CNET CNET Centers of Intelligence 1 — Questions and Answers
Question 1: What are the three Centers of Intelligence in the Enneagram as taught in CNET programs?
- Mind, Body, and Spirit
- Head (Thinking), Heart (Feeling), and Body (Instinct) (Correct answer)
- Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral
- Rational, Intuitive, and Somatic
Correct answer: Head (Thinking), Heart (Feeling), and Body (Instinct)
The three Centers of Intelligence are the Head (types 5, 6, 7), the Heart (types 2, 3, 4), and the Body (types 8, 9, 1), each representing a primary way of processing experience.
Question 2: Which types belong to the Head Center and what is the shared emotional issue for this center?
- Types 1, 2, 3 — shared issue: anger
- Types 5, 6, 7 — shared issue: fear and anxiety (Correct answer)
- Types 4, 5, 6 — shared issue: shame
- Types 7, 8, 9 — shared issue: grief
Correct answer: Types 5, 6, 7 — shared issue: fear and anxiety
Types 5, 6, and 7 form the Head Center, and all three share an underlying orientation around fear and anxiety, which each type manages through different mental strategies.
Question 3: In CNET teaching, what is the 'preferred center' vs. the 'repressed center' concept?
- The preferred center is the one a person uses most habitually; the repressed center is least accessed and offers the greatest growth potential (Correct answer)
- The preferred center is always the center belonging to the person's type triad
- The repressed center is only relevant for types in the middle of each triad
- Preferred and repressed centers only apply to Health Levels 4–6
Correct answer: The preferred center is the one a person uses most habitually; the repressed center is least accessed and offers the greatest growth potential
Each person has a preferred center (most relied upon), a support center (secondary), and a repressed center (least accessed), and working with the repressed center is a key path for growth in Enneagram development.
Question 4: Which types form the Heart Center and what is their shared emotional focus?
- Types 2, 3, 4 — shared focus: shame and identity/image (Correct answer)
- Types 1, 2, 3 — shared focus: anger and justice
- Types 3, 4, 5 — shared focus: fear of abandonment
- Types 4, 5, 6 — shared focus: grief and loss
Correct answer: Types 2, 3, 4 — shared focus: shame and identity/image
Types 2, 3, and 4 form the Heart Center and all three navigate core issues around shame, identity, and how they are perceived and valued by others.
Question 5: A CNET teacher is helping a Type 7 client reconnect with grief and sadness. What center intelligence development work is being addressed?
- Strengthening the Head Center's analytical capacity
- Developing the Heart Center as a growth area for a Head Center type (Correct answer)
- Reducing reliance on the Body Center
- Integrating the Social subtype into the core type
Correct answer: Developing the Heart Center as a growth area for a Head Center type
Type 7 is a Head Center type, and their growth often involves developing Heart Center access — allowing sadness, grief, and deeper emotional presence that their mental planning and future-orientation typically avoids.
Question 6: What term describes the emotional issue that is 'under-expressed' in each triad because it's the center's core wound?
- The preferred emotion
- The shadow emotion
- The repressed emotion of the center (Correct answer)
- The integration affect
Correct answer: The repressed emotion of the center
Each Center has a repressed emotion that is paradoxically both central to the triad's concern and least consciously accessed — for example, Heart Center types struggle to be authentically in touch with their own feelings despite feeling being their domain.
CNET CNET Centers of Intelligence 1
What are the three Centers of Intelligence in the Enneagram as taught in CNET programs?