Typology Test Essay

Continuing with this journey of self-discovery, I completed the Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test. As hinted in the title, this test was based on Jungian concepts relating to psychological types. With two main ‘attitudes’ and four main ‘functions’, Jungian theory suggests that we can be categorized based on how we perceive and interact with ourselves, the world, and the people around us. According to young, the two main attitudes are introversion (I) and extraversion (E), and the four main functions are thinking (T), feeling (F), sensing (S), intuiting (N), judging (J), and perceiving (P). According to the results provided by the Humanmetrics Jung Typology Test, my four-letter result is INFJ. For further specification, I have a strong preference

Based on Jungian theory, introversion is a psychological way of being in which a large amount of energy gets focused inwardly as opposed to being focused on the external world around us. For example, while an introverted person may prefer to spend time alone lost in their thoughts, someone that focuses there energy outwardly would more than likely prefer to spend their time surrounded by others. As it pertains to me specifically, I am certainly not surprised by receiving such a high score for introversion. Prior to taking this test, I feel like I’ve been a self-declared introvert my entire life. Introverts are believed to be very introspective, and that is definitely a quality that I can relate to. One line that I particularly agree with in the analysis provided by the typology test states, “INFJs are true introverts, who can only be emotionally intimate and fulfilled with a chosen few from among their long-term friends, family, or obvious "soul mates."… at intervals INFJs will suddenly withdraw into themselves, sometimes shutting out even their intimates” (Inc., 2018). I was taken aback by how accurate that description was because I have always kept a small circle of trusted individuals that I socialize with regularly, but they are certainly not exempt to what we jokingly refer to as “hiatuses”. It is definitely essential for me to take time to myself in order to recharge.

Although this concept was not originally included in Jung’s theory, it has become part of modern personality testing. Judging, despite its name, has more to do with how we implement information (Inc., 2018) than it does with being a judgmental person as one may be led to believe. People that have a preference for judging like for things to be neat, planned, and organized. Dissimilarly, people who have a preference for perceiving like for things to be more flexible, casual, and spontaneous.
When it comes to my personal life, I am definitely a planner. I always have a contingency plan for anything I do. Not knowing what I’m doing next causes me anxiety; however, I have a keen ability to adapt and go with the flow when confronted with new problems and situations as well. I am not so rigid in my judging preference that I plan every waking moment of my day or life, but having a sense of what’s to come next does provide me with a comforting security. It grounds me in a sense. In my analysis, it states, “…because of their J preference for closure and completion, they are generally "doers" as well as dreamers” (Inc., 2018), and I can certainly relate to that because as previously alluded to, when I have a vision, I can also formulate a plan to obtain those