decision
b. before a decision

50. Do you
a. speak easily and at length with strangers
b. find little to say to strangers

51. Are you more likely to trust your
a. experience
b. hunch

52. Do you feel
a. more practical than ingenious
b. more ingenious than practical

53. Which person is more to be complemented, one of
a. clear reason
b. strong feeling

54. Are you inclined more to be
a. fair-minded
b. sympathetic

55. Is it preferable mostly to
a. make sure things are arranged
b. just let things happen

56. In relationships should most things be
a. renegotiable
b. random and circumstantial

57. When the phone rings do you
a. hasten to get to it first
b. hope someone else will answer

58. Do you prize more in yourself
a. a strong sense of reality
b. a vivid imagination

59. Are you drawn more to
a. fundamentals
b. overtones

60. Which seems the greater error
a. to be too passionate
b. to be too objective

61. Do you see yourself as basically
a. hard-headed
b. soft-hearted

62. Which situation appeals to you more
a. the structured and scheduled
b. the unstructured and unscheduled

63. Are you a person that is more
a. routinized than whimsical
b. whimsical than routinized

64. Are you more inclined to be
a. easy to approach
b. somewhat reserve

65. In writing do you prefer
a. the more literal
b. the more figurative

66. Is it harder for you to
a. identify with others
b. utilize others

67. Which do you wish more for yourself
a. clarity of reason
b. strength of compassion

68. Which is the greater fault
a. being indiscriminate
b. being critical

69. Do you prefer the
a. planned events
b. unplanned events

70. Do you tend to bo more
a. deliberate than spontaneous
b. spontaneous than deliberate



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Instructions on how to add your scores:
Add the A's and B's vertically, in the first column. (E or I)
Add and combine the second and third column, for a total. (S or I)
Add and combine the forth and fifth column for a total. (T or F)
Add and combine the sixth and seventh column for a total. (J or P)
The totals will give you a four letter result.


INTROVERTS


ISTJ
Serious, quite, success by concentration and thoroughness. Practical, orderly, matter-of-fact, logical, realistic and dependable. See to it that everything is well organized. Take responsibility. Make up their own minds as to work toward it steadily, regardless of protests or distractions.
ISTP
Cool onlookers-quite, reserved, observing and analyzing life with detached curiosity and unexpected flashes of original humor. Usually interested in impersonal principles, cause and effect, how and why mechanical things work. Exert themselves no because any waste of energy would be inefficient.
ISFJ
Quite, friendly, responsible and conscientious. Work devotedly to meet their obligation. Lend stability to any project or group. Thorough, painstaking, accurate. May need time to master technical subjects, as their interest are usually not technical. Patient with detail and routine. Loyal, considerate with how other people feel.
ISFP
Retiring, quietly, friendly, sensitive, kind, modest about their abilities. Shun disagreement, do not force their opinions or values on others. Usually do not care to lead but are often loyal followers. Often relaxed about getting things done, because they enjoy the present moment and do not want to spoil it by undue haste or exertion.


INFJ
Succeed by perseverance, originality and desire to do whatever is needed or wanted. Put their best efforts into their work. Quietly forceful, conscientious, concern for others. Respected for their firm principles. Likely to be honored and followed for their clear convictions as to how best to serve the common good.
INFP
Full of enthusiasms and loyalties but seldom talk of these until they know you well. Care about learning, idea, language, and independent projects of their won. Tend to undertake too much, then somehow get it done. Friendly, but often to absorbed in what they are doing to be sociable. Little concern with possessions or physical surroundings.
INTJ
Usually have original minds and great drive for their own ideas and purpose. In fields that appeal to them, they have a fine power to organize a job and carry it thorough with or without help. Skeptical, critical, independent, determined, often stubborn. Must learn to yield less important points in order to win the most important.
INTP
Quite, reserved, impersonal. Enjoy especially theoretical or scientific subjects. Logical to the point to hair-splitting. Usually interested mainly in ideas, with little liking for parties or small talk. Tend to have sharply defined interest. Need careers where some strong interest can used or useful.



EXTRAVERTS
ESTP
Matter-of-fact, do not worry or hurry, enjoy whatever comes along. Tend to like mechanical things and sports, with friends on the side. May be a bit blunt or insensitive. Adaptable, tolerant, generally conservative in values. Dislikes long explanations. Are best with real things that can be worked, handled, taken apart or put together.
ESTJ
Practical, realistic matter-of-fact, with a natural head for business or mechanics. Not interested in subjects they see no use for, but can apply themselves when necessary. Like to organize and run activities. May make good administrators, especially if they remember to consider others feeling and points or view.
ESFP
Outgoing, easygoing, accepting friendly, enjoy everything and make things more fun for others and by their enjoyment. Like sports and making things. Know what’s going on and join in eagerly. Find remembering facts easier then mastering theories. Are best in situations that need sound common sense and practical ability with people as well as with things.
ESFJ
Warm-hearted, talkative, popular, conscientious born cooperator, active committee, members. Need harmony and may be good at creating it. Always doing something nice for someone. With best with encouragement and praise. Little interest in abstract thinking or technical subjects. Main interest is in things that directly and visibly effect people’s lives.

ENFP
Warmly enthusiastic, high-spirited ingenious, imaginative. Able to do almost anything that interest them. Quick with a solution for any difficulty and ready to help anyone with a problem. Often rely on their ability to improvise instead of preparing in advance. Can usually find compelling reasons for whatever want.
ENFJ
Responsive and responsible. Generally feel real concern for what others think or want, and try to handle things with due regard for other persons feelings. Can present a proposal or lead a group discussion with ease and tact. Sociable, popular, sympathetic. Responsive to praise and criticism.
ENTP
Quick, ingenious, good at many things. Stimulating company, alert and outspoken. May argue for fun on either side of a question. Resourceful in solving new and challenging problems, but may neglect routine assignments. Apt to turn to one new interest after another. Skillful in finding logical reasons for what they want.
ENTJ
Hearty, frank, decisive, leaders in activities. Usually good in anything that requires reasoning
and intelligent talk, such as public speaking. Are usually well-informed and enjoy adding to their fund of knowledge. May sometimes be more positive and confident than their experience in an area warrants.