Concrete vs. Abstract Thinking Quiz

Abstract
You think abstractly about 87% of the time!



You picked the most abstract option almost every time. You definitely picked one of the ringers. Wow.

Your way of thinking is admirable. You possess a faculty for cunning plans that would impress The Blackadder himself. Just remember to take your vitamins and get some sun from time to time. You don't want to end up like Mr. Bean.


About not looking at the answers, I have a very difficult time reading things in order so that might have thrown things off :P

You think abstract 87% of the time.

Originally Posted by Dementia in Absentia

Well, I am in the process of doubting of my N.............

Then a test from some twit on OK Cupid is certainly a source of valuable information

Abstract

You think abstractly about 87% of the time!
You picked the most abstract option almost every time. You definitely picked one of the ringers. Wow.

Your way of thinking is admirable. You possess a faculty for cunning plans that would impress The Blackadder himself. Just remember to take your vitamins and get some sun from time to time. You don't want to end up like Mr. Bean.

Abstract

You think abstractly about 87% of the time!

You picked the most abstract option almost every time. You definitely picked one of the ringers. Wow.

Your way of thinking is admirable. You possess a faculty for cunning plans that would impress The Blackadder himself. Just remember to take your vitamins and get some sun from time to time. You don't want to end up like Mr. Bean.

I got concrete, although it says I think abstractedly 60% of the time (wouldn't that be the majority?).

I think this test confuses abstract with irrational thinking (P functions) & concrete with rational thinking (J functions). In Jungian terms, the concrete answers would really be Je or Ji thinking, which is rational. That means they would be based on reasoning, so they would make sense. Any J-dom will prefer this form of thinking (making sense of things), but that does not make their way of perceiving concrete. Concrete should mean perceiving using sensing, not reasoning using judging. Abstract should mean perceiving using intuition & should be contrasted with sensing, not contrasted with rational thinking (as they are not opposed). Any balanced N will be both abstract rational in their thinking.

The abstract answers seem to be N perception (and mainly Ni, IMO), which would be irrational, or not based on rational reasoning, meaning they may not make sense until one were to further reason on them (using their J function). I see little representation of Ne abstract thinking though, and even less representation of Se & Si to contrast as truly concrete. Instead it pits N against J functions....

Abstract

You think abstractly about 87% of the time!

You picked the most abstract option almost every time. You definitely picked one of the ringers. Wow.

Your way of thinking is admirable. You possess a faculty for cunning plans that would impress The Blackadder himself. Just remember to take your vitamins and get some sun from time to time. You don't want to end up like Mr. Bean.

Adaptable
You think abstractly about 73% of the time!
Your choices suggest that you practice a healthy balance of abstract and concrete thinking. If I dare to guess - and I do - you probably didn't waste time calculating the percentages in the tax question. Good for you.

Your way of thinking is admirable. If you were a raven lusting after a meat pie in the window of Miss Maple's cottage, you'd probably pause long enough to remember your concrete-thinking buddy, Bill, who broke his neck flying into the glass yesterday. You'd probably also get in through the chimeny and eat that pie long before your abstract-thinking friend, Charles, worked out the optimal flight paths.

Concrete
You think abstractly about 47% of the time!

Adaptable
You think abstractly about 73% of the time!

Your choices suggest that you practice a healthy balance of abstract and concrete thinking. If I dare to guess - and I do - you probably didn't waste time calculating the percentages in the tax question. Good for you.

Your way of thinking is admirable. If you were a raven lusting after a meat pie in the window of Miss Maple's cottage, you'd probably pause long enough to remember your concrete-thinking buddy, Bill, who broke his neck flying into the glass yesterday. You'd probably also get in through the chimeny and eat that pie long before your abstract-thinking friend, Charles, worked out the optimal flight paths.