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Question 1

What distinguishes the Narrative Enneagram's typing panels from other personality assessment approaches?

Accepted Answer

Panels feature real people of identified types sharing their inner experience in first person

Answer

Typing panels in the Narrative Tradition feature real, self-identified individuals speaking authentically about their inner life, making the experience direct and humanizing.

Question 2

What is the recommended stance for a CNET teacher when a participant types themselves but their narrative clearly fits a different type?

Accepted Answer

Ask deepening questions that invite further self-reflection without assertion

Answer

CNET teachers use curiosity and open questions to support deeper inquiry rather than asserting an alternative type.

Question 3

Which Enneagram concept explains why two people of the same type can look very different on the surface?

Accepted Answer

Subtypes (instinctual variants) layered on the core type

Answer

Instinctual variants (self-preservation, social, sexual/one-to-one) create significant surface variation in how the same core type is expressed.

Question 4

When assessing type in a CNET context, why is childhood origin story often explored?

Accepted Answer

To trace the early formation of core motivational patterns and coping strategies

Answer

The Enneagram teaches that core type patterns emerge early in life, so childhood narratives often reveal the original formation of the type's defensive structure.

Question 5

What is the CNET-recommended response when a participant says 'I'm a little bit of every type'?

Accepted Answer

Explain that while all types exist in everyone, one type drives the core motivational structure

Answer

All nine patterns exist in every person to some degree, but the Enneagram teaches that one type reflects the core motivational and attentional structure.

(CNET) Certified Narrative Enneagram Teacher Practice Test

(CNET) Certified Narrative Enneagram Teacher Practice Test

CNET CNET Individual Typing & Assessment Process 2