WHAT YOU GET
A 127-Item Assessment With 57 Individually Measured Components
The Report Delivers a four-letter type code, 32 subscale scores across 16 Elements of Type, 10 Personality Formation dimensions, and Jungian 8-Process scores. The 15-17 page participant report presents subscale results graphically with definitions and seven growth-oriented Personality Formation statements.
The Participant Experience Participants access results through the Participant Hub, where they explore all 16 types (~2,400 words each), use Compare and Connect, and work through guided questions for bridging differences. Practitioners receive a separate report with numeric scores for all 57 components.
The Practitioner Platform You administer through the Pro Account with project-based management, downloadable PDF reports, participant feedback, and NPS reporting at no additional charge.
The Depth Your Coaching Conversations Have Been Missing
Most type conversations start strong and plateau fast. Your client agrees with their type. They read the description. They nod. And then you are both looking for somewhere deeper to go. Type Elements gives you that depth: 32 subscale scores that show how your client uniquely expresses each preference, and Personality Formation dimensions that open conversations about how they respond to pressure, orient toward problems, and show up in relationships.
The subscales do not just confirm the type code. They reveal the individual inside it. When a client scores high on both poles of an element, that is a conversation. When Personality Formation shows a pattern of guarding self-interest or suspicion of motives, that is a conversation. This is the instrument that turns a type debrief into a development engagement.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Practitioners Who Need More Than a Type Description
Your client agrees with their type but nothing is changing.
Type Elements shows you where life experience has redirected natural type expression, giving you a specific target for the coaching work.
You are tired of having the same conversation after every type debrief.
32 independently scored subscales and 10 Personality Formation dimensions give you months of development material from a single assessment.
You need to explain why two people with the same type show up so differently.
The subscale patterns make individual differences within type visible and concrete, not theoretical.
You want a type instrument that goes where coaching happens.
Personality Formation opens conversations about pressure, trust, communication, and relationships. That is where your clients are stuck.
THE BIGGER PICTURE
Type Is Innate. How It Gets Expressed Is Not.
Practitioners who do deep type work deserve an instrument that shows what is underneath the code. Jung understood that every person’s psychological type develops in the context of a life. Experiences support it, challenge it, and sometimes redirect it. Two people with identical type codes can look nothing alike, not because the assessment was wrong, but because life shaped how each preference gets expressed. When the only data you have is the four-letter code, you can name the type but you cannot see the person. The coaching conversation stays at the level of description instead of reaching development.
Type Elements makes that shaping visible. The subscale patterns show where type expression has been redirected. Personality Formation surfaces the beliefs and attitudes developed in response to pressure, problems, and relationships. You stop being the practitioner who confirms a type code. You become the one who helps clients see where they can choose to grow.
Key Features of the Core Factors Type Elements Assessment
127 Assessment Items
Completed in an average of 15 minutes. Uses the same non-forced-choice format and Differential Intensity Weighting as Type Discovery, with an optional Type Precision Module.
Four Preference Dichotomies (8 Scales)
Identifies the four-letter type code across Extraversion/Introversion, Sensing/iNtuition, Thinking/Feeling, and Judging/Perceiving using independently weighted scoring.
32 Subscales (16 Elements of Type)
Each dichotomy contains four Elements of Type, each with two independently scored subscales. Independent scoring means both poles are measured separately rather than on a continuum, revealing patterns that continuum-based instruments average out.
10 Personality Formation Dimensions
Measures developed attitudes and beliefs across General Perseverance Style, Level of Adaptation, and Believed Ability to Succeed, plus seven subcategories including response to pressure, emotional style, orientation toward problems, communication interpretation, change orientation, and relationship beliefs. These are changeable patterns shaped by life experience, not innate type preferences.
Jungian 8-Process Scores
Scores for each of the eight cognitive processes (Se, Si, Ne, Ni, Te, Ti, Fe, Fi), measuring development, access, and usability. Included in the Practitioner Report for professional interpretation.
15-17 Page Participant Report
Presents preference results, subscale scores graphically with definitions, and seven growth-oriented Personality Formation statements in accessible language.
Practitioner Report
Numeric scores for all 57 measured components: 8 preference scales, 32 subscales, 10 Personality Formation scores, and 8-Process scores. Designed for professional interpretation only.
