I was very pleased to take the Myers-Briggs personality
inventory in class. My personality type
happens to be the rarest of the 16 possible personality types in the human
population. I am an INFJ (Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling and Judging)
personality type.
While I am not a staunch advocate (haha) of personality tests rendered
by astrology (Forer effect, anyone?), I think tests provided by the psychological sciences such as Myers-Briggs, are AMAZINGLY accurate. Once you take the test, go to Wikipedia for your
personality type (e.g. type in INFJ or whatever your four letters are) then, you can read about
who you are! It’s actually a little scary how accurate the description is.
I was further
impressed by a depiction of my personality type on another random site:
“INFJs can often be found holding down jobs as AM radio talk-show hosts.
They can also be found driving taxis in the greater Washington, DC area. Other
common jobs often held by INFJs include vagrant, loony, whacko, and
writer/director/producer of the television show "Seinfeld." INFJs can
also be found feeding that crucial bit of information to determined FBI agents
just before they are brutally murdered.”
Okay, just kidding….(I hope)
A great site to
read about your personality and how it matches up with someone else’s
personality is provided below. Are the two of you compatible? Which personality
types pose problems in a relationship? Remember, you can’t alter your
personality a great deal, so you’ll have to accept it and find someone else who
happens to work for you and/or accepts you for who you are. Also, if you are one of those people who keeps giving everyone else advice on "how they should act" stop, because it won't work. Personality seems to be very ingrained.
Also, what about least common and most common personality types? See site below:
I know there is
plenty of information about personality types and relationships but I wonder,
what about friendships (and social experience, in general?)? Are some personality types more naturally “loners”? Are some “more accepting of everyone” while others are more gregarious, cliquey
and group-thinky? Are there certain personality types who are naturally more
popular with people or certain personality types who are naturally smarter? Also, I noticed that Wikipedia focused heavily
on the more positive traits when discussing the various Myers-Briggs
personality categories. What about the more negative side? Are some personality
types more prone to overconfidence, road-rage or being a clown at the circus?