Psychogeometry is a system of personality analysis that allows one to determine a person’s type, characterizes personal qualities and behavioral characteristics, and makes it possible to draw up a scenario for a person’s behavior in typical situations.

Psychogeometry as a system developed in the USA, the author is Susan Dellinger, a specialist in socio-psychological training of management personnel. According to the authors of the technique, the personality form of the person you are interested in can be determined simply by observing his behavior.

Diagnostic accuracy is up to 85%.

This test is adapted for Russia. (Encyclopedia of popular psychological tests. Arnadiya Publishing House, Moscow, 1997

Instructions

Look carefully at the five shapes: square, triangle, rectangle, circle, zigzag.

Choose from them the one in relation to which you can say: this is me!

Try to feel your form. If you have difficulty, choose the one of the figures that first attracted you. Write it down as number 1.

Now rank the remaining figures in order of preference and write down their names under the corresponding numbers. The figure that comes first makes it possible to determine your dominant character traits and behavioral characteristics. The remaining figures are unique modulators that can give behavior different shades. The last figure indicates the shape of a person, interaction with whom will present certain difficulties for you.

However, it may turn out that none of the figures suits you completely. Then you can be described by a combination of two or even three forms. The diagnostic accuracy is 85%.

Square

Basic psychological properties: Organized, attention to detail, hardworking, rational, prudent, pedantic, overly cautious, erudite, tenacious, persistent, conservative, delaying decisions, stingy, patient, thrifty. If your main shape turns out to be Square, then you are a tireless worker! Hard work, diligence, which makes it possible to achieve the completion of work - this is what, above all, true Squares are famous for. Endurance, patience and methodicality usually make Kvadrat a highly qualified specialist in his field. This is also facilitated by the insatiable need for information. Squares are collectors of all kinds of data. All information is systematized and organized. Therefore, Squares are deservedly known as erudites, at least in their field.

Mental analysis is the strong point of the Square. If you have firmly chosen a Square for yourself - a linear figure, then most likely you are a “left-hemisphere” thinker, i.e. to those who process data, in the language of computer science, in a sequential format: a-b-c-d, etc. Squares calculate the result rather than guess it. Squares are extremely attentive to details and details.

Squares love established order once and for all. The ideal of the Square is a planned, predictable life, and he does not like surprises and changes in the usual course of events. He constantly arranges and organizes people and things around him. The style of clothing is conservative, with calm colors, and is focused more on convenience than on style and fashion.

All these qualities contribute to the fact that Squares can become excellent administrators and performers, but they are rarely good stewards and managers. Excessive predilection for details, the need for additional, clarifying information to make a decision deprives the Square of efficiency. Neatness, order, adherence to rules and decency can lead to delays in making a decision.

Squares can clearly express their ideas, but are not good speakers who can captivate an audience due to their passion for detail and emotional dryness, which makes speech dull and monotonous.

In addition, rationality, emotional dryness and coldness prevent Squares from quickly establishing contacts with different people, and they tend to shift responsibility for others to others. interpersonal relationships. The square does not work effectively in an amorphous situation. Squares have a high degree of anxiety.

People of this type can be recommended to choose the tactic of “investing for the long term”, and if they decide to make transactions every day, they should develop their own trading tactics, draw up a clear plan for working within the day and strictly follow it, without giving in to emotions.

Triangle

Basic psychological characteristics: leader, leading, selfish, decisive, goal-oriented, categorical, impatient, competitive, winning-oriented, arrogant, self-confident, ambitious, energetic.
This shape symbolizes leadership, and many Triangles feel their purpose in this. The most characteristic feature of a true Triangle is the ability to concentrate on the main goal. Triangles are energetic, unstoppable, strong personalities who set clear goals and, as a rule, achieve them!

They, like their relatives, Squares, belong to linear forms and tend to also be “left-brain” thinkers, capable of deeply and quickly analyzing a situation. However, in contrast to Squares, who are detail-oriented, Triangles focus on the essentials, the essence of the problem. Their strong pragmatic orientation guides their mental analysis and limits it to the search for a solution to a problem that is effective under given conditions.

