Personality Types: An Overview. Up until Last Tuesday, I did not know what a personality type was, and thought that the Myers-Briggs test only covered IQ. Fortunately for me, Last Tuesday, September 25th, happened. From there, I learned of 16 personality types, consisting of various combinations of letters forming a group. There are two options per “slot”, limiting the amount of combinations in terms of mathematics. But, that’s a good thing, or else the world would be a chaotic place with there being twice as much, or even more personality types. A typical combination of letters would be something like my combination, “ENFJ”, or “Extroverted Intuitive Who Feels with Judgement”. Yes, they are acronyms, sort of. How the Acronym forms depends …show more content…
An extrovert may want to go out more often, much to the introvert’s dismay. Flipping the coin, the extrovert will be annoyed at the introvert’s lack of activity in the social world. Another example would be those who perceive and those who justify working together to accomplish a goal, instead of justifiers being annoyed at the perceivers for wanting to move on to project after project without accomplishing anything. Some listings are not as simple as those two, as now we get into pairs of letters. Let’s start with my pairing, “NF”. NF loves to inspire people to work, and would be ideal motivators. It helps them to help others, in other words. There are even more complex synergies or aversions, such as 16 Personalities’ archetypes going against or for each other and 16 Types’ personality types. In the real world, the lines are blurred, and that is where the percentages come into play, for example, if the world was either too borderline or too extreme all the time, nothing would get done. There should be a balance between each temperament for society to work, as it is a collaboration of each fostered personality type percentage. Otherwise it just would not work. Among the people in my life who have taken the test to find out these results, my respite provider, Carol, was one of them, followed by my mother, …show more content…
Her results were different compared to mine, as she got ESFP (The Entertainer) on 16 Personalities and on Human Metrics’ 16 Types. In comparison, we are both extroverts who love to rile up others. But the difference is she seeks the party, while I inspire others to seek or create the party, whichever suits both mine and their interests. While she has a more colorful way of storytelling, I tend to organize my thoughts to what I feel is a rational order. Simply put, she values fun over all else, followed by my pursuit of inspiration more than anything else. Up next is my mother, Cheryl. She got a ISFJ, or the Defender Archetype on 16 Personalities. Conversely, she got INFJ (The Advocate on 16 Personalities) on Human Metrics with a 6 percent difference in the second letter between N and S. There are huge contrasts between being an introvert, which she is, and being an extrovert, which I am. She also focuses on working rather than inspiring, which is an important cooperation in the relationship between I and my mother. She tends slightly to get results then or now, depending on the test and context, rather than seeing what the future holds, like I do. Mom and I, in contrast with contractions, share trust over emotion rather than thinking, and see in detail rather than the big picture. Those are just two examples of personality test takers, there could be more that I haven’t seen, heard from,
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.
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
A psychological or honesty test is a specific type of personality test designed to assess a person's tendency, to be honest, trustworthy, and dependable. A lack of honesty is often associated with such counterproductive behaviors like theft, violence, sabotage, disciplinary problems, and absenteeism. These tests have been found to measure some of the same factors as standard personality tests, particularly dutifulness, and perhaps some aspects of emotional stability and agreeableness. Ultimately, a test’s accuracy depends on how carefully and seriously you answer the questions you are asked. Employers have the right to perform psychological tests on applicants, however, must be justified by a convincing interest. When it comes to pre-employment screens, any test that is done in order to determine if a person is eligible for employment infringes employee
I think overall the test was very accurate in describing my personality type. I am a nurturer, kind-hearted, and want to believe the best in people. The portrait of ISFJ’s was spot on, however, I disagree with some of the relationship weaknesses. They described my personality to be very emotionally needy, with a difficult time leaving a bad relationship, or moving on from an ended relationship. I have to disagree with this because I feel I am the type of person that once you lose my trust in a relationship, I am done with trying to make that relationship work. Once I have something against a person, it’s hard for me to over-look the issue, and just keep staying in the relationship. I am very independent and don’t rely much on others for my
Personality involves a blend of characteristics that make one unique. In reviewing personality, we consider the influence of the interactions that one is engaged in, the nature or the environment of one's upbringing and genetics. The characteristic traits may change over time while some of them becoming a lasting part of a person’s personality. In this essay will analyze the theories that relate to the character and the various stages that children undergo during development. We will use the same theories and developmental stages in analysis my progress from childhood up to date.
