Sometimes paper and pencil or online tests of personality are used to identify traits, tendencies, and behaviors. One popular test is the Myers–Briggs test developed in the 1940s by Isabel Briggs Meyers. This was an attempt to identify four dimensions of behavior based on the personality theory of C. J. Jung in the 1920s. These personality dimensions are as follows:
Extroversion (E) or Introversion (I), whether you tend to prefer the outer world and many people or your own inner world and fewer associates
Sensing (S) or Intuition (N), whether you focus more on basic factual information from the five senses or interpretation of the complexities and abstract concepts gleaned from information
Thinking (T) or Feeling (F), whether you tend to make decisions based on logic and consistency or by looking at people and their feelings
Judging (J) or Perceiving (P), whether you prefer things decided and organized or prefer to stay open to new options
The Meyers–Briggs Inventory is still in broad use in academic settings and to help employers and workers understand each other in job situations. The test is aimed to have no positive versus negative connotations but to help see preferences people show in dealing with the world.
This discussion asks you to look at and take one or two online tests that are written to be closely matching the trait dimensions of the Myers–Briggs Inventory. Then, you will discuss these results with your classmates.
Instructions
Take one or both these free online personality tests based on the Myers–Briggs personality assessment: Jung Typology Test or Free Personality Test- 41 Questions. Take the personality test(s) and read through your results. Please note that these are only based on the MBTI; they are not actually the MBTI.
According to the test, what is your personality type?
Does this seem accurate to you? Why or why not?
Compare the test results with your view of your dominant personality traits.
Think about your personality. What factors or events in your life were critical to the formation of your personality? How did your environment help shape your personality, and what evidence of that can you find? Do you think any of your traits are innate?
Reply to at least one other original posting to fulfill the discussion requirements.