Triangle is a very confident person who wants to be right in everything. The strong need to be right and control the state of affairs, to decide not only for oneself, but also, if possible, for others, makes the Triangle a person who is constantly competing, competing with others. The dominant attitude in any business is the attitude towards victory, gain, success. He often takes risks, is impatient and intolerant of those who hesitate in making decisions. Possess low level anxiety.

Triangles really do not like to be wrong and have great difficulty admitting their mistakes. We can say that they see what they want to see, therefore they do not like to change their decisions, they are often categorical, do not recognize objections and in most cases will act in their own way. However, they are very successful in learning what corresponds to their pragmatic orientation, contributes to the achievement of main goals, and absorbs useful information like a sponge.

The appearance of Triangles is the image of a successful person, clothes are fashionable or expensive. Triangles are very health conscious. Triangle is a good speaker, the voice is loud, low, fast pace of speech and clear pronunciation.

Triangles are ambitious. If it is a matter of honor for Square to achieve highest quality work being performed, then the Triangle strives to achieve a high position, acquire a high status, in other words, to make a career. Before getting down to business or making a decision, the Triangle consciously or unconsciously asks itself the question: “What will I get from this?” Triangles make excellent high-level managers. They are excellent at presenting to senior management the importance of their own work and the work of their subordinates; they sense a profitable business a mile away and, in the fight for it, can “push heads” against their opponents. Main negative quality“triangular” shape: strong egocentrism, self-focus, they are more likely to be introverts. Triangles on the way to the heights of power do not show particular scrupulousness regarding moral standards and can go over the heads of others to their goal. Triangles make everything and everyone revolve around them; without them, life would lose its edge.

People of this type can work as both a trader and an investor, depending on the goal setting.

Rectangle

Main psychological characteristics: State of confusion in this moment time, unpredictability, the desire to find oneself, courage, curiosity, excessive suggestibility.

It is a symbol of a state of transition and change. This is a temporary form of personality that can be worn by the other four relatively stable figures at certain periods of life. These are people who are not satisfied with the lifestyle that they lead now, and therefore are busy looking for a better position. The reasons for the rectangular state can be very different, but they have one thing in common - the significance of the changes for a particular person.

Main mental state The rectangle is a more or less conscious state of confusion, confusion in problems and uncertainty about oneself at a given time.

Most character traits Rectangles - inconsistency and unpredictability of actions during the transition period. Rectangles can vary greatly from day to day and even within a single day! They, as a rule, have low self-esteem, strive to become better at something, and look for new methods of work and lifestyle. If you look closely at the behavior of the Rectangle, you will notice that throughout the entire period he uses clothes of other shapes: “triangular”, “round”, etc. Lightning-fast, abrupt and unpredictable changes in behavior. Rectangles tend to confuse and alarm other people, and they may deliberately avoid contact with a person without a core. For rectangles, communication with other people is simply necessary, and this is another difficulty of the transition period.

Nevertheless, like all people, Rectangles exhibit positive qualities that attract others to them. This. First of all - curiosity, inquisitiveness, keen interest in everything that happens and courage. Rectangles are trying to do something that has never been done before; asking questions they never had the courage to ask before. During this period, they are open to new ideas, values, ways of thinking and living, and easily learn everything new. True, the flip side of this is excessive gullibility, suggestibility, and naivety. Therefore, Rectangles are easy to manipulate. "Rectangularity" is just a stage. She will pass!

Circle

This is a mythological symbol of harmony. Anyone who confidently chooses it is sincerely interested in good interpersonal relationships. The highest value for the Circle is people and their well-being. The circle is the most benevolent of the five shapes. It most often serves as the glue that holds both the work team and the family together, that is, it stabilizes the group.

Circles are the best communicators among the five forms, primarily because they are the best listeners, they have high sensitivity, developed empathy - the ability to empathize, sympathize, and respond emotionally to the experiences of another person. The circle feels other people's joy and feels other people's pain as its own. Circles support their team and are popular among work colleagues. However, they tend to be weak managers and business leaders.

Circles, due to their focus on people rather than business, try to please everyone. They try to maintain peace and for this reason they sometimes avoid taking a strong position and making unpopular decisions. For the Circle there is nothing more difficult than joining interpersonal conflict. A circle is happy when everyone gets along with each other. Therefore, when the Circle has a conflict with someone, it is most likely that the Circle will be the first to give in.

