So, What's Your Personality?

[Xipe Totec]

Poll question: So, What's Your Personality?

Here's a quick way to find out:

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

(Sorry, there's 16 personalities and only 10 poll choices, so I had to combine two personalities into each category.

I came out INTJ - (Introverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging) and it was scary to see how closely they nailed my basic personality.

I'm wondering if that's going to be true for everyone, or if it was just a coincidence...

:think:


PS: The personality descriptions are here:

http://typelogic.com/estj.html

[Oeditpus Rex]

1. I don't need no steenking test

to know I'm an asshole.

[Xipe Totec]

2. Yes, but what flavor?

My guess is you're an INTJ too. Welcome, my brother!

[laheina]

64. But we took *your* test! Play fair. :P nt

[supernova]

3. I'm an INTJ

:hi:

[Xipe Totec]

6. Thanks! Let me know if the profile description fits

There's also this alternative description, which you might want to read:

http://keirsey.com/personality/ntij.html

:hi:

[supernova]

36. Yes, it fits

I like to discuss ideas and deconstruct them to see if they are practical. I don't waist time with overtly touchyp-feely types either, though I do enjoy intimacy when that happens. I've tested this way ever since I first took the test in 1980.

Since I'm a woman, I do sometimes have problems being percieved as feminine. (I wear jeans and cotton shirts A LOT.) I can come across as something of a tomboy who doesn't say much.

I like that they chose Gandalf as opposed to Spock.

[LeftyMom]

4. INTJ

http://typelogic.com/intj.html

[Deja Q]

5. INTP

[Lilith Velkor]

10. same here

:yoiks:

[Xipe Totec]

14. Thanks, HT!

From your posts, which I enjoy reading by the way, INTP is a close assesment of your personality.

:hi:

[Taxloss]

15. Me too.

INTP
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
56 38 1 11

What does it all mean?

[Xipe Totec]

18. That's the 'T ' talking

Indeed, what does it mean?

To me, as an INTJ, it means confirmation that my self-assessment is consistent with an external reality. (I know what I know, and I know myself as well as I think I know myself).

:evilgrin:

[Spider Jerusalem]

39. Me too...

Strength of the preferences %
Introverted=89 Intuitive=38 Thinking=100 Perceiving=11

(At various times I score as INTJ; it seems to go back and forth.)

[mainegreen]

56. Ditto

Easy to remember: I Need Toilet Paper

:shrug:

[GardeningGal]

7. ISFJ

[last_texas_dem]

45. I'm an ISFJ as well

[sakabatou]

8. ISTJ

[TheHelplessLlama]

9. INFP

Oddly true... it follows my basic line of thinking, but by no means my actions.

[bigwillq]

11. ESFP

Your Type is
ESFP
Extroverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
89 12 75 22


ESFP type description by D.Keirsey
ESFP type description by J. Butt



Qualitative analysis of your type formula

You are:
very expressed extrovert

slightly expressed sensing personality

distinctively expressed feeling personality

slightly expressed perceiving personality

[LaraMN]

16. Omg Will- we're almost the same!

Me:
Your Type is
ESFP
Extroverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
89 12 75 11

:bounce: :toast:

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

12. INFJ

My husband is an INTJ.

[lizziegrace]

13. INFP

I've taken so many tests hoping for a different type to surface. It's sometimes hard being a 1% type in this world. :(

[Xipe Totec]

20. You're just fine the way you are

Trust me when I say I know other INFPs whom I admire and respect.

Take pride in being different, it is your strength!

:hippie:

[laheina]

28. Agreed.

Especially as an "I," it's hard to find compatible people and relate to other types. :hi:

[lizziegrace]

40. Thank you both

Some days I feel I'm on the sidelines watching as I don't allow people to get too close. My daughter's an INFJ. She's a little more practical than me.

:hi:

[Radical Activist]

42. Me too

There are a couple times when I've been able to pick out people of this type.

[wildhorses]

81. wow...me too

:toast:

[flvegan]

17. ENFJ

last time I had the ole Myers Briggs done.

[Fleshdancer]

21. I'm ENFJ too

:hi:

[gollygee]

19. ENFP

:D

[FarLeftRage]

22. This is me....

Your Type is ESFJ

Extroverted Sensing Feeling Judging

Strength of the preferences %
11 25 25 56

You are:

slightly expressed extrovert

moderately expressed sensing personality

moderately expressed feeling personality

moderately expressed judging personality

I would tend to agree...

