This on-line version of the Gray Wheelwright typing test, designed in the 1930's, preceeded the more popular test developed by Myers-Briggs (Myers Briggs). Two American physicians at Stanford University Medical Center, Drs. Horace Gray and Joseph Wheelwright were students of Jung and both became Jungian analysts. In 2002, Dr. Winer re-wrote the test analysis to transform the test's result of a 3 letter type into a device that produced a 4-letter type enabling its results to be directly compared to Myers Briggs test. The results were less than satisfactory, and a second and third edition of the test were produced. It gradually became clear that the test questions were antiquated and needed to be re-examined for relevancy, extensively edited for clarity, and that new questions needed to be composed. By May, 2006 the third edition proved to be reliable and the results were validated against both the Myers Briggs and Keirsey test. Also, the number of questions was reduced from 81 to 70.

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The Gray-Wheelwright-Winer 4-letter Type Indicator Test

1. In a social setting, do you prefer to

Talk
Listen

 

2. In viewing a problem, do you

First try to measure, count, or define it
First look at its background features

 

3. Are you more interested in

What someone does
Why or what motivates a person to do it

 

4. Is your nature more to

Categorize life by thoughts
Categorize life by feelings

 

5. Are your opinions, decisions, or judgments based upon

Some logical principle or category
Your own or society's values

 

6. Are you usually

On time
Late

 

7. In practice, is your style to set up appointments

Long in advance
Do them at the last moment

 

8. Granting that you've adapted your behavior to a social settings, is it your real impulse

To speak out
To keep quiet

 

9. Assuming your living was assured and that you could take a job for enjoyment or to have something to do. Would you take one that is more

Useful to yourself or others
On the imaginative side

 

10. Do you prefer pictures that portray things that are

On the earth / ground
In the sky / air

 

11. In trying to understand a society or an individual, do you learn about their

Principles and laws
Myths and values

 

12. In forming an opinion of someone, do you more pay attention to

The actual words they say
What you believe is in their heart

 

13. When you visit tourist sites in a place unfamiliar to you, do you

Get exact directions to the place
Get general directions and find out specifics later

 

14. Is your impulse to be

Punctual
Leisurely

 

15. Are you eager to join in with the group

Usually
Seldom

 

16. In gaining information about a culture, do you tend to look first at

The problems of an individual person in that society
The problems of that society as a whole

 

17. In giving praise, do you look at the

Specific actions
The overall result

 

18. Mostly, do you prefer people with

Good thinking
Good feeling

 

19. Is tact to you a matter of

Respecting independent views
Warm sympathy

 

20. When about to travel, do you pack up

Several days before
At the last moment

 

21. When you read the book you've bought and find it disappointing, do you

Finish it anyway
Stop reading it and/or find a new one

 

22. Do you like to chat with clerks, hairdressers, workers, etc.

Yes
No

 

23. Do you take in more about a situation from the

Actual circumstances
The background to the actual circumstances

 

24. When you focus your attention on a task or goal, do you tend to overlook the details

Seldom
Often

 

25. When confronted with the misfortune of others is your impulse to

Search for the cause
Console

 

26. In reasoning, do you proceed from the

Particular case to the general rule
General rule to the particular case

 

27. When listening to others, do you tend

Help them get to the point
Let them speak as long as they want

 

28. When situations are mildly uncertain, do you tend to

Do something
Let it work itself out

 

29. Is the telephone's ring a pleasure?

Yes
No

 

30. In a work of art, do you prefer it to be

Photographic in quality
Abstract of imaginative

 

31. In reading for information, do you prefer the presentation

To be to the point

Many-sided

 

32. In making a judgment about a person's reaction or behavior, do give a greater weight to

The general principles of human behavior that apply
The individual's unique traits and/or their specific situation

 

33. When you overhear two people having a difference of opinion, do you decide who is right on the basis

The strength of the points made
How you feel about each of them or about their behavior

 

34. Is orderliness?

Very important
Not very important

 

35. Do you tend to spend now or save for a rainy day?

Spend now
Save for later

 

36. In regard to friends which is more important to you

Quantity
Quality

 

37. Are you more interested in people's

Profession
Background growing up and life experience

 

38. When I let my mind dream new possibilities, I feel

Uncomfortable
Intrigued

 

39. Empathy is a major way I make decisions

No
Yes

 

40. Do you take observations as facts:

To be studied?
To be valued for usefulness?

 

41. On which side is your temperament

Deliberate
Spontaneous

 

42. Do you generally "size up" a person on the basis of a short talk

Yes
No

 

43. Do you enjoy meeting a lot of new people

Yes
No

 

44. In reading, do you prefer

Biography
Novels

 

45. When you meet people do you prefer to listen to what they

Do
Dream of

 

46. Gut feelings should be listened to

No
Yes

 

47. Devotion is the most important thing in a relationship

No
Yes

 

48. If living alone would you

Keep things in precise order
Not bother much with such things

 

49. Do conclusions come to you by

Deliberate reasoning
Immediate inspiration

 

50. At a party are you happier with

Twelve people
Three people

 

51. Does a problem seem like a closed room which intuition has to open

Quite frequently
Not much

 

52. Do you tend to see

One thing at a time
A variety of things at once

 

53. Which principle is more important in making your decisions

What you or others think
What you or others feel

 

54. When a person has a wrong idea, in the moment, do you

Try show them why your idea is correct
Try to reach some agreement

 

55. Having formed an opinion, do you

Tend to stick to it
Alter it

 

56. Is orderliness in you or your surroundings

Important
Unimportant

 

57. Do long encounters with people leave you drained

No
Yes

 

58. Are you inclined to pursuits that involve new possibilities

Quite a bit
Not much

 

59. Which is more of an achievment, a person who is

Practical
Creative

 

60. Towards achieving your goals do you choose on the basis of

Principles and facts
Feelings and possibilities

 

61. Is it necessary to be passionate about your decisions

No
Yes

 

62. With regard to future possibilities, do you

Plan for various contingencies
Cross bridges as they come

 

63. Do you prefer to make decisions

Immediately
At leisure

 

64. Are you more energized if others join with you in your plans

Always
Sometimes

 

65. Do you tend to see:

The individual tree rather than the forest as a whole
The forest rather than the individual tree

 

66. In paintings, which attracts you more

Portraits
Landscapes

 

67. Do you make decisions with your

Head
Heart

 

68. Do people error more by ignoring

The principles of the matter
What has value to them or others

 

69. Were you born with a time clock in your head that you closely follow:

Yes
No

 

70.When picking a present for somebody, do you seek something

You think they want
You think will be a surprise