Myers-Briggs
Self Assessment of ESFP Personality Type
Kassey McDonald
LeTourneau University
Self Assessment of ESFP Personality Type
Myers-Brigs is a personality assessment that focuses on specific traits that allow a person to capture a deeper understanding of who they are and what exactly makes them an individual. These traits are the person’s core personality of who they are behind closed doors, not how they would desire to behave. These traits are inborn and are the natural emotional reaction to the environment around us. There are four sections of the Meyers Briggs with two options in each section. Each person who completes the personality assessment is assigned four letters that represent their personal personality type. A summary is given that delves deeper into what those four letters represent. The summary includes, but is not limited to, strengths and weaknesses, relationships, and careers.
ESFP Personality The Meyers-Briggs personality assessment for ESFP stands for: Extraversion, Sensing, Feeling, and Perceiving. 16personalities call the ESFP type “the entertainer” as they are well known for enjoying the spotlight, attending social activities, and overall love being around
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Specifically, the ESFP personality is people orientated, enthusiastic, and outgoing. While lacking in the ability to stay on track and keep focused on the task at hand. All ESFPs prefer to work closely with people and will excel even further when they are surrounded by people they enjoy being around. The career opportunities are almost endless, as long as there is someone there they can communicate with, the ESFP is considerably happy. They connect easily with others and their down-to-earth attitude allows them to have the ability to reflect and adapt to their surroundings. Overall, the future for an ESFP is bright and they are able to do whatever they set their mind
Understanding why people do what they do has baffled people for centuries. The Myers-Briggs Personality test has answer a few of these questions. Are you an Extrovert or an Introvert, Sensor or iNtuitive, a Thinker or a Feeler, a Judger or Perceiver? Once you have the tools to understand yourself, you are capable of understanding others. How does your personality complement a coworker, a family member? How can I be more understanding based on my knowledge of how a coworker comes to conclusions about life and their surroundings? Needs work
The Myers and Briggs Analysis is a series of questions that when answered are examined and grouped together in order to determine the personalities of those taking this test. This particular test can result in sixteen different outcomes or types of personalities, which is determined by four different categories that judge if you are introverted or extroverted, use your senses or your intuition, your choice to think or use your feelings, and finally if you are judgmental or perceptive. These series of questions are designed to judge our personalities and help us to determine which career pathways we will be most suited for based on our personality traits and abilities to work well with others, which is important for our future decisions.
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The Myers-Briggs profile was based on the test developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers (“The History of the MTBI assessment”, 2017). There are eight letters that can make up your profile E, N, F, P, I, S, T, and J. “E” stands for extrovert, meaning someone outgoing or social. “N” stands for intuitive, meaning the person goes off of their reasoning or feelings about something. “F” is for feelings, which represent an emotional state or belief about something. “P” is the symbol for perceiving, which means the way you process or take in a certain situation. “I” is for introvert, someone who keeps to themselves. “S” is for sensing, meaning you use common sense. “T” is for thinking, meaning you use your intellect. Finally, “J” is judging, which is making a
Having completed the Myers-Briggs Personality Test previously, I was identified as an INTP, which stands for introverted, intuitive, thinking, and perceiving. Accordingly, this personality is often labeled as “The Architect” or “The Logician.” Despite my previous results, I repeated the test as instructed in the assignment. Consequently, based on the outcome of the test, my personality has altered in the past year. Thus, my updated results based on this analysis were, INTJ (introverted, intuitive, thinking, and judging). However, the two personalities are similar, as only one trait seems to have varied. Therefore, instead of holding a characteristic grounded in perception, it would appear that I am inclined to mannerisms that indicate
Have you ever wondered why you react to situations in the manner to you do? Whether you are calm and collect, or rigid and boisterous, the way you react to life is linked to your personality. Many different models exist to determine your personality type using answers from a series of questions or selecting between two opposing options. The most popularly used assessment is the Myers-Briggs Indicator Type test, which is based off the foundation of C. G. Jung’s work on personality types. The typology in the Myers-Briggs Indicator Type test yields results that determine if the person is introverted (I) or extraverted (E), sensing (S) or intuitive (N), thinking (T) or feeling (F), and judging (J) or perceiving (P). Each of these types corresponds