[trackfan]

23. INFJ

[Random_Australian]

24. INTJ n/t

[LostinVA]

25. INFJ -- less than 2%!

[LaurenG]

26. Same here nt

[LostinVA]

38. We rock!

[deadparrot]

31. Me, too.

:hi:

[LostinVA]

37. Yay!

[laheina]

27. INTJ

But I've known that for a long time. There are probably lots of us around because of the format.

[Xipe Totec]

29. Spoken like a true INTJ!

Judging, analyzing, questioning, challenging.

:thumbsup:

I kind of suspected as much, regarding the DU population, which is why I posted the poll.

[laheina]

44. You forgot...

...a general pain in the arse. :)

And I'm glad that you posted it. I have always been intrigued by this topic.

[StellaBlue]

30. ENTJ

Yes, the fieldmarshal.

Get that everytime I take it. For the past twelve years.

[miss_american_pie]

32. ISFJ

I get that every time I take this test. I think it's pretty accurate.

[Reverend_Smitty]

33. ESFJ

Interesting company

U.S. Presidents:
William McKinley
William J. Clinton

Jack Benny
Desi Arnaz ("Ricky Ricardo")
Don Knotts ("Barney Fife")
John Connally (former Governor of Texas)
Terry Bradshaw, NFL quarterback
Sally Struthers (All in the Family)
Mary Tyler Moore
Dixie Carter (Designing Women)
Steve Spurrier, Heismann trophy winner, Univ. of Fla. football coach
Sally Field
Danny Glover, actor (Lethal Weapon movies, Predator 2 Margaret Butt
Nancy Kerrigan (U.S. olympic figureskater)
Elvis Stojko (Canadian olympic figureskater)
Fictional ESFJs:

Babbitt (Sinclair Lewis)
Hoss Cartwright (Bonanza)
Leonard "Bones" McCoy (Star Trek)
Monica (Friends)
Haleh (ER)
Donald Duck
Rabbit, Winnie the Pooh

On edit:
"Providers are extremely sensitive to the feelings of others, which makes them perhaps the most sympathetic of all the types, but which also leaves them rather self-conscious, that is, highly sensitive to what others think of them. Because of this Providers can be crushed by personal criticism, and will work most effectively when given ample appreciation both for themselves personally and for the service they give to others. This is not to say that Providers are afraid to express their own emotional reactions. They are quick to like and dislike—and don’t mind saying so—tending to put on a pedestal whatever or whoever they admire, and to come down hard on those people and issues they don’t care for." That's so me!

[Ariana Celeste]

34. ISFP... different then a couple years ago

Guess being in a new environment with no drama has given me a chance to evolve, woot!

[JanMichael]

35. ENTP or INTP depending on what? I don't know.

Actually I used to always be INTP for years but over the last 5 or so it's ENTP.

E or I?

Go figure?

[hyphenate]

41. I'm always coming out

between two different ones, depending on time and mood. Most of the time, I'm an INFP and on other days, I'm an INTP. The division is almost exactly down the middle which I understand is relatively rare. But I've taken these tests many times before, and that balance is always there.

[laheina]

43. When I used to dabble regularly on the PT lists

PT=s Personality Type, we would generally call that an x. So, if you used the x as part of your profile, you would write it as INxP to denote that balance.

I don't know about it being very rare, but it does tend to mean that both of those aspects of your personality are balanced and well developed--and that is a good thing imho. :hi:

[rbnyc]

46. ENFJ

:hi:

Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences %
22 38 62 56

[Whoa_Nelly]

47. ENTJ--Extraverted iNtuitive Thinking Judging

Which is where I scored years ago when taking a similar test for personality type while teaching.

You are:
moderately expressed extrovert

distinctively expressed intuitive personality

slightly expressed thinking personality

slightly expressed judging personality

Apparently am a Fieldmarshall type (about 2% of the population)
http://keirsey.com/personality/ntej.html

And am often "larger than life":
http://typelogic.com/entj.html

Some famous ENTJs:

Harrison Ford
Steve Martin
Whoopi Goldberg
Sigourney Weaver
Margaret Thatcher
Al Gore (U.S Vice President, 1993-2001)
Lamar Alexander (former governor, US Secretary of Education)
Les Aspen, former U.S. Secretary of Defense
Candace Bergen (Murphy Brown)
Dave Letterman

[WritingIsMyReligion]

48. Also an INTJ--Wow, that was really spot-on!

Kind of eerie....

[Laelth]

49. INTJ

Wow! There are a lot of us in this category here.

:wow:

-Laelth

[Xipe Totec]

50. Shameless Kick for the Morning crowd.

Didn't want you to miss out.