The circles are not distinguished by their determination, are weak in political games and often cannot present themselves and their team properly. All this leads to the fact that Circles are often dominated by stronger personalities, for example, Triangles. However, in one thing the Circles show enviable firmness - in matters of morality or violation of justice. They are often fatalists.

The Circle is a non-linear shape, and those who confidently identify with the Circle are more likely to be “right-brain” thinkers. Right-hemisphere thinking is more imaginative and intuitive. Therefore, the processing of information in the Circles is carried out not in a sequential format, but with the skipping of individual links. This does not mean that the Circles are at odds with logic, they just do not give formalism priority in solving life problems. The main features of their thinking style are their focus on the subjective factors of the problem (values, assessments, feelings, etc.) and the desire to find commonality even in opposing points of view. We can say that Krug is a born psychologist. However, in order to become the head of a serious, large business, the Circle lacks the “left-hemisphere” organizational skills of its linear brothers - the Triangle and the Square.

Zigzag

This figure symbolizes creativity, creativity, if only because it is the most unique of the five figures and the only open figure. If you have firmly chosen Zigzag as the main form, then you are most likely a true “right-brain” thinker, a dissenter, since linear forms outnumber you. So, like your closest relative - the Circle, only to an even greater extent, you are characterized by education, intuitiveness, mosaic. Strict sequential deduction is not your style. Zigzag's thought makes desperate leaps: from a... to... z! Therefore, it is difficult for many linear, “left-hemisphere” people to understand Zigzags. “Right-brain” thinking is not fixated on details, therefore, by simplifying the picture of the world in some ways, it allows you to build holistic, harmonious concepts and images, and see beauty. Zigzags usually have a developed aesthetic sense.

The dominant style of Zigzag thinking is most often the synthetic style. Combining completely different, dissimilar ideas and creating something new and original on this basis is what Zigzags like. Unlike Circles, Zigzags are not at all interested in consensus and achieve synthesis not through concessions, but on the contrary - by sharpening the conflict of ideas and building a new concept in which this conflict receives its resolution. They are always extroverts. Moreover, using their natural wit, they can be very sarcastic, opening the eyes of others to the possibility of a new solution. Zigzags tend to see the world as constantly changing. For this reason, there is nothing more boring to them than things that never change, a routine, a pattern, rules and regulations, the status quo, or people always agreeing or pretending to agree.

Zigzags simply cannot work productively in well-structured situations. They are irritated by clear vertical and horizontal connections, strictly fixed responsibilities and constant ways of working. They need to have a lot of variety and high level stimulation in the workplace. They also want to be independent from others in their work. Then the Zigzag comes to life and begins to fulfill its main purpose - to generate new ideas and methods of work. Zigzags are never satisfied with the way things are currently being done or have been done in the past. Zigzags are focused on the future and are more interested in possibility than reality. The world of ideas is as real for them as the world of things is for the basic ones. They spend a considerable part of their lives in this ideal world, which is where such traits as impracticality, unrealism and naivety originate.

Zigzag is the most enthusiastic, most excitable of all five figures. When he has a new and interesting idea, he is ready to tell it to the whole world! Zigzags are tireless preachers of their ideas and are able to motivate everyone around them. However, they lack politics: they are unrestrained, very expressive ("cut the truth in the face"), which, along with their eccentricity, often prevents them from putting their ideas into practice. In addition, they are strong in working out specific details, without which the materialization of an idea is impossible, and they are not too persistent in bringing things to an end, since with the loss of novelty, interest in the idea is also lost.

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In 1978, social-psychological training specialist Susan Dellinger introduced her psychogeometric test to the world. Today, many employers offer to take it during an interview: it indicates the strengths and weaknesses of a person with great accuracy.

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Look at these geometric shapes

Which of these figures is closer to you? Choose the one you associate with yourself and start studying the results

1. Square

Hard work, the need to see things through to the end, and perseverance are the main qualities of Squares. Patience and endurance make them the best specialists in their field. This is also facilitated by a strong need to obtain new information.

The knowledge of Squares is systematized and sorted into shelves. They are not prone to guesswork, but rely only on their calculations and are very attentive to details. A predictable life is their ideal. They don’t like it when the usual course of events changes.

