Some trust in astrological horoscopes. Some listen to fortune tellers.
Some may see some relevance in social scientists and psychologists...and that's me. I love Personality. What makes us "who we are". I still think that it is not truly "accurate" because we are entering the data that determines what type of personality we have.
I've used http://www.humanmetrics.com/personality
Personality Type Explained According to Carl G. Jung's theory of psychological types [Jung, 1971], people can be characterized by their preference of general attitude:
Extraverted (E) vs. Introverted (I), their preference of one of the two functions of perception:
Sensing (S) vs. Intuition (N), and their preference of one of the two functions of judging:
Thinking (T) vs. Feeling (F) The three areas of preferences introduced by Jung are dichotomies (i.e. bipolar dimensions where each pole represents a different preference). Jung also proposed that in a person one of the four functions above is dominant – either a function of perception or a function of judging. Isabel Briggs Myers, a researcher and practitioner of Jung’s theory, proposed to see the judging-perceiving relationship as a fourth dichotomy influencing personality type [Briggs Myers, 1980]:
Judging (J) vs. Perceiving (P)
The first criterion, Extraversion – Introversion, signifies the source and direction of a person’s energy expression. An extravert’s source and direction of energy expression is mainly in the external world, while an introvert has a source of energy mainly in their own internal world.
The second criterion, Sensing – Intuition, represents the method by which someone perceives information. Sensing means that a person mainly believes information he or she receives directly from the external world. Intuition means that a person believes mainly information he or she receives from the internal or imaginative world.
The third criterion, Thinking – Feeling, represents how a person processes information. Thinking means that a person makes a decision mainly through logic. Feeling means that, as a rule, he or she makes a decision based on emotion, i.e. based on what they feel they should do.
The fourth criterion, Judging – Perceiving, reflects how a person implements the information he or she has processed. Judging means that a person organizes all of his life events and, as a rule, sticks to his plans. Perceiving means that he or she is inclined to improvise and explore alternative options.
All possible permutations of preferences in the 4 dichotomies above yield 16 different combinations, or personality types, representing which of the two poles in each of the four dichotomies dominates in a person, thus defining 16 different personality types. Each personality type can be assigned a 4 letter acronym of the corresponding combination of preferences:
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Yes, I've seen and have taken this test before...I think about 10 years ago.
I am (presently), an INFJ.
"INFJs are distinguished by both their complexity of character and the unusual range and depth of their talents. Strongly humanitarian in outlook, INFJs tend to be idealists, and because of their J preference for closure and completion, they are generally "doers" as well as dreamers. This rare combination of vision and practicality often results in INFJs taking a disproportionate amount of responsibility in the various causes to which so many of them seem to be drawn."
@4meAndyou As an INFJ, do you often find yourself overwhelmed and completely misunderstood within these two statements? Like an outsider looking in, while your mind drowns in stoic mode? And your emotions are so scattered & immerse, one might call you difficult and unjust?
[quote]INFJs are distinguished by both their complexity of character and the unusual range and depth[/quote]
[quote]INFJs taking a disproportionate amount of responsibility in the various causes to which so many of them seem to be drawn."[/quote]
@MoonlightLullaby No. I don't find myself feeling that way. My own stoicism or logical bent is so ingrained that it feels very natural to me. It's like...I am not just one big throbbing nerve. I am not ALL feelings. I actually have a brain.
So, as an example, I can feel compassion very deeply for homeless people, while still seeing and understanding the root causes of homelessness, and not allowing myself to be sucked into the compassion completely. So I was able to work with homeless families with children, and become angry at the lazy a$$ parents who didn't want to hoist themselves up off the sofa to make dinner for their kids.
@4meAndyou Awesome for you! I'm a huge believer in such ways of paying it forward myself.💖🥂
[quote]not allowing myself to be sucked into the compassion completely[/quote]
This is my biggest problem unfortunately. Plus bond so deeply in others, setting myself up for failure in communication due to my depths and vibing on a whole different frequency. Alas, not with everyone. Sigh.
