NAME:____________________________________________DATE:_______________
PERSONAL STYLE INVENTORY
The following items are arranged in pairs (a and b) and each member of the pair represents a
preference you may or may not hold. Rate your preference for each item by giving it a score of 0
to 5 (0 meaning you really feel negative about it or strongly about the other member of the pair.
5 meaning you strongly prefer it or do not prefer the other member of the pair). The scores for a
and b MUST ADD UP TO 5 (0 and 5, 1 and 4, 2 and 3, etc.) Do not use fractions such as 2 ½.
I prefer:
1a. ______ Making decisions after finding out what others think.
1b. ______ Making decisions without consulting others.
2a. ______ Being called imaginative or intuitive.
2b. ______Being called factual and accurate.
3a. ______ Making decisions about people in organizations based on available data and
systematic analysis of situations.
3b. ______Making decisions about people in organizations based on empathy, feelings, and
understanding of their needs and values.
4a. ______ Allowing commitments to occur if others want to make them.
4b. ______Pushing for definite commitments to ensure that they are made.
5a. ______ Quite, thoughtful time alone.
5b. ______Active, energetic time with people.
6a. _______ Using methods I know well that are effective to get the job done.
6b. _______Trying to think of new methods of doing tasks when confronted with them.
7a. _______Drawing conclusions based on unemotional logic and careful step-by-step
analysis.
7b. _______Drawing conclusions based on what I feel and believe about life and people from
past experiences.
8a. _______Avoiding making deadlines.
8b. _______Setting a schedule and sticking to it.
9a. _______ Talking awhile and then thinking to myself about the subject.
9b. _______Talking freely for an extended period and thinking to myself at a later time.
10a. _______Thinking about possibilities.
10b. _______Dealing with actualities.
11a. _______Being thought of as a thinking person.
11b. _______Being thought of as a feeling person.
12a. _______Considering every possible angle for a long time before and after making a
decision.
12b. _______Getting the information I need, considering it for a while, and then making a
fairly quick, firm decision.
13a. _______Inner thoughts and feelings others cannot see.
13b. _______Activities and occurrences in which others join.
14a. _______The abstract or theoretical.
14b. _______The concrete or real.
15a. _______Helping others explore their feelings.
15b. _______Helping others make logical decisions.
16a. _______Change and keeping options open.
16b. _______Predictability and knowing in advance.
17a. _______Communicating little of my inner thinking and feelings.
17b. _______ Communicating freely my inner thinking and feelings.
18a. _______Possible views of the whole.
18b. _______The factual details available.
19a. _______Using common sense and conviction to make decisions.
19b. _______Using data, analysis, and reason to make decisions.
20a. _______Planning ahead based on projections.
20b. _______Planning as necessities arise, just before carrying out the plans.
21a. _______Meeting new people.
21b. _______Being alone or with one person I know well.
22a. _______Ideas.
22b. _______Facts.
23a. _______Convictions.
23b. _______Verifiable conclusions.
24a. _______Keeping appointments and notes about commitments in notebooks or in
appointment books as much as possible.
24b. _______Using appointment books and notebooks as minimally as possible (although I
may use them).
25a. _______Discussing a new, unconsidered issue at length in a group.
25b. _______Puzzling out issues in my mind, then sharing the results with another person.
26a. ______Carrying out carefully laid, detailed plans with precision.
26b. ______Designing plans and structures without necessarily carrying them out.
27a. ______Logical people.
27b. ______Feeling people.
28a. ______Being free to do things on the spur of the moment.
28b. ______Knowing well in advance what I am expected to do.
29a. ______Being the center of attention.
29b. ______Being reserved.
30a. ______Imagining the nonexistent.
30b. ______Examining details of the actual.
31a. ______ Starting meetings at a prearranged time.
31b. ______ Starting meetings when all are comfortable or ready.
32a. ______ Experiencing emotional situations, discussions, movies
32b. ______ Using my ability to analyze situations.
PERSONAL STYLE INVENTORY SCORING SHEET
Instructions: Transfer your scores for each item of each pair to the appropriate blanks. Be careful
to check the a and b letters to be sure you are recording scores in the right blank spaces. Then
total the scores for each dimension.
Dimension Dimension
I E N S
Item Item Item Item
1b._______ 1a.______ 2a._______ 2b.______
5a._______ 5b.______ 6b._______ 6a.______
9a._______ 9b.______ 10a.______ 10b._____
13a.______ 13b._____ 14a.______ 14b._____
17a.______ 17b._____ 18a.______ 18b._____
21b.______ 21a._____ 22a.______ 22b._____
25b.______ 25a._____ 26b.______ 26a._____
29b.______ 29a._____ 30a.______ 30b._____
Total _____ ______ ______ ______
Dimension Dimension
T F P J
Item Item Item Item
3a._______ 3b._______ 4a._______ 4b._______
7a._______ 7b._______ 8a._______ 8b._______
11a.______ 11b.______ 12a.______ 12b.______
15b.______ 15a.______ 16a.______ 16b.______
19b.______ 19a.______ 20b.______ 20a.______
23b.______ 23a.______ 24b.______ 24a.______
27a.______ 27b.______ 28a.______ 28b.______
31b.______ 31a.______ 32b.______ 32a.______
Total_____ _______ _______ _______
Your personality is __________________.
