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Myers-Briggs Personality Test Briefly touching on some ancient personality theories. A bit about Carl Jung Ph. D. Personalities and temperaments. How and whys of tests and testing. How this information helps you as a student, as a nurse, and in your personal life.
Carl Jung
Almost any mother with a newborn infant will be quick to inform you that her baby began displaying his/her own unique personality traits and/or temperament from the very beginning. This describes Carl Jungs theory nicely.
Temperament
The combination of mental, physical, and emotional traits of a person. Its a persons natural predisposition.
Temperament
A persons unusual personal attitude or nature as manifested by peculiarities of feeling, temper, action, etc. From the ancient medical concept of humorism
Temperaments
There are extroverted temperaments and introverted temperaments. Extraverts are outgoing in nature. Introverts are quieter and more reserved.
Choleric temperament
The choleric temperament leads out of the upper left side of the brain. Strengths of a choleric temperament include being practical and a problem solver, being a born leader, being strong willed and being decisive.
Choleric Temperament
Areas where a person with a choleric temperament might want to be watchful include the tendencies to be opinionated and to having a workaholic tendency.
Choleric Temperament
The downside of a choleric temperament: it could be said that a choleric person may be extremely irritable or easily angered. Someone could be described as having a choleric disposition. Note the disease cholera is expulsive; diarrhea, vomiting. Choleric temperaments are extroverts.
Choleric Type
Sometimes referred to as Type A people, they are hard working and goal oriented. They are leaders and can get others around them to perform well. They do not stand on ceremony; they do not care if they hurt the feelings of others as they get the job done.
Choleric type
Cholerics are not better or worse than any of the other temperament types. They simply have stronger strengths and weaknesses than the other temperament types. Cholerics do not work well in groups, they may take on a team task and do the task themselves.
Melancholic Temperament
The melancholic temperament leads out of the lower left side of the brain. Strengths include being well organized and analytical while weaknesses include being moody and hard to please.
Melancholy Temperament
These types are highly analytical, and do not believe in temperament types. They simply cannot approach a person or situation without analyzing it. They are highly valuable in situations where a problem needs to be analyzed or a detail plan made.
Sanguine Temperament
A sanguine leads out of the upper right side of the brain. This temperament is said to be cheerfully optimistic, hopeful, or confident. The most outgoing and cheerful of the 4 types. Life is lived out there.
Sanguine type
Sanguines talk easily about their feelings. Make friends easily. Very talkative. In a pinch will make a new friend just to have someone to talk to. They have a lack of organizational skills. They do not hold a grudge.
Sanguine types
Will express them selves freely and quickly and then be done with it, not revisit. And when they are over their outburst, they do not continue to think about it; the outburst may surprise their friends. Sanguines are very upbeat and positive.
Sanguines
Sanguines need friends and partners who will either overlook their disorganization or encourage them with becoming more organized. The disorganized trait does not go away it stays with them.
Sanguine Type
Have tremendous personal talent. His/her life can be made or broken depending upon his personal self discipline.
Phlegmatic Temperament
A phlegmatic temperament is said to lead out of the lower right side of the brain. This personality type is not easily excited to action or display of emotion; apathetic; sluggish. The personality is selfpossessed, calm, composed.
So what is temperament?
Its like the canvas that you would put a painting on. It is your inherited style. Its the fabric that lies under your personality. Usually you have 2 basic temperaments. One is stronger than the other, and stands out a bit more.
Personality
Your personality is what is painted on the underlying canvas. Your personality is the outer of the 2. 2 people with like temperament may have very different behaviors.
Good point!
Scientists from ancient times, right up to modern day psychologists have been able to categorize people into these 4 types. It is actually very variable, as temperament interplays w/ personality and everyone turns out to be quite unique.
Personality Tests
Some companies now use personality tests to make sure that you are a good fit for their company. You want to have a good fit, so answer them honestly. The personality tests used by large companies are not very respected by some academic communities.
Pre-employment tests
Whoever makes the decision to implement personality tests for potential new-hires is enticed by the supposed savings and increase in the overall quality of employees.
Tests in general
Tests are set up in a deliberate manner. Academic tests (at school) and preemployment tests, as well as personality tests have similarities and differences. Tests themselves are tested. They are scrutinized. For validity.
Pre-employment tests
How they are structured. What the employer is looking for. How to answer them to get the job. The ways in which they are unrealistic.
Sample question
I like to be in a large crowd: () true () false A casual applicant will think there is no wrong answer, but the company wants an extrovert. The correct answer is true.
Pre-employment tests
They are not true personality tests, and are used at very large companies for the benefit of the company. They are not truly interested in your personality for personal, helpful reasons for you, but to benefit the company.
Myers-Briggs
This is a very famous test. It usually has 99 questions on it. It is a temperament testing tool developed by a psychologist and her daughter, who was also a psychologist.
Myers-Briggs
It tests temperaments. It costs money to take the test You can take it online Meyers-Briggs organization says that it is valid and reliable. They started the research on it and developed the test, which is called an instrument in the 1940s.
Myers-Briggs continued
Like all good tests, the test (instrument) has been tested and it is a standard in the psychological testing industry. There are many copy cat tests. Some with more validity than others.
What it does
The Myers-Briggs test takes the theories of personality types as described by Carl Jung and makes them understandable and useful in everyday life.
Carl Jung
The essence of his theory is that seemingly random behavior is actually quite orderly and consistent. Due to the ways that individuals choose to use their perception and judgment.
