CNET Individual Typing & Assessment Process Flashcards

What is the purpose of 'bracketing' in Narrative Tradition typing interviews?

Answer: The teacher setting aside personal assumptions to remain fully present to the interviewee's experience

Bracketing refers to the practice of temporarily suspending the teacher's own perspective and judgments to be fully open to what the interviewee is actually communicating.

A CNET teacher notices that a participant consistently identifies with type descriptions across multiple types. What should the teacher do first?

Answer: Explore the participant's relationship with the concept of type itself before continuing

When someone identifies broadly across types, exploring their relationship with self-knowledge and identity is more useful than pressing toward a single designation.

In CNET practice, which of the following is considered the LEAST reliable indicator of Enneagram type?

Answer: Behavioral style alone observed by an outside party

Surface behavior can be shared across types and is shaped by culture, upbringing, and context, making it the least reliable stand-alone indicator compared to interior motivational patterns.

What is the Narrative Tradition's position on using online Enneagram tests as a starting point for typing?

Answer: They can be a useful starting point but must be validated through self-reflection and panel work

Online tests may spark curiosity and initial hypotheses but require the deeper self-inquiry of the Narrative process to confirm authentic type identification.

Why does the CNET curriculum emphasize that type identification is a journey rather than a destination?

Answer: Because deeper layers of type recognition emerge over time as self-awareness grows

As individuals grow in self-awareness, they often recognize increasingly subtle and deep expressions of their type, making typing an ongoing process of self-discovery.

A CNET teacher is facilitating a corporate workshop where the employer requests type reports on each employee. What is the appropriate response?

Answer: Decline, as sharing individual type identifications without consent violates Narrative Tradition ethical standards

Type information is personal and belongs to the individual; sharing it with employers without explicit participant consent violates core CNET ethical principles.