Miers-Briggs Type Personality Typing…getting an idea of your personality type
“People’s
Habits tell a lot about them. Not just their “bad” habits, but also
such habits as what they pay attention to, what they care about, and how they decide things.
These are mental habits. Some mental habits are very deep on a person. Trying to change them is like trying to change the stripes on a tiger—like trying
to change the grain in a piece of wood. “ (Lawrence, Gordon, People Types and Tiger Stripes , 1991)
Understanding
your personality type and others can help you better understand your strengths and needs and that of others better, hopefully
enabling you to be more successful in life.
We are going
to work through 4 charts and you are going to try and write down the descriptors on the one side or the other that best describe
you. This can sometimes be challenging as we have all learned things from different
people and sometimes it is difficult to pick your gut reaction which is most true to who you are. There are no “right” answers, just try to be honest with yourself.
Extroverted or Introverted
Extroverted |
Introverted |
Likes
action and variety |
Likes
quiet time to consider things |
Likes
to do mental work by talking to people |
Likes
to do mental work privately before talking |
Acts
quickly, sometimes without much reflection |
May
be slow to try something without understanding it first |
Likes
to see how other people do a job, and to see results |
Likes
to undertand the idea of a job and work alone or with just a few people |
Wants
to know what other people expect of him/her |
Wants
to set his/her own standards
|
More
comfortable with the outside world |
More
comfortable with inner world |
Gain
energy by being around people |
Gain
energy by being alone |
Sensing or Intuitive
Sensing |
Intuitive |
Pays most attention
to experience as it is Now |
Pays most attention
to the meaning of facts and how they fit together |
Likes to use
senses to find out what is happening |
Likes to use
imagination to come up with new ways to do things—new possibilities |
Dislikes new
problems unless there are standard ways to solve them |
Likes solving
new problems, and dislikes doing the same things over |
Enjoys using
skills already learned more than learning new ones |
Likes using
new skills more than practicing old ones |
Is patient
with details but impatient when the details get complicated |
Is impatient
with details but doesn’t mind complicated situations |
Pays more attention
to facts coming from personal experience |
Pays more attention
to meaning behind the facts |
See details |
See “big
picture” |
Thinking or Feeling
Thinking
|
Feeling |
Likes to decide
things logically |
Likes to decide
things with personal feelings and human values, even if they aren’t logical |
Wants to be
treated with justice and fair play |
Likes praise
and likes to please people, even in unimportant things |
May neglect
or hurt other people’s feelings without knowing it |
Is aware of
other people’s feelings |
Gives more
attention to ideas or things than to human relationships |
Can predict
how others will feel |
Doesn’t
need harmony |
Gets upset
by arguments and conflicts; values harmony |
Makes decisions
by examining data (impersonal, cool) |
Makes decisions
by paying attention to personal values and feelings |
Judging
or Perceiving
Judging
|
Perceiving |
Likes to have
a plan, have things settled and decided ahead |
Likes to stay
flexible and avoid fixed plans |
Tires to make
things come out the way they “ought to be” |
Deals easily
with unplanned and unexpected happenings |
Likes to finish
one project before starting another |
Likes to start
manay projects but may have difficulty finishing them all |
Usually has
mind made up |
Usually is
looking for new information |
May decide
things too quickly |
May decide
things too slowly |
Wants to be
right |
Wants to miss
nothing |
Lives by standards
and schedules that are not easily changed |
Lives by making
changes to deal with problems as they come along |
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