I am more of a type A personality and the color that best represents me from the test is red. I chose to give this personality test to a good guy friend of mine and he has a type B personality as well as blue best representing him. I thought that giving this test to a guy would allow me to see where he stands in terms of his personality and how a color could really describe him as a person. He has been a great friend of mine for more than 5 years and having him complete this test will see if how he is as a person directly correlates to a specific personality type and color.
There are many types of diverse people classified under various categories. Some people have different types of personalities. They could be classified as extremely manipulative, others as impulsive, and some may not show anything on the outside and have wonderful social skills. These categories help in the understanding of humans. This study is called Psychology and there are many different subfields in this diverse study of the people around us. One subfield that is particularly interesting is personality psychology. Personality psychology is a branch of psychology that studies personality and its variation between individuals.
I’ve always been good at talking to people, I was a social butterfly as a kid. I can get along well with others if I want to, and can carry a conversation. When need be, I can be persuasive, mostly through logic. I state facts and tell you why I believe you should do this or that based on those facts, and that method seems to work well on a lot of people. I’ve always thought a career where I could use these skills would work to my advantage, but I never gave it serious consideration. I want to be able to use my social skills, quick thinking, adaptability, self-reliance, and combination of common sense & “book smartness” throughout my life and do something that will make me happy. After doing research and interviewing someone in the field, I
Before taking the Myers-Briggs Interactive Test, I didn’t really know what to expect or what kind of questions I would be answering in order to determine what my personality type would be. Afterwards however, I wasn’t too surprised with my results of the test. Out of the sixteen different personality types, I got the INFJ personality type which simply means dominant introverted intuition. All of those letters were pretty self-explanatory and accurate according to how my temperament and personality are. The statistical conclusion was 67% introvert (I), 38% intuitive (N), 50% feeling (F), and 56% judging (J). Therefore I had a distinctive preference of introversion over extraversion, a moderate preference of intuition over sensing, a moderate preference of feeling over thinking, and a moderate preference of judging over perceiving.
The Prentice Hall’s Self-Assessment Online Library contained different assessments that revelead different scores for personality traits and their relation to the workplace. The assessment contained 3 areas of focus, individual evaluation of self, working with others, and life in organizations. After completing the assessments a score was calculated and results were provided. First, I will briefly discuss my results from the various assessments. Organization behavior is important to study in the workplace to understand different behaviors, roles and structure. If we can recognize our strengths, then we can identify our weakness. Identifying our weakness can allow opportunity for us to be effective employees, leaders, and enhancing our
Type A Personality or Type A Behavior Pattern (TABP) include typical responses of competitiveness, time urgency, and hostility. Type A’s normally strive towards a goal without feeling a sense of joy in their efforts or accomplishments. They also seem to be in a constant struggle against the clock and become impatient with any delays and unproductive time. Type A’s also tend to see the worse in others and display anger, envy and lack of compassion (McLeod, 2017).
that test was my personality type which is (ISTJ) Introvert, Sensing, Thinking and Judging. I
The relationship between personality and behavior. Does our personality cause the behavior to stay calm or go on a rampage? People all over the world have different types of disorders and a certain disorder is called a personality disorder. Arguments from researchers have been made whether or not with someone who has a personality disorder has anger problems and is a danger to others (Davison, 2012). Behavioral problems come from social-cultural influences such as presence of others, the media and peer influences (Myers, 2014).
What do you think of when you hear the word personality? Have you ever taken a personality test? What did you think of it, was it accurate? This experiment was to test the accuracy of personality tests. Personality is found in the part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, what is personality and why do people enjoy taking personality test, history and explanation of the Myers-Briggs inventory.
Personality takes many shapes and forms and is affected by many factors. My understanding of personality is simply a genetic and environmentally determined set of psychological traits that influence our reactions in the world around us. Genetic because our parents possess a certain set of psychological personality traits that we tend to have in common with them so therefore in my opinion there are heritable personality traits. Personality is environmental because we each have our own separate experiences in the world and these experiences help form our unique personality. Neo-Freudians such as Jung have given us a wide array of ideas of how they believe personality is developed and formatted. Jung in particular has a very interesting