:kick:

[mzteris]

51. INFP

INFP
Introverted 33
Intuitive 75
Feeling 50
Perceiving 22


When I was younger I was a "100%" Extroverted...... the Thinking/Feeling was about 50/50 and so was the Judging/Perceiving back then. I was definitely an "intuitive" then but I don't remember the scale.


I wonder why I "changed"? Maybe just age? I used to date and party a lot, now I'm an old married lady.

[Orrex]

52. By the way, any variation of the Myers-Briggs Test Instrument is bullshit

Hey, if you want to take the test for your own amusement, that's fine, but actual corporations are using this worthless test to assess people's employment and occupational potential, which is a problem.

For verifiable accuracy, the MBTI does no better than a reading of tea-leaves or a divining of planetary positions.

Bullshit. Bullshit. Bullshit.

[laheina]

53. It is novelty fun.

My mother agrees with you! I brought this up to her once, an she called it "pigeon-hole theory," and said that it is utter bullshit.

However, I know that my horoscope is bullshit, and I still read it anyway. :)

Businesses are always on to some new scam or program to get more out of their employees for less. This too, will probably pass in time.

[laheina]

54. Kick

[laheina]

55. Kick.

[Sullivan4Congress]

57. ENFP

I thinl that's what I had when I first took a Meyers-Briggs a few years ago.

Moderately extroverted, distinctively intuitive, feeling and perceiving.

[Extend a Hand]

58. another ENTJ

[bridgit]

59. ENFJ...

ENFJ
Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences % 56 38 25 78

Qualitative analysis of your type formula

You are:
moderately expressed extrovert

moderately expressed intuitive personality

moderately expressed feeling personality

very expressed judging personality

Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging

ENFJs are the benevolent 'pedagogues' of humanity. They have tremendous charisma by which many are drawn into their nurturant tutelage and/or grand schemes. Many ENFJs have tremendous power to manipulate others with their phenomenal interpersonal skills and unique salesmanship. But it's usually not meant as manipulation -- ENFJs generally believe in their dreams, and see themselves as helpers and enablers, which they usually are.

ENFJs are global learners. They see the big picture. The ENFJs focus is expansive. Some can juggle an amazing number of responsibilities or projects simultaneously. Many ENFJs have tremendous entrepreneurial ability yada-yada

Mikhail Gorbachev is an example of a Teacher Idealist.

:shrug:

[Maestro]

60. Here I am

Extroverted Sensing Thinking Judging/Perceiving

Supervisor Guardians are squarely on the side of rules and procedures, and they can be quite serious about seeing to it that others toe the mark—or else face the consequences. They do not hesitate to give their stamp of approval, nor do they withhold their directions or suggestions for improvement. Like seasoned, stalwart umpires, Supervisors will set their jaw and make the call on anyone who steps up to bat. They even feel obligated to do so, and they’re sometimes surprised when others don’t seem grateful for being set straight.

Comprising at least ten percent of the population, Supervisors go by experience and that is what counts, not speculation and experimentation, and certainly not fantasy. They keep their feet firmly on the ground and make sure that those under their supervision do the same, whether employee, subordinate, offspring, or spouse. If others wish to fool around and daydream, fine, as long as they do it on their own time—which means after the job is done. But if they fritter away their time while on duty, they should not be surprised when the Supervisor calls them on the carpet. The top sergeant will not put up with such nonsense.

Supervisors are gregarious and civic-minded, and are usually key players of their community. They are generous with their time and energy, and very often belong to a variety of groups, supporting them through steady attendance, but also taking a vocal leadership role. Indeed, membership groups of all kinds attract Supervisors like magnets, perhaps because membership satisfies in some degree their need to maintain the stability of social institutions. Like all the Guardians, Supervisors worry a good deal about society falling apart, morality decaying, standards being undermined, traditions being lost, and they do all they can to preserve and to extend the institutions that embody social order. Supervisors are so in tune with the established institutions and ways of behaving within those institutions, that they have a hard time understanding those who might wish to abandon or radically change them.
-Kiersy
___________________________________________________

I have changed I think in part it is due to my supervisory role at my job I now have. I took a pencil paper personality test a few years back and I was more intuitive than extroverted. But this description here describes me pretty well.

[WildEyedLiberal]

61. INFJ

The rarest type :D

[fleabert]

62. ENFP- good ole' meyer's briggs...

anyone else remember their color? I think mine was orange back in 93.