Developed by Mark Majors, PhD
Mark Majors spent a decade inside the institutions that shaped psychological type measurement. He did the data analysis for the MBTI Form M revision at CPP, led the development of IRT scoring for the MBTI, co-authored the Form Q, headed the Step III research project at CAPT where he served as Director of Research, and wrote the scoring routine for the 1994 Strong Interest Inventory. He is a recipient of the APTi Innovation Award.
Through that work, he identified problems that classical measurement could not solve. Forced-choice formats produce artificial results for people whose preferences are not clear-cut. Population-level norms obscure individual differences. And no instrument was assessing the eight Jungian cognitive processes or the barriers that block natural personality expression. His response, developed over more than 25 years: a non-forced-choice format, Differential Intensity Weighting, a Type Precision Module, and the first assessments to measure both the eight cognitive processes and Personality Formation. Dr. Majors holds a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and Multicultural Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Download his report Why Does the Personality Instrument Matter?
GET STARTED WITH PRO ACCESS
Three Steps to Start Using Type Elements
- Step 2
Schedule Your Onboarding Call
Once approved, you schedule a 30-minute call with your dedicated success manager to walk through the platform and review the accreditation process.
- Step 3
Complete the Required Coursework
Professional administration of Type Elements requires the Practitioner Foundation Training ($499): in-depth video lessons led by Mark Majors, PhD covering subscale interpretation and Personality Formation scores, the Type Elements assessment manual, and a competency assessment. Once complete, Type Elements is activated in your Pro Account.
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Download Why Does the Personality Instrument Matter?
Why Does the Personality Instrument Matter? by Mark S. Majors, PhD, delves into the significance of psychological assessments in facilitating self-discovery and personal growth. It highlights the critical role of psychometric properties, such as reliability and validity, in ensuring the effectiveness of personality instruments. The work emphasizes that these tools are not meant to judge an individual’s worth but to aid in better understanding oneself, fostering personal development, and enhancing interpersonal relationships.
Frequently Asked Questions
The Core Factors Type Elements assessment is a comprehensive psychometric tool that builds on the Core Factors Type Discovery assessment, providing deeper insights into the 16 Jungian psychological types. It contains 57 individually measured components, including the four preference dichotomies, 32 Elements of Type subscales, and 17 Personality Formation scores.
While Type Discovery provides accurate four-letter type codes and insights using 52 items, Type Elements offers significantly more depth with 127 items. It includes detailed subscales that reveal individual differences within each preference, Personality Formation scores showing developed beliefs and attitudes, and Jungian 8-Process Scores that measure access to cognitive processes.
Type Elements is ideal for practitioners supporting employee development programs, facilitating team effectiveness and cohesion, providing leadership coaching, and addressing workplace conflict. It serves coaches, consultants, career counselors, organizational development professionals, and anyone working with individual differences in personal or professional settings.
Dr. Mark S. Majors is a distinguished expert in psychological assessment with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology and Multicultural Studies from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. His work focuses on providing nuanced tools that facilitate effective communication, conflict resolution, and team dynamics. Dr. Majors also developed Type Discovery, Career Path, and other Core Factors assessments.
Respondents take an average of 15 minutes to complete the 127-item instrument, with a typical range of 10 to 20 minutes. The setting for administration should be a quiet, comfortable location free from distractions.
Type Elements provides two reports: a 15-17 page Participant Report with graphical results, subscale definitions, and growth-oriented Personality Formation statements in accessible language; and a Practitioner Report containing numeric scores for the 8 preferences, 32 subscales, 10 Personality Formation scores, and 8-Process information for professional interpretation.
Type Elements is a departure from standard personality type measures. While it provides the common 16-type code, it focuses more intently on individual differences within types through subscales, Personality Formation information that identifies opportunities and challenges, and Jungian 8 mental processes. This represents a new era of type education and intervention.
The assessment contains three major divisions: the four preference dichotomies (8 scales), the 16 Elements of Type/32 Subscales revealing individual differences, and the 10 Personality Formation scores indicating developed beliefs and attitudes. A fourth division, Core Factors/Jungian 8-Process Scores, provides additional insights into cognitive process development.
Yes. Type Elements facilitates deeper comprehension of team member personalities, enhancing team building, conflict resolution, and effective communication. Understanding diverse psychological types within a group helps teams work together more effectively by recognizing individual differences and leveraging complementary strengths
Type Elements can be used in counseling and psychotherapy, career choice and development, coaching and professional development, team building, and any setting concerned with individual differences, including social groups, businesses, organizations, and families. Its extensive detail supports deep personal growth conversations.
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