Enneagram Test Enneagram Centers of Intelligence 3

Question 1

What is the primary challenge for a person whose dominant center is repressed or underdeveloped?

Accepted Answer

They lose access to an important source of intelligence and wisdom for navigating life

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They overuse logic at the expense of intuition

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They become too emotionally reactive

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They develop an additional wing from an adjacent type

Question 2

In the Enneagram, what is meant by the 'preferred center' of a type?

Accepted Answer

The center that is most comfortable and habitually relied upon, even when overused

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The center that is most suppressed and needs to be developed

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The center that corresponds to the type's wing

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The center activated only under stress

Question 3

According to Enneagram theory, what happens when a person develops all three centers of intelligence?

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They become more balanced, integrated, and capable of full human development

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They move to a higher Enneagram type number

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They lose the distinctions between Enneagram types

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They automatically shift to a new core type

Question 4

How does Type 1 in the Body Center relate to anger?

Accepted Answer

Redirects anger into an inner critic that demands perfectionism and correctness

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Expresses anger freely and forcefully

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Suppresses anger entirely by numbing out

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Uses anger to form deep intimate bonds

Question 5

Type 5 in the Head Center manages anxiety primarily by:

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Withdrawing inward to accumulate knowledge and conserve energy

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Seeking external guidance from trusted authorities

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Planning exciting future possibilities to escape fear

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Merging with others to avoid conflict

Question 6

Which term describes the three types (3, 6, 9) — one from each center — that are at the core of their respective triad?

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The Central Types of each Triad (or 'Dominant' types)

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The Wing Types

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The Heart Types

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The Primary Types