[Liberalynn]

63. INFJ

It does fit me to a T. I do tend to be idealistic, I do find it easier to express myself in writing, I feel emotions so strongly, that I also feel it physically sometimes, and as a result I do tend to get hurt easily. I also feel sympathy-empathy so strongly for others that it hurts too. Yet I am extremely introverted.

Now I understand more about why!Your Type is

INFJ
Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences %
89 62 75 1

Hey at least I am in good company Eleanor Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter, Ghandi, and Mark Harmon(Mr. gorgeous blue eyes, hey I can be shallow too;))

Thanks for sharing the link.

P.S. I clicked the wrong button in the poll. So there are actually 15 INFJ and one less ISTJ

[NMDemDist2]

65. yup that's me to a tee -- iNTj

It is in their abilities that Masterminds differ from the other Rationals, while in most of their attitudes they are just like the others. However there is one attitude that sets them apart from other Rationals: they tend to be much more self-confident than the rest, having, for obscure reasons, developed a very strong will. They are rather rare, comprising no more than, say, one percent of the population. Being very judicious, decisions come naturally to them; indeed, they can hardly rest until they have things settled, decided, and set. They are the people who are able to formulate coherent and comprehensive contingency plans, hence contingency organizers or "entailers...... snip

Masterminds are not at all eager to take command of projects or groups, preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their inability to lead. Once in charge, however, Masterminds are the supreme pragmatists, seeing reality as a crucible for refining their strategies for goal-directed action. In a sense, Masterminds approach reality as they would a giant chess board, always seeking strategies that have a high payoff, and always devising contingency plans in case of error or adversity. "

[NMMNG]

66. INTJ n/t

[wildhorses]

67. INFP

Your Type is
INFP
Introverted Intuitive Feeling Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
44 62 62 22


INFP type description by D.Keirsey
INFP type description by J. Butt



Qualitative analysis of your type formula

You are:
moderately expressed introvert

distinctively expressed intuitive personality

distinctively expressed feeling personality

slightly expressed perceiving personality

[REP]

68. Like My Blood Type: B-

The Meyers-Briggs was written by a housewife to help her deal with her son. It has no basis in science.

[billyskank]

69. Load of nonsense

I took the test. Most of the questions I was quite unsatisfied with answering either yes or no to, and I didn't recognise the description of myself at the end.

[bridgit]

70. hm, interesting...

[Xipe Totec]

73. Thanks for the reply

You took the test, analyzed the results, and rendered an informed opinion.

I value honest and direct feedback.

:thumbsup:

[everythingsxen]

71. ISTJ

I am an Inspector Guardian!

I will inspect you and then guard you!

[cleofus1]

72. what does it all mean?

Your Type is
ENFJ
Extroverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences %
33 25 25 67


ENFJ type description by D.Keirsey
ENFJ type description by J. Butt



Qualitative analysis of your type formula

You are:
moderately expressed extrovert

moderately expressed intuitive personality

moderately expressed feeling personality

distinctively expressed judging personality


The Idealists called Teachers are abstract in their thought and speech, cooperative in their style of achieving goals, and directive and extraverted in their interpersonal relations. Learning in the young has to be beckoned forth, teased out from its hiding place, or, as suggested by the word "education," it has to be "educed." by an individual with educative capabilities. Such a one is the eNFj, thus rightly called the educative mentor or Teacher for short. The Teacher is especially capable of educing or calling forth those inner potentials each learner possesses. Even as children the Teachers may attract a gathering of other children ready to follow their lead in play or work. And they lead without seeming to do so.

Teachers expect the very best of those around them, and this expectation, usually expressed as enthusiastic encouragement, motivates action in others and the desire to live up to their expectations. Teachers have the charming characteristic of taking for granted that their expectations will be met, their implicit commands obeyed, never doubting that people will want to do what they suggest. And, more often than not, people do, because this type has extraordinary charisma.

The Teachers are found in no more than 2 or 3 percent of the population. They like to have things settled and arranged. They prefer to plan both work and social engagements ahead of time and tend to be absolutely reliable in honoring these commitments. At the same time, Teachers are very much at home in complex situations which require the juggling of much data with little pre-planning. An experienced Teacher group leader can dream up, effortlessly, and almost endlessly, activities for groups to engage in, and stimulating roles for members of the group to play. In some Teachers, inspired by the responsiveness of their students or followers, this can amount to genius which other types find hard to emulate. Such ability to preside without planning reminds us somewhat of an Provider, but the latter acts more as a master of ceremonies than as a leader of groups. Providers are natural hosts and hostesses, making sure that each guest is well looked after at social gatherings, or that the right things are expressed on traditional occasions, such as weddings, funerals, graduations, and the like. In much the same way, Teachers value harmonious human relations about all else, can handle people with charm and concern, and are usually popular wherever they are. But Teachers are not so much social as educational leaders, interested primarily in the personal growth and development of others, and less in attending to their social needs.

