Unit One- Personal Choices

8. Lesson Eight: Personality Inventory

• What type of personality you have according to the Myers-Briggs Inventory
• How personality influences your emotions and choices in life .

There is a lot to emotional well-being. It is at least as complex as physical well-being or any other aspect of personal health. Emotional well-being is a combination of experiences, thoughts, and actions accompanied by emotional maturity.

Your emotional health is just as important to your life as is your physical health. Knowing yourself, understanding how you handle stress and change, and understanding how you interact with others are important parts of your emotional well-being.

EXPRESSIVE OR RESERVED? - E/I DIFFERENCES

• Extroverts speak more loudly than introverts; introverts often want to “hush” extroverts, although they don’t necessarily do so.
• Extroverts tend to speak more rapidly; introverts tend to hesitate, thinking before speaking.
• While introverts often understate a point; extroverts often overstate and repeat their points.
• Extroverts use more nonverbal communication — hand—waving, facial movements, and the like, while introverts often appear more aloof and reserved.

RIGID OR FLEXIBLE? - J/P DIFFERENCES
• Judgers tend to remain more focused on a task or topic. Perceivers move more easily from subject to subject, sometimes to the point of appearing scattered.
• Judgers have a built—in time clock; perceivers do not have this innate sense of schedule.
• Perceivers are capable of generating alternatives to any situation while judgers tend to get locked into one method.
• Judgers tend to offer decisive opinions on most topics while perceivers will often answer a question with a question.

FOREST OR TREES? - S/N DIFFERENCES
• Intuitives tend to look for the meaning of an event or an experience, while sensors tend to examine its various components.
• Sensors like to understand a process by looking at it sequentially, while intuitives randomly gather information and fit it into a theoretical model.
• Sensors focus on “what is” and find “what can be” unsettling. Intuitives focus on “what can be” and find “what is” depressing.
• Sensors are impatient with fanciful schemes; intuitives are impatient with many details.

HEAD OR HEART? - T/F DIFFERENCES
• Thinkers seek objective clarity, while feelers seek harmony with people.
• Feelers are usually situational and subjective; thinkers tend to apply their decisions more uniformly and consistently.
• Thinkers look at the cause and effect of a decision while feelers show more concern for how people will feel about it.
• Both have feelings, but feelers prefer to experience them while thinkers prefer to understand them.

Extroverts
• Like variety and action
• Are often good at greeting people
• Are sometimes impatient with long slow jobs
• Are interested in how others do their jobs
• Often enjoy talking on the phone
• Often act quickly, sometimes without thinking
• Like to have people around in the working environment
• May prefer to communicate by talking rather than writing
• Like to learn a new task by talking it through with someone

Introverts
• Like quiet for concentration
• Have trouble remembering names and faces
• Can work on one project for a long time without interruption
• Are interested in the idea behind the job
• Dislike telephone interruptions
• Think before they act, sometimes without acting
• Work alone contentedly
• May prefer communications to be in writing
• May prefer to learn by reading rather than talking or experiencing

Sensing Types
• Are aware of the uniqueness of each event
• Focus on what works now
• Like an established way of doing things
• Enjoy applying what they have already learned
• Work steadily, with a realistic idea of how long it will take
• Usually reach a conclusion step by step
• Are not often inspired, and may not trust the inspiration when they are
• Are careful about the facts
• May be good at precise work
• Can oversimplify a task
• Accept current reality as a given to work with

Intuitive Types
• Are aware of new challenges and possibilities
• Focus on how things could be improved
• Dislike doing the same thing repeatedly
• Enjoy learning new skills
• Work in bursts of energy powered by enthusiasm, with slack periods in between
• May leap to a conclusion quickly
• Follow their inspirations and hunches
• May get their facts a bit wrong
• Dislike taking time for precision
• Can over complicate a task
• Ask why things are as they are

Thinking Types
• Are good at putting things in logical order
• Respond more to people’s ideas than their feelings
• Anticipate or predict logical outcomes of choices
• Need to be treated fairly
• Tend to be firm and tough-minded
• Are able to reprimand or tire people when necessary
• May hurt people’s feelings without knowing it
• Have a talent for analyzing a problem or situation

Feeling Types
• Like harmony and will work to make it happen
• Respond to people’s values as much as to their thoughts
• Are good at seeing the effects of choices on people
• Need occasional praise
• Tend to be sympathetic
• Dislike telling people unpleasant things
• Enjoy pleasing people
• Take an interest in the person behind the job or idea

Judging Types
• Work best when they can plan their work and follow the plan
• Like to get things settled and finished
• May decide things too quickly
• May dislike to interrupt the protect they are on tor a more urgent one
• Tend to be satisfied once they reach a judgment on a thing, situation, or person
• Want only the essentials needed to begin their work Schedule protects so that each step gets done on time
• Use lists as agendas for action

Perceptive Types
• Do not mind leaving things open for last-minute changes
• Adapt well to changing situations
• May have trouble making decisions, feeling like they never have enough information
• May start too many projects and have difficulty in finishing them
• May postpone unpleasant lobs
• Want to know all about a new lob
• Get a lot accomplished at the last minute under pressure of a deadline
• Use lists as reminders of all the things they have to do someday

ISTJ

Serious and quiet, interested in security and peaceful living. Extremely thorough, responsible, and dependable. Well-developed powers of concentration. Usually interested in supporting and promoting traditions and establishments. Well-organized and hard working, they work steadily towards identified goals. They can usually accomplish any task once they have set their mind to it.

