Enneagram Test Enneagram Centers of Intelligence 2

Question 1

How does Type 9, the center type of the Body triad, typically relate to anger?

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Goes to sleep to anger by numbing out and merging with others

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Expresses anger openly and assertively

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Redirects anger into perfectionism and criticism

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Uses anger to drive intellectual analysis

Question 2

Which Head Center type is sometimes described as 'looking outward' for certainty and support to manage anxiety?

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Type 6

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Type 5

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Type 7

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Type 4

Question 3

Type 7's strategy for managing anxiety in the Head Center is best described as:

Accepted Answer

Looking forward to positive possibilities and planning exciting futures

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Withdrawing inward to accumulate knowledge

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Looking outward for guidance and reassurance

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Suppressing anxiety through perfectionism

Question 4

Type 2 is in the Heart Center. How does it typically relate to shame?

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Denies its own needs and focuses on meeting others' needs to feel valued

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Feels shame openly and expresses emotional neediness

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Withdraws and creates a unique identity to feel special

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Masks shame with achievement and a successful image

Question 5

Which Heart Center type most overtly feels and expresses its emotional pain and shame?

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Type 4

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Type 2

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Type 3

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Type 5

Question 6

The Body Center is sometimes called which triad due to its focus on instinctual response?

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Instinctive Triad

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Feeling Triad

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Thinking Triad

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Reactive Triad