We want to avoid jobs that will consist of repetition, predictability, and lead to boredom. It’s challenging for our type to select a career because we see so many things we would like to explore or learn. We get fascinated by new ideas both in terms of developments in fields were already familiar with, and when new subjects come along. Some of the top careers for ENFPs is journalism, acting, reporter, psychologist, counselor, or something to do with fitness, nutritionist, also they can establish themselves as entrepreneurs (In Depth). Those are the top careers for a ENFPs, they are known as having a natural propensity for role-playing. Knowing now that I have an ENFP personality type and that they struggle with choosing a career, relieves some pressure off my shoulders. I would always change what I wanted to study and I hated when people would always ask me what I wanted to do because I could never forget it out. One day it seemed like I would have a plan and then by the next morning I changed my mind. It’s nice knowing it’s
After reviewing the detailed videos about my personality type, ESTP, I found most of them to be accurate. When the CEO, Rob Toomey, mentioned perceivers are very relaxed when in stressful situations. Typically, I tend to not stress out about small things in life. Although, when I do get stressed, people wouldn’t be able to tell unless I have bags under my eyes from finishing a project. This also ties in with procrastination since I sometimes put off assignments to feel the sense of urgency. However, depending on the level of hardness of the assignment I will distribute the workload in small chunks, similar to a judger. Also, another relevant trait that was talked about is how ESTP’s like to change their scenery. For example, when studying I
The bases of this paper will be based on the results that I had obtained when I took the Myers-Briggs personality test. The results that I had obtained was that I was determined to be an ENFJ. I will go into depth about letter and how each represents that a specific aspect of my personality. The results that I had received were not what I had expected, but the more I read about the trait the more I realized how it suited me. I will also talk about the information that I had found useful from the book, Type Talk at Work: How the 16 Personalities Types Determine Your Success on the Job by Otto Kroeger, which gave me insight on how to interact with other personality types especially in the work environment. The information that I absorbed from the personality test and from the book will go into use in my personal and work life so that both environments will be cohesive and peaceful.
A person’s personality has been the subject of psychological scrutiny for many years. Psychologists have drawn up several theories in an attempt to accurately predict and determine one’s personality. Foremost amongst these, is the “Big Five Trait Theory” which stemmed from Raymond B. Cattell’s theory.
Based on scoring, ESTJ was my recommendation on the personality tests. ESTJ is the acronym for Extraverted, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging. The ESTJ is an individual with Extraverted Thinking with Introverted Sensing.
Extroverted people are more socially oriented. ESFP personalities are also sensory based; remembering events as snapshots with a tendency to be pragmatic. (Martin, 1997) They are often in-tune with their feelings which can lead them to be empathetic and tactful communicators, but struggle with addressing conflict. According to The Myers and Briggs Foundation, their perceiving aspect can cause them to work in “bursts of energy”, bringing a playful aspect to work, but can cause them to be indecisive when it is most needed.
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Throughout the beginning of this semester I have looked at how individuals behave within business organizations. Through various exercises and results, I have found a number of patterns within my behavior and interests. I have become aware what interests me, and a number of skills/abilities I was oblivious I had. This reflection and in class exercises has allowed me to expand my skills, abilities, and behaviors, well fitting them into prospective future employment.
The test has shown that my personality can be defined as ENFJ type. People who belong to this group are good leaders, organizers and idealists. They are good at communicating with other people, finding common language with others, initiating different projects and organizing the working processes. People of ENFJ personality type possess such traits as responsibility, creativity, openness to the world, self-development and sympathy. Such people are always ready to help others and use their experience for the sake of general well-being and success. It is also said that an ENFJ-type person can easily establish relationships with other individuals and believe in the potential of others.