 

ISTP

Quiet and reserved, interested in how and why things work. Excellent skills with mechanical things. Risk-takers who they live for the moment. Usually interested in and talented at extreme sports. Uncomplicated in their desires. Loyal to their peers and to their internal value systems, but not overly concerned with respecting laws and rules if they get in the way of getting something done. Detached and analytical, they excel at finding solutions to practical problems.

 

ISFJ

Quiet, kind, and conscientious. Can be depended on to follow through. Usually puts the needs of others above their own needs. Stable and practical, they value security and traditions. Well-developed sense of space and function. Rich inner world of observations about people. Extremely perceptive of other's feelings. Interested in serving others.

 

ISFP

Quiet, serious, sensitive and kind. Do not like conflict, and not likely to do things which may generate conflict. Loyal and faithful. Extremely well-developed senses, and aesthetic appreciation for beauty. Not interested in leading or controlling others. Flexible and open-minded. Likely to be original and creative. Enjoy the present moment.

 

INFJ

Quietly forceful, original, and sensitive. Tend to stick to things until they are done. Extremely intuitive about people, and concerned for their feelings. Well-developed value systems which they strictly adhere to. Well-respected for their perserverence in doing the right thing. Likely to be individualistic, rather than leading or following.

 

INFP

Quiet, reflective, and idealistic. Interested in serving humanity. Well-developed value system, which they strive to live in accordance with. Extremely loyal. Adaptable and laid-back unless a strongly-held value is threatened. Usually talented writers. Mentally quick, and able to see possibilities. Interested in understanding and helping people.

 

INTJ

Independent, original, analytical, and determined. Have an exceptional ability to turn theories into solid plans of action. Highly value knowledge, competence, and structure. Driven to derive meaning from their visions. Long-range thinkers. Have very high standards for their performance, and the performance of others. Natural leaders, but will follow if they trust existing leaders.

 

INTP

Logical, original, creative thinkers. Can become very excited about theories and ideas. Exceptionally capable and driven to turn theories into clear understandings. Highly value knowledge, competence and logic. Quiet and reserved, hard to get to know well. Individualistic, having no interest in leading or following others.

 

ESTP

Friendly, adaptable, action-oriented. "Doers" who are focused on immediate results. Living in the here-and-now, they're risk-takers who live fast-paced lifestyles. Impatient with long explanations. Extremely loyal to their peers, but not usually respectful of laws and rules if they get in the way of getting things done. Great people skills.

 

ESTJ

Practical, traditional, and organized. Likely to be athletic. Not interested in theory or abstraction unless they see the practical application. Have clear visions of the way things should be. Loyal and hard-working. Like to be in charge. Exceptionally capable in organizing and running activities. "Good citizens" who value security and peaceful living.

 

ESFP

People-oriented and fun-loving, they make things more fun for others by their enjoyment. Living for the moment, they love new experiences. They dislike theory and impersonal analysis. Interested in serving others. Likely to be the center of attention in social situations. Well-developed common sense and practical ability.

 

ESFJ

Warm-hearted, popular, and conscientious. Tend to put the needs of others over their own needs. Feel strong sense of responsibility and duty. Value traditions and security. Interested in serving others. Need positive reinforcement to feel good about themselves. Well-developed sense of space and function.

 

ENFP

Enthusiastic, idealistic, and creative. Able to do almost anything that interests them. Great people skills. Need to live life in accordance with their inner values. Excited by new ideas, but bored with details. Open-minded and flexible, with a broad range of interests and abilities.

 

ENFJ

Popular and sensitive, with outstanding people skills. Externally focused, with real concern for how others think and feel. Usually dislike being alone. They see everything from the human angle, and dislike impersonal analysis. Very effective at managing people issues, and leading group discussions. Interested in serving others, and probably place the needs of others over their own needs.

 

ENTP

Creative, resourceful, and intellectually quick. Good at a broad range of things. Enjoy debating issues, and may be into "one-up-manship". They get very excited about new ideas and projects, but may neglect the more routine aspects of life. Generally outspoken and assertive. They enjoy people and are stimulating company. Excellent ability to understand concepts and apply logic to find solutions.

 

ENTJ

Assertive and outspoken - they are driven to lead. Excellent ability to understand difficult organizational problems and create solid solutions. Intelligent and well-informed, they usually excel at public speaking. They value knowledge and competence, and usually have little patience with inefficiency or disorganization.