Socionics & Cognitive Function Test

What's your sociotype?

Socionics is a psychological theory inspired by the research of Carl Jung. It argues that people generally fall into one of 16 possible personality types that determines how they perceive and process information and what sort of career fields they'd excel in.

Socionics can be a fun way to think about your personality and which careers you're suited for, and we can help you figure it out!

Just answer these ten quick questions, and we'll tell you which socionic personality type (or "sociotype") you've got and which career fields you may want to explore!

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Questions Overview

1. Would you describe yourself as a rule-follower?
  1. Yes, definitely. I'm a total by-the-book person.
  2. Yeah, mostly. I'll go off-book if I need to, but I prefer sticking to the plan.
  3. Not really. I appreciate rules, but I like the freedom to make things up as I go.
  4. No way. I make my own rules!
2. How do you make decisions?
  1. I pull from my own personal experience.
  2. I act on intuition.
  3. I act on advice from people I trust.
  4. I rely on cold facts and logic.
3. You're working on a big project; do you work on it a little bit at a time until it's due, or do it all at the last moment?
  1. I do it all at the last moment, every time.
  2. I try to get a head start on things, but I end up doing most of the work last-minute.
  3. I work on it steadily and typically finish right on time.
  4. I spread all my tasks out evenly and usually finish ahead of schedule.
4. You've got a new coworker, and they don't seem to like you much. How does that make you feel?
  1. Why should I care what they think of me?
  2. I feel anxious about it and avoid them.
  3. They don't like me? Fine, I don't like them either.
  4. I feel compelled to go out of my way to make them like me.
5. What's your biggest strength?
  1. My empathy and sensitivity
  2. My intelligence and rational brain
  3. My creativity and innovativeness
  4. My competence and hard work ethic
6. Would you describe your emotions as more stable or more up and down?
  1. Definitely stable
  2. Mostly stable
  3. Mostly up and down
  4. Definitely up and down
7. Which do you value most?
  1. Rationality and logic
  2. Morality and ethics
  3. Creativity and adventure
  4. Peace and harmony
8. Do you like to try new things?
  1. Yes, I love having new experiences!
  2. Sure, trying new things can be very valuable.
  3. Not really. I appreciate new experiences, but prefer what I know.
  4. No way. I know what I like and don't feel the need to experiment much.
9. Would you describe yourself as extraverted and outgoing?
  1. Yes, definitely.
  2. Yeah, mostly.
  3. Not really.
  4. Not at all.
10. Would you describe yourself as flexible?
  1. No way. I'm pretty rigid and stubborn.
  2. Not really. I can be pretty stubborn.
  3. Yeah, most of the time. I try to go with the flow.
  4. Yes, definitely. I'm very flexible and easygoing.

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What is socionics?

Socionics is a pseudoscientific psychological theory developed in the 1970s and ’80s by Lithuanian researcher Aušra Augustinavičiūtė and inspired by the work of Carl Jung. Similar to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (which also draws from Jung’s research), socionics theorizes that every person falls into one of sixteen different personality types (called sociotypes) that determines how they perceive and process information. The word “socionics” is derived from the word “society,” because Augustinavičiūtė believed each type served a different and equally important purpose in society. According to socionics, a person’s sociotype is fixed from birth and shouldn’t change throughout their life.

Socionics posits that information can be intuitively divided into eight discrete categories (or information elements) which a person processes utilizing eight discrete psychological functions. Each sociotype consists of a different combination of information elements and psychological functions.

While socionics can be a fun way to learn more about people’s personalities and how they view the world, remember that it’s not actually rooted in science, and there haven’t really been any authoritative studies on the subject. Therefore, your results for this quiz should be taken with a grain of salt!

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For more information about Carl Jung's research and the theories he inspired, check out these resources:

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