Fudjack/Dinkelaker Functional Preferences Instrument -
Short Form 1.1(experimental)

Copyright © 1998, John Fudjack and Patricia Dinkelaker

This is an automatically scoring 33-question multiple choice instrument, designed for on-line use. In order to identify the individual's 'functional preference order' it utilizes the developmental approach to the 'four jungian functions' pioneered by Fudjack and Dinkelaker. Functional preference may be the single most important factor determining Jungian/MBTI type.

The instrument, which is currently in an experimental phase of development, is presented here with three purposes in mind:

  • to demonstrate how the capacity to distinguish five different levels of development for each function (explained in detail elsewhere) might be used to enhance the practitioner's ability to accurately discern type;

  • to provide the user with an opportunity for hands-on experimentation with alternate methodologies for determining Jungian-based 'type'. This instrument allows you to change the answer to questions and recalculate the result, as many times as you want;

  • to provide us with an opportunity to survey our web-site visitors. Your 'on-screen' scores are not monitored, but you can choose (it is entirely optional) to submit the results to us.

We have elsewhere elaborated on a serious flaw in the MBTI which results from a glitch in how the 'J/P' designation was designed to operate. As a result, the MBTI has defined 'type' in such a way as to outlaw the possibility of an entire class of types. For example, the Introvert who is a 'p' type (prefering to 'remain open' to experience, over 'seeking conclosure') and has an N-F-T-S preference order). This type could be called the iNfp, in contrast to the inFp (who has an F-N-S-T preference order, but is also an introvert and a 'p').

The instrument that is demonstrated here does not rule out, a priori, the possibility of such 'non-traditional' types, as does the MBTI. On the screen that reports the user's scores, a simple table is displayed which correlates preference orders with particular MBTI types, both traditional (eg, the inFp - which has a F-N-S-T preference order) and non-traditional (eg, the iNfp - which has a preference order identical to the iNfj - namely, N-F-T-S). The test also permits another set of non-traditional preference orders that are outlawed by virtue of MBTI conventions - namely, those in which N and S (or T and F) occupy the dominant and auxiliary positions (for instance, 'S-N-T-F' or 'F-T-N-S').

Please remember that this instrument is experimental, and is intended to provoke thought and discussion. It does not distinguish between 'introvert' and 'extravert' - not because this is unimportant but because this distinction, in our opinion, is not controversial. It is relatively easily determined, and many people either already know their orientation as a result of having taken the MBTI or Keirsey test, or are capable of self-assessing.

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First Name
Last Name
Email Address
MBTI Type (if known)
ENNEAGRAM Type (if known)

I have not specified my MBTI or Enneagram type because -
I don't know it
I don't want to reveal it

Gender -
Female
Male

Select the statement with which you tend to agree :

1.
(A) It is more important to seek consensus in decision-making than to make decisions quickly.
(B) Making the correct decision is more important than trying to pander to everybody's concerns.

2.
(A) Don't waste time endlessly gathering facts - learn how to shift interpretive frames.
(B) Don't waste your time imagining unrealistic possibilities - learn how to use statistics to assess the viability of a strategy.

3.
(A) Isn't one better off learning how to detect significant causal connections than trying to be sensitive to mood swings?
(B) Isn't one better off learning how to make accurate observations than trying to honor mere hunches?

4.
(A) It is more important to be able to appreciate the profound meaning of a central metaphor than to notice what color shirt someone is wearing.
(B) Being skilled in empathic listening is more important than knowing how to decide whether a syllogism is valid.


5. I am more intrigued by
(A) puzzles and anomalies
(B) patterns
(C) causal connections

6. When I am in a leadership position I often find I am best as
(A) a behind-the-scenes catalyst
(B) a visionary
(C) a good steward

7. I would least like being called
(A) an idealist
(B) a logical positivist
(C) a humanist

8. When I am conversing with someone, I get most annoyed when they speak in a way that is
(A) mystifying
(B) desultory
(C) manipulative
(D) sappy

9. I'd say that I'm most often concerned with
(A) what ought to be
(B) what is
(C) what could be
(D) what will happen in certain circumstances

10. I am most likely to feel
(A) uneasy about disruptive emotion
(B) disoriented by too many choices
(C) oppressed by accidental contingencies
(D) imposed upon by impersonal rules

11. I would miss it most if at my workplace there were an absence of
(A) clear lines of authority
(B) individual autonomy
(C) teamwork

12. I am least offended when I am labeled a
(A) rationalist
(B) empiricist
(C) humanist
(D) romantic

13. Although I don't like it, I must admit that I can sometimes get
(A) moody and sentimental
(B) stubborn and trite
(C) too detailed and pedantic
(D) superstitious and somewhat flakey

14. Although I may not brag about it, I can sometimes be
(A) perfectly precise and thorough
(B) really compassionate

15. People with whom I am not compatible might misconstrue my actions as
(A) mean-spirited
(B) a bleeding-heart
(C) uptight
(D) mystifying

16. In most situations, the bottom line for me is
(A) what is true
(B) what is of real value
(C) what is meaningful

17. At this point in my life I probably need to learn how to be more
(A) loving
(B) productive
(C) creative
(D) successful

18. I least trust people who insist on being
(A) ethical
(B) factual
(C) profound
(D) logical

19. I never seem to impress others as being very
(A) caring
(B) observant
(C) persuasive
(D) insightful

20. I most admire people who
(A) can get things done
(B) are profound
(C) are warm and kind
(D) are stable and successful

21. I don't like to admit it, but sometimes I regret that I
(A) have paid too little attention to material things
(B) don't have a more meaningful life
(C) am not more assertive
(D) don't have close friends

22. The bottom line is that reality is, in essence
(A) consensual
(B) paradoxical
(C) complex and predictable

23. Generally, I prefer to
(A) deduce (draw conclusions)
(B) induce (generalize from particulars)

24. In groups to which I have contributed most successfully, I have functioned as the group's
(A) heart
(B) head
(C) soul or spirit
(D) backbone

25. I'd rather
(A) classify
(B) analyze
(C) brainstorm
(D) connect

26. Its a shame that others aren't able to be more
(A) playful
(B) considerate

27. In life I look for what is
(A) meaningful
(B) true
(C) good
(D) real

28. I most often seem drawn toward that which is
(A) elegant
(B) ineffable
(C) elite
(D) egalitarian

29. In the past I have usually been more interested in
(A) effectiveness
(B) innovation

30. Although I wouldn't brag about it, I am most proud of those occasions on which I have been
(A) profound
(B) brilliant
(C) exceptionally precise and thorough.

31. People see me as
(A) efficient
(B) collaborative
(C) influential

32. I have
(A) astute observational powers
(B) sound judgment
(C) a warm and kindly nature
(D) penetrating insight

33. I feel most uncomfortable when I am not allowed to express my
(A) inquisitiveness
(B) decisiveness
(C) competencies
(D) concern for others

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