What is the instinctual variant test?
What is the instinctual variant test?
The Instinctual Variant Questionnaire (IVQ v2. 0), is the first online test to measure our three basic instinctual intelligences: the Self-preservation, Social, and Sexual (Attraction) Instincts. It is a forced-choice psychological test with 37 sets of 3 statements each.
What are the Enneagram instinctual variants?
Instinctual Subtypes
- The Enneagram describes three centers of intelligence:
- The instinctual center is our body-based center of intelligence.
- Point One – Anxiety (the Pioneer)
- Point Two – Privilege (the Nurturer)
- Point Three – Security (the Company Man or Woman)
- Point Four – Dauntlessness (the Creative Individualist)
What is the rarest Enneagram subtype?
The rarest Enneagram type is type four the Individualist. Part of the reason you don’t meet a lot of Types four’s is that they tend to keep to themselves. They often are introverts. You are more likely to encounter a type four in a small group or one on one situation.
How many instinctual variants are there?
three instinctual variations
This explains much of the variation among people of the same type, as all of the nine Enneagram types have three instinctual variations, totaling 27 subtypes – each with a distinct flavor. Knowing our instinctual patterns can help us live healthier, more balanced lives.
What does instinctual variant mean?
The instinctual variants of the enneagram, the self-preservation, sexual and social instincts. The self-preservation instinct (dealing with oneself), the sexual (dealing with another person) and the social instinct (dealing with a group) can be most pronounced.
What is a Counterphobic 6?
Counter Phobic Six. Fear is the central emotion in Sixes; a Counter Phobic Six will confront and jump into their fears in order to overcome them. They can even seek out their fears at times. Their body-language will be an overcompensation of their inner fears—Counter Phobic Sixes are often mistaken for Type Eights.