Personality typologies

situation or environment, or even key important figures in their lives. Barger, Kirby, and Kummerow (1997) state that our MBTI score “can expand our understanding of our own and others’ functioning in important ways: the need for balance in our personalities, the importance of a well-developed core identiry, and an innate drive for growth” (p.…

classifications was devised by Jung and has served as the foundation for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (Anastasi, 1997).The Myers-Briggs (MBTI) designates one's personality type, based upon a classification scheme, which consists of four basic scales and two types within each scale. Thus, there are sixteen possible Myers-Briggs personality types. The scheme is based upon the intuitions of Carl Jung, whose gifted insight revealed that all people at all times are best understood in terms of…

show what words can describe personality. They show that personality has more than one representative, and can be a combination of different nouns. Not everyone is going to have the same personality. I, for example, have an ISTJ personality. What is ISTJ you ask? ISTJ stands for introvert, sensing, thinking, and judging. People with this type of personality are often considered inspectors. Items listed, that I agree with, to describe someone with an ISTJ personality would be that they come off…

After taking the Myers-Briggs Personality Test, I discovered that I have four personality traits: INFJ, INFP, ISFJ, and ISFP. Before I explain what my dominant personality trait is, let me explain about the different letters. The test showed that I am an introvert. It focus how I manage my energy and attention. As an introvert, I focus on my inner thoughts and feelings. In addition, I understand the world from the big picture, but in a steady pace before going out to do tasks. For example, I…

Homework 4: Myers Briggs Type Inventory 1. INTJ- Introverted Intuition Thinking Judging “The Mastermind” 2. The description given by the website almost exactly matches my perception of myself. I agree that I am “drawn to logical systems” and enjoy participating in problem solving. I was surprised how accurate the description about relationships was, as often the assumption is that introverts don’t like to interact with people at all. However, as stated here, I tend to be selective of who I…

Moreover, Myers Briggs Type Indicator discusses about Jung’s philosophy and psychology about how an individual develops all aspects of the “self” through self-assessment questionnaires. There are eight personalities and four sets of 2 traits: Extroversion-Introversion, Intuition-Sensing, Thinking-Feeling and Judgement-Perception. In fact, people can have a better understanding about themselves after finishing the questionnaire. Extroverts are focusing on external world, in contrast, introverts…

BASIC PERSONALITY TYPES Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator, developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katherine Briggs, explains some of the major differences among people. It deals with four pairs of preferences: extraversion and introversion; sensing and intuition; thinking and feeling; and judgment and perception. The preference for extraversion and introversion is concerned with the direction of an individual’s energy. Extraversion is the preference for dealing with people, situations,…

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…

After taking a test I learned my Myers-Briggs Type was Introvert, Sensing, Feeling, and Perception (ISFP). I am actually glad I had taken the test because I think ISFP really fits me, which is great because when I was filling in the blanks I was worried I was not answering truthfully. I think knowing my Myers-Briggs has help me to figure why I study a certain way and why I’m more likely to enjoy certain subjects in school. While I couldn’t relate to everything that goes with being an ISFP for…

The Myers-Briggs type indicator explains an individual’s personality type based on his or her preferences. By understanding each type preference, a person can choose what fits him or her the most. In my case, through comprehension of the 8 different characteristic I was able to choose what I believed suits me best. I have chosen the INFP preference type for myself, which stands for Introversion, Intuition, Feeling, Perceiving. I have always thought of myself as an introvert, I have never been a…