Predilection for details deprives Squares of efficiency. Accuracy and adherence to rules can develop to extremes. Among other things, their rationality and emotional dryness make it difficult to quickly establish contact with others.

2. Triangle

Triangle - energetic and strong personality. Their characteristic feature is the ability to concentrate on the main thing. They are able to analyze a situation deeply and quickly and focus on the essence without giving of great importance details.

These are very confident people who want to be right in everything. Because of the need to manage current situation affairs and decide for others. The Triangle becomes a person who constantly competes and competes with others. They are often categorical, cannot tolerate objections, and have difficulty admitting their mistakes.

Career is very important to them, and they strive for high status. Their main negative quality is their focus on themselves, strong egocentrism.

3. Zigzag

Zigzag - creative person. Such people are characterized by intuitiveness and imaginative thinking. Consistency is not their style. Zigzag's thoughts make desperate leaps. They do not get hung up on details, thereby simplifying the picture of the world. This allows them to create harmonious images and see beauty in everything. Such people have a highly developed aesthetic sense.

Zigzags cannot work where there are strict responsibilities. Independence at work is important to them. When Zigzag is where he is comfortable, he begins to work, fulfilling his main purpose - generating new methods of work and ideas.

Such people are idealists. Because of this, they are characterized by naivety and impracticality. Of all 5 figures, Zigzag is the most excitable. They are unrestrained, which often prevents them from bringing their ideas to life.

4. Circle

First of all, the Circle is interested in good interpersonal relationships. These people are very friendly. The circle is able to unite the team and create a strong family. They are characterized by increased sensitivity and strong empathy. They read people well and can quickly recognize a deceiver or pretender.

Such people are focused on other people, not on business. To keep the peace they may refuse own position, because the hardest thing for the Circle is to enter into conflict. Decisiveness is alien to such people, and they often cannot present themselves the way they would like.

In matters of morality and justice, the Circles show enviable firmness. Their thinking is focused on feelings and moral values. They strive to find commonality in different points of view.

5. Rectangle

The rectangle is a temporary personality shape. These are people who are dissatisfied with their current lifestyle and are in search of a better situation.

A characteristic feature of such people is the unpredictability of their actions during the transition period. As a rule, they have low self-esteem, and they are looking for something new in an effort to become better: this concerns work, image, and so on.

Rectangles are characterized by inquisitiveness, sincere interest in what is happening and courage. They are open to new ideas and learn new things easily. On the other hand, in transition period they become easy prey for manipulators, since their condition is characterized by suggestibility and gullibility.

Do you recognize yourself in the description of the selected figure?

There are many ways to describe human character and destiny. Fortune telling by the sounds of first and last names, analysis of lines on the palm and astrological calculations will no longer surprise anyone. We will bring to your attention a simple test developed by foreign psychologists.

Before you are five geometric shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, zigzag. Choose one of them that you like more than the rest. It is she who will describe your character traits, strengths and weaknesses.

Circle. You are a sympathetic and friendly nature. You have the finest intuition, sensing connections that are invisible to others. You love communication and take an active part in the fate of your loved ones. If one of them has problems, then there is no doubt: you will be the first person to help - both in word and deed. At the same time, do not allow others to sit on your neck and abuse your kindness. It will be useful for you to learn to say “no.”

Square- the figure of pedantic, neat people. You are very diligent, diligent, and carry out any assignment conscientiously and on time. Be sure to bring all your endeavors to their logical conclusion. Love to learn something new: it is quite possible that you have several higher education or have varied hobbies. Your flaw is being demanding of yourself and others, often turning into empty pickiness. Don’t become a pedantic “cracker” in the eyes of others.

Rectangle indicates that you are versatile and very inquisitive. You have a wide erudition; your friends jokingly call you an “encyclopedia man.” You can easily change your field of activity: for example, being a professional engineer, you can suddenly go into trade, become an artist, or open your own business. It is this lightness that is your scourge: sometimes it is very difficult for you to concentrate on one thing, to understand what you want most.

