Briggs Initiative

The Myers- Briggs Type Indicator psychological questionnaire created to look at how people view the world and make decisions. Isabel Briggs Myers and Katherine Cook Briggs created the test in 1942 based on the research of Swiss Psychiatrist Carl Jung. During the short test, the individual is asked a variety of questions and then given a four-letter personality type based on their answers creating sixteen combinations for personality types. This includes introversion or extraversion, sensing or…

Career services offers four assessments that either focuses on personality or overall interest or sometimes both. Currently there are two major tests and two smaller test that use the same content construction but different method. First is the Myers-Briggs Type Personality Indicator (MBTI), a self-reported questionnaire designed to indicate psychological preferences in how people observe the world and make decisions. The Strong Interest Inventory Assessment (SII) is used to assess occupational…

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS) is a self-assessed personality instrument that helps individuals discover their personality type. The purpose of the KTS personality assessments is to help people understand themselves better. For example, Keirsey Temperament Sorter can report whether an individual is an introvert or extrovert. Moreover, the questionnaire places people into four dimensions called temperaments. These temperaments are identified as the following: guardian, idealist, rational,…

be used to evaluate my current career position and my progress throughout the Masters of Business Administration (MBA) program. Reflecting on previous classes, the Personal Mastery will be used to formulate my personality style taken from the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The MBTI outlined eight characteristics, which include: Extraversion/Introversion, Sensing Perception/Intuiting Perception, Thinking Judgment/Feeling Judgment, and Judgment/Perception. My personal interpretation of…

Today I am here to discuss with you my route to success. It all starts with my test results from three simple tests I have taken the Myers Briggs, VARK, and RIASEC which were personality and job tests. My first test was the Myers Briggs for my myers briggs test I got the code ISFJ. This code stands for (“The Defender”) Which means we like to help others and like to be noticed and we have a judging mind. My second test I took was the VARK test, my code for this was saying that I’m a kinesthetic…

In the My Plan career assessment, the Career Personality results described myself as an introvert, a sensor thinker and having the personality trait of a judger. Although I do characterize myself as being an introvert, I also have the abilities to get out of my comfort zone when needed and execute any task at hand. The Career Interest Inventory assessment mentioned that I am rather ambitious, competitive, optimistic and a confident individual primarily While enterprising being my primary…

We have covered many different ways of characterizing personality in class, including: authoritarian/libertarian personality, Lakoff’s parenting styles, Myers-Briggs, and the Dark Triad. But which of these four is most valuable and useful to political science? Lakoff’s parenting styles seem to be the best and most valuable option for political science. As mentioned in lectures, Lakoff’s Parenting Styles are supposed to reveal the hidden moral values people hold which ultimately correlate to…

Imagine two sets of exact opposite people going shopping together. For example, an ENFP and ISTJ goes shopping with an ESFP and an INTJ. Does it seem chaotic? Good, because it is. The situation I described above is the Ross family shopping experience. My mom is the ENFP, my dad is the ISTJ, Madisyn is the ESFP, and I am an INTJ (when I’m around my family). Let me tell you, when we shop all together, it is quite an ordeal. Before we even get in a store, our shopping experience is a mess. My…

“One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.” -Arthur Ashe. Many people go with this quote when choosing a career. In all careers, people have to have the skills for the type of career, not just training. Working hard and believing is a huge skill to have when choosing a career. Especially in the medical field. There are so many paths to go when in medical school. A pediatrician is one of them. A pediatrician is a doctor who works with…

My four letter personality type is INFP, which stands for introverted, Intuitive, Feeling and Perceiving. Typically people with INFP personality types are caring, thoughtful, intuitive and considerate. However they are also perfectionists and its common for them to be awkward when they are speaking aloud. INFPs are very causal and laid back, but that also contributes to their terrible organization habits, although if one of their beliefs are violated . At that time INFPs can become very…