Investigative Theme
Typical Work Activities
- Performing ambiguous or abstract tasks
- Solving problems through thinking
- Working independently
- Doing scientific or laboratory work
- Collecting and organizing data
- Conducting research and analyses
- Generally dislike selling and repetitive activities
- Generally prefer to rely on themselves in their work, rather than group projects
Typical Hobbies
- Work (may be consumed by job, working 12-14 hour days and weekends, with little time for family, leisure, or social activities)
- Complex activities that require learning many facts, details, and principles (e.g. skiing, scuba diving, sailing, flying)
- Computers (evaluating, programming, discussing)
- Reading
- Bird watching
- Astronomy
- Chess
Common self-concepts and values
- Independent, self-motivated
- Reserved, introspective
- Analytical, curious
- Task oriented (becoming absorbed in the job)
- Confident of scholarly or intellectual abilities
- Original, creative
- Non-conformist values and attitudes