Triangle sensible, balanced people choose. You are purposeful, know what you want from life, and clearly formulate your own thoughts. In a company of friends or a work team, be confident, feel like a leader, and love to be the center of attention. Problems arise when you have to recognize someone else's superiority or put up with someone else's leadership - in this regard, you need to work on yourself.

Zigzag. You are an extraordinary person. You are active, cheerful, cannot imagine your life without communication and constantly generate new ideas. Rigid boundaries, a clear work schedule, and a dress code can lead you to depression! We must admit that you never get discouraged, it’s never boring with you. True, loved ones often complain about your eccentricity and unpredictability. It is worth listening to yourself more often, not making empty promises and learning to plan your own time - for the day, for the week, for the month, for the year ahead.

Look at the proposed geometric figures and select one of them.
In most cases, intuitively choosing one of the geometric shapes, you will settle on the one that best characterizes you.

In other words: this figure is you. Arrange the remaining figures in descending order.

The figure that ends up in last place symbolizes a person with whom you may have difficulty communicating.

Square
If you choose a square as a result of passing a psychological test with geometric shapes, you are definitely a serious person. Stable and rational in everything: both in thoughts and actions. The main thing for him is health and thoughts (correct). Most likely, you are a unique owner of a rare and commendable quality - you strive to bring any undertaking or task to completion.
However, they are sometimes accused of being too slow. But they just like to put everything on shelves. Therefore, before making a decision, they do not rush, but strive to better study the current situation and collect additional information. Squares are the owners of left-hemisphere thinking, i.e. They are strong in logic, but technical specialties are easy for them. They “calculate the result” rather than guess about it, as they are extremely attentive to details and details.

Triangle
Oh, you are born leaders, those who, during a psychological test with geometric figures, decided to opt for a triangle. Distinctive qualities are self-confidence and the desire to always be first. They are truly able to concentrate on the intended goal, quickly analyze the situation and make decisions. At the same time, they do not like to admit their mistakes and listen to criticism.

Capturing everything on the fly, they learn quickly. True, only what, from their point of view, contributes to the achievement of the main goal. They often strive to make a career. The main drawback is self-centeredness. These are also “left-hemisphere” people, i.e. those who process data in a sequential format (a-b-c-d...). Able to deeply and quickly analyze situations, focusing on the main essence of the problem.

Rectangle
A rectangle is a transitional figure. We can say that this is a temporary form of personality. Rectangles are not satisfied with the lifestyle they lead now, and therefore are busy looking for a better position. Therefore, people who associate themselves with a rectangle are often dissatisfied with themselves, always want more and better, and are almost never satisfied. They often experience confusion, become entangled in problems, and have difficulty making decisions. Inconsistent, commit unpredictable actions, and often have low self-esteem.
However, they are inquisitive and show interest in many things. They are brave and willing to take on everything new, even something they have never done before.
Change is the most important thing for them. Because they strive to become better, looking for new methods of work, lifestyles. Open to new ideas, values, ways of thinking and living.
The “rectangle” stage passes sooner or later. So it is quite possible that next time, going through a similar psychological test with geometric shapes, you will prefer a different geometry.

Circle
The circle is known to be a symbol of harmony. For these people, good interpersonal relationships will be in the foreground. They love people and do a lot for their well-being. Therefore, they often support both the team at work and the family.
We can say that such people have a soft character, the manifestations of which are enhanced by the ability to smooth out sharp corners in a relationship. It cannot be said that they, in principle, avoid conflicts; no, they simply know how to find a constructive solution to a problem. They are looking for their path to strength and health.
They have a great capacity for sympathy and empathy. The main value for them is people. They have high sensitivity and developed empathy (the ability to empathize). Having a good understanding of people, they are, nevertheless, in practice, weak managers and business leaders. This is because all their attention is focused more on people than on business.
In circles, right-hemisphere thinking predominates - creative, imaginative. Their thinking is imaginative, intuitive, emotionally charged, integrative rather than analytical. Information processing is carried out rather in a mosaic manner, in breakthroughs with omissions of individual links. For them, formalism does not receive priority in solving life problems.