Mikhail Gorbachev is an example of a Teacher Idealist.

[AmyDeLune]

74. INTJ n/t

[Starbucks Anarchist]

75. INTP.

Your Type is
INTP
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
78 62 62 11

You are:

* very expressed introvert
* distinctively expressed intuitive personality
* distinctively expressed thinking personality
* slightly expressed perceiving personality




Sounds about right.

[ChazII]

76. Myers-Briggs test

did this about 15 years ago. Came out as a ISFP. The Episcopal Church was pushing this test for their congregations about 7 years ago and I ended up with the same results. Still this is 'fun' and it is interesting to see our types at the DU.

[Strong Atheist]

77. INFP:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=4519632

[El Fuego]

78. ENTJ

I am:

moderately expressed extrovert

distinctively expressed intuitive personality

slightly expressed thinking personality

slightly expressed judging personality

[Burma Jones]

79. ENTP

Pretty consistently in the ten years I've been taking these tests.......

[Magrittes Pipe]

80. INFP

[Missy Vixen]

82. ISTJ n/t

[kick-ass-bob]

83. INT - the J and P are virtually equal

which is the case every time I take a test like this.

[Ramsey]

84. ENTJ

The only scale I am bordeline on is the I/E, for the other three I am strongly in the category.

[Ramsey]

85. Now it says INTJ

I took this test a few months ago and came out ENTJ, borderline on the I/E. This test now says I am slightly I, so that seems consitent.

Otherwise:

You are:
slightly expressed introvert

distinctively expressed intuitive personality

moderately expressed thinking personality

very expressed judging personality

[progmom]

86. i'm an INFP

moderately expressed introvert

moderately expressed intuitive personality

distinctively expressed feeling personality

distinctively expressed perceiving personality


Healer Idealists are abstract in thought and speech, cooperative in striving for their ends, and informative and introverted in their interpersonal relations. Healer present a seemingly tranquil, and noticiably pleasant face to the world, and though to all appearances they might seem reserved, and even shy, on the inside they are anything but reserved, having a capacity for caring not always found in other types. They care deeply-indeed, passionately-about a few special persons or a favorite cause, and their fervent aim is to bring peace and integrity to their loved ones and the world.

Healers have a profound sense of idealism derived from a strong personal morality, and they conceive of the world as an ethical, honorable place. Indeed, to understand Healers, we must understand their idealism as almost boundless and selfless, inspiring them to make extraordinary sacrifices for someone or something they believe in. The Healer is the Prince or Princess of fairytale, the King's Champion or Defender of the Faith, like Sir Galahad or Joan of Arc. Healers are found in only 1 percent of the general population, although, at times, their idealism leaves them feeling even more isolated from the rest of humanity.

Healers seek unity in their lives, unity of body and mind, emotions and intellect, perhaps because they are likely to have a sense of inner division threaded through their lives, which comes from their often unhappy childhood. Healers live a fantasy-filled childhood, which, unfortunately, is discouraged or even punished by many parents. In a practical-minded family, required by their parents to be sociable and industrious in concrete ways, and also given down-to-earth siblings who conform to these parental expectations, Healers come to see themselves as ugly ducklings. Other types usually shrug off parental expectations that do not fit them, but not the Healers. Wishing to please their parents and siblings, but not knowing quite how to do it, they try to hide their differences, believing they are bad to be so fanciful, so unlike their more solid brothers and sisters. They wonder, some of them for the rest of their lives, whether they are OK. They are quite OK, just different from the rest of their family-swans reared in a family of ducks. Even so, to realize and really believe this is not easy for them. Deeply committed to the positive and the good, yet taught to believe there is evil in them, Healers can come to develop a certain fascination with the problem of good and evil, sacred and profane. Healers are drawn toward purity, but can become engrossed with the profane, continuously on the lookout for the wickedness that lurks within them. Then, when Healers believe thay have yielded to an impure temptation, they may be given to acts of self-sacrifice in atonement. Others seldom detect this inner turmoil, however, for the struggle between good and evil is within the Healer, who does not feel compelled to make the issue public.

[ProfessorGAC]

87. ENTP

And only the T is not extreme. I'm extreme E, N, and P. I'm about 1/3rd of the way from the middle to T.
The Professor

[Samurai_Writer]

88. INTJ

Your Type is
INTJ
Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging
78 62 25 56