Perception involves all the ways of becoming aware of things, people, happenings, or ideas. Judgment involves all the ways of coming to conclusions about what has been perceived.
Favorite world: Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own inner world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I).
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Peoples basic preferences are recorded. There is no right or wrong temperament or personality. No one personality type is better or worse than another.
Myers-Briggs
The MBTI instrument sorts for preferences and does not measure trait, ability, or character.
MBTI
MBTI stands for: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator It measures your personality type and temperament into 4 categories. There are 16 types in the MBTI
Question 1
Favorite world: Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own inner world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I).
Question 2
Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take in or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).
Question 3
Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).
Question 4
Structure: In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things decided or do you prefer to stay open to new information and options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).
Your Personality Type: When you decide on your preference in each category, you have your own personality type, which can be expressed as a code with four letters.
The 16 Types
The 16 personality types of the MyersBriggs Type Indicator instrument are listed here as they are often shown in what is called a type table.
ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ ISTP ISFP INFP INTP ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ
ISFJ
ISFJ Quiet, friendly, responsible, and conscientious. Committed and steady in meeting their obligations. Thorough, painstaking, and accurate. Loyal, considerate, notice and remember specifics about people who are important to them, concerned with how others feel. Strive to create an orderly and harmonious environment at work and at home.
ISTJ
ISTJ Quiet, serious, earn success by thoroughness and dependability. Practical, matter-of-fact, realistic, and responsible. Decide logically what should be done and work toward it steadily, regardless of distractions. Take pleasure in making everything orderly and organized their work, their home, their life. Value traditions and loyalty.
INFJ
INFJ Seek meaning and connection in ideas, relationships, and material possessions. Want to understand what motivates people and are insightful about others. Conscientious and committed to their firm values. Develop a clear vision about how best to serve the common good. Organized and decisive in implementing their vision.
INTJ
INTJ Have original minds and great drive for implementing their ideas and achieving their goals. Quickly see patterns in external events and develop long-range explanatory perspectives. When committed, organize a job and carry it through. Skeptical and independent, have high standards of competence and performance for themselves and others.
ISTP
ISTP Tolerant and flexible, quiet observers until a problem appears, then act quickly to find workable solutions. Analyze what makes things work and readily get through large amounts of data to isolate the core of practical problems. Interested in cause and effect, organize facts using logical principles, value efficiency
ISFP
ISFP Quiet, friendly, sensitive, and kind. Enjoy the present moment, whats going on around them. Like to have their own space and to work within their own time frame. Loyal and committed to their values and to people who are important to them. Dislike disagreements and conflicts, do not force their opinions or values on others.
INFP
INFP Idealistic, loyal to their values and to people who are important to them. Want an external life that is congruent with their values. Curious, quick to see possibilities, can be catalysts for implementing ideas. Seek to understand people and to help them fulfill their potential. Adaptable, flexible, and accepting unless a value is threatened.
INTP
INTP Seek to develop logical explanations for everything that interests them. Theoretical and abstract, interested more in ideas than in social interaction. Quiet, contained, flexible, and adaptable. Have unusual ability to focus in depth to solve problems in their area of interest. Skeptical, sometimes critical, always analytical.
ESTP
ESTP Flexible and tolerant, they take a pragmatic approach focused on immediate results. Theories and conceptual explanations bore them they want to act energetically to solve the problem. Focus on the here-and-now, spontaneous, enjoy each moment that they can be active with others. Enjoy material comforts and style. Learn best through doing.
ESFP
ESFP Outgoing, friendly, and accepting. Exuberant lovers of life, people, and material comforts. Enjoy working with others to make things happen. Bring common sense and a realistic approach to their work, and make work fun. Flexible and spontaneous, adapt readily to new people and environments. Learn best by trying a new skill with other people.
ENFP
ENFP Warmly enthusiastic and imaginative. See life as full of possibilities. Make connections between events and information very quickly, and confidently proceed based on the patterns they see. Want a lot of affirmation from others, and readily give appreciation and support. Spontaneous and flexible, often rely on their ability to improvise and their verbal fluency.
ENTP
ENTP Quick, ingenious, stimulating, alert, and outspoken. Resourceful in solving new and challenging problems. Adept at generating conceptual possibilities and then analyzing them strategically. Good at reading other people. Bored by routine, will seldom do the same thing the same way, apt to turn to one new interest after another.
ESTJ
ESTJ Practical, realistic, matter-of-fact. Decisive, quickly move to implement decisions. Organize projects and people to get things done, focus on getting results in the most efficient way possible. Take care of routine details. Have a clear set of logical standards, systematically follow them and want others to also. Forceful in implementing their plans.
ENFJ
ENFJ Warm, empathetic, responsive, and responsible. Highly attuned to the emotions, needs, and motivations of others. Find potential in everyone, want to help others fulfill their potential. May act as catalysts for individual and group growth. Loyal, responsive to praise and criticism. Sociable, facilitate others in a group, and provide inspiring leadership.
ENTJ
ENTJ Frank, decisive, assume leadership readily. Quickly see illogical and inefficient procedures and policies, develop and implement comprehensive systems to solve organizational problems. Enjoy longterm planning and goal setting. Usually well informed, well read, enjoy expanding their knowledge and passing it on to others. Forceful in presenting their ideas.
Sr. Catherine
ISFP Quiet, friendly, sensitive, and kind. Enjoy the present moment, whats going on around them. Like to have their own space and to work within their own time frame. Loyal and committed to their values and to people who are important to them. Dislike disagreements and conflicts, do not force their opinions or values on others.
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