Zigzag

This creative people and they think figuratively. True, they often do not pay attention to details and perceive what is happening as a whole. This allows them to “see” harmony and holistic images, and perceive beauty in their own way.
These people are lovers of variety, so they usually do not stay in one job for long and often change jobs. Focused on the future, they often forget about reality.
Usually the zigzag is chosen by “right-hemisphere” people. Their thinking is based on intuition and is often emotionally charged. At the same time, a zigzag is a generator of ideas, creativity itself. However, they find it difficult to work in well-structured situations. They are irritated by strictly fixed responsibilities and constancy. They require independence and a high level of motivation in their work.

The main disadvantages of zigzags are that they are impractical and naive, often unrestrained, expressive, excitable and eccentric. They are not strong in working out specific details and are not too persistent in getting things done. Often, with the loss of novelty, they also lose interest in the idea. But their wit, cheerful disposition and ease of communication more than compensate for these shortcomings.

They say geometric shapes can symbolize certain human qualities. Looking at the shapes, a person chooses a square for its stability, or a circle for its round shapes, or a zigzag for its whimsicality. What will you choose?

Look carefully at the images of the figures. Choose the one you like best and read the description of your character.

People who chose , usually reserved, persistent and incredibly resilient individuals. They finish everything they start. Thanks to these qualities, squares reach great heights in their profession and become highly qualified specialists, especially in the field of technology.

Their inherent unquenchable thirst for knowledge, as well as the ability to systematize and apply the acquired knowledge, elevates them to an absolutely deserved rank - the rank of scholars. Squares are ardent supporters of planning and order, so anything that happens outside the plan and not according to instructions can unsettle them and drive them crazy.

Unfortunately, their excessive passion for detail and constant need for clarifying information interfere with prompt decision-making, so they are rarely top managers. Because of their conservatism, pedantry, rationalism and emotional dryness, it is difficult to establish contacts with others.

Triangle - a symbol of leadership. Characteristic feature people who choose a triangle is the ability to focus on the main goal and quickly analyze the situation.

Triangles are energetic, self-confident, strong personalities who have great difficulty admitting their mistakes and highest degree pragmatic. They are often very decisive and do not tolerate objections. They are vain and strive to achieve high position and status for their subordinates.

The desire to be first and right in everything, to control the state of affairs forces them to constantly compete and compete with others. They know how to make everything and everyone revolve around them, but on the way to their goals they are not very scrupulous in matters of morality. As a rule, triangles make brilliant managers, executives and executives.

Circle - This is the most benevolent of the five geometric figures, which in mythology symbolizes harmony. Those who chose the circle are highly sensitive people, with extremely developed ability empathize, sympathize and feel other people's pain and joy.

There is no greater happiness for the Circle than to see the people around them in harmony with each other, therefore, if a conflict arises, in an effort to maintain peace, he will most likely give in first. Capable of holding both the family and the team together at work. Krug is a born psychologist.

He values ​​people and is able to “read” them like an open book. A glance is enough for him to catch the slightest signs of hypocrisy, deception and falsehood. The Circle's desire to avoid conflicts sometimes comes to the detriment of business. Focus on people rather than on business, lack of determination and inability to present oneself often prevent Krug from becoming a strong manager and leader in business.

Zigzag - a symbol of creativity. The people who chose this figure are great originals. That is why cliches and stereotypes are not for them. In addition to the developed aesthetic feeling, they often have a natural wit and even causticity. Compared to others, Zigzag is the most enthusiastic and excitable person.

If Zigzag comes to mind new idea, then he will do everything so that the whole world knows about her. Zigzags are quick-tempered and expressive. Their mood changes more often than the time of day, but most Zigzags are charismatic and charming people.

Independence is the main condition for the flourishing of their creativity. They cannot stand strict boundaries, fixed responsibilities and monotonous constancy in their work and, unfortunately, they do not always complete the work they start.

Rectangle symbolizes a state of change, therefore it is a temporary form of personality. Most often, people choose it during a period of extreme dissatisfaction with life and themselves.

Rectangles strive with all their hearts to change everything for the better and, in order to fulfill their desires, they connect their best qualities: inquisitive mind, curiosity, courage.

They are open to new things and are ready to absorb knowledge for drastic changes, but their openness is on the verge of gullibility and suggestibility, so during this period Rectangles can become the object of someone’s manipulation. Fortunately, “straightness” is a temporary stage and after the successful implementation of the plan, it will pass!