Myers-Briggs Personality Test
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jackofallgeeksYour Type is
ISTJ
Introverted: 11%
Sensing: 33%
Thinking: 33%
Judging: 22%
Slightly expressed introvert.
Moderately expressed sensing personality.
Moderately expressed thinking personality.
Slightly expressed judging personality.
Description
Inspector Guardians look carefully and thoroughly at the people and institutions around them. Making up perhaps as much as ten percent of the general population, Inspectors are characterized by decisiveness in practical affairs, are the guardians of institutions, and if only one adjective could be selected, "superdependable" would best describe them. Whether at home or at work, Inspectors are nothing if not dependable, particularly when it comes to examining the people and products they are responsible for--quietly seeing to it that uniform quality is maintained, and that those around them uphold certain standards of attitude and conduct.
These quiet, no-nonsense Guardians have a distaste for and distrust of fanciness in speech, dress, and living space. Their words tend to be simple and down-to-earth, not showy or high-flown; their clothes are often homespun and conservative rather than of the latest fashion; and their home and work environments are usually neat, orderly, and traditional, rather than up-to-date or luxurious. In their choice of personal property (cars, furnishings, jewelry, and so on) price and durability are just as important as comfort or appearance. Classics, antiques, and heirlooms are especially valued, having achieved a certain time-honored status--Inspectors prefer the old-fashioned to the newfangled every time. Even on vacation, Inspectors tend not to be attracted by exotic foods, beverages, or locales.
Their thoroughness and orderliness, combined with their interest in legality and standardization, leads Inspectors to a number of occupations that call for the careful administration of goods and services. Inspectors feel right at home with difficult, detailed forms and columns of figures, and thus they make excellent bank examiners, auditors, accountants, and tax attorneys. Managing investments in securities is likely to interest this type, particularly investments in municipal bonds and blue-chip securities. Inspectors are not likely to take chances either with their own or others’ money, and the thought of a bankrupt nation, state, institution, or family gives them more than a little uneasiness. The idea of dishonoring a contract also bothers an Inspector--their word is their bond--and they naturally communicate a message of trustworthiness and stability, which can make them successful in business. With their eye for detail, Inspectors make good business men and women, librarians, dentists, optometrists, legal secretaries, and law researchers. High school and college teachers of business administration, home economics, physical education, civics, and history tend to be Inspectors, as do quartermaster officers in the military.
Functional Analysis
Introverted Sensing
Si is oriented toward the world of forms, essences, generics. Time is such a form, a quantifiable essense of exactitude, the standard to which external events are held. For both of the IS_J types, the sense of propriety comes from the clear definition of these internal forms. An apple "should" have certain qualities, against which all apples are evaluated. A "proper" chair has four legs, (and other qualities this poor INTP can only guess). Jung viewed introverted sensing as something of an oxymoron, in that the natural direction of senses is outward toward the object, rather than inward and away from it. One has the sense that Introverted Sensors are drawn more to the measure of the concept of the perceived object than to the experience of that perception.
Extraverted Thinking
The moderation of the Te function serves to socialize the expression of these forms. When the Si function is ready to relinquish the data, Te may speak. Otherwise, silence is golden. ISTJs seem to have a few favorite forms (the tried and true) which may serve for most occasions. My ISTJ dad woke me every morning with the same phrase for more years than I care to remember. Asked, "How are you?" he answered with the same stock phrase. ("As well as my age and habits will permit" was used for about two decades.) "It's a good form, a sound form--it's the form for me."
Introverted Feeling
Since Fi is turned inward, it is rarely expressed. Perhaps this enables the ISTJ to resolutely accept that "we are all doomed." When told that Lazarus had died, Thomas said, "Let us go and die with him." (He could just as well have said something like, "I knew this was bound to happen sooner or later.") Only in times of great distress is the Introverted Feeling expressed (as I witnessed in my dad when a neighbor's son was killed in a hunting accident). Otherwise, feeling is inferred, or expressed nonverbally, through eye contact, or an encouraging smile.
Extraverted iNtuition
The Ne function of an ISTJ does not serve her very well. It needs a lot of help. She was surprised, for example, to find that someone she had talked with only by phone had red hair, because she "didn't usually like" people with red hair! This inferior Ne seems to be a major source of, and a natural breeding ground for, stereotypes. Failure of the banking system is but one bogeyman which arises from the fear which feeds on the ISTJ's mistrust of real world possibilities. The shadow inhabiting the inferior Ne strikes at the precious forms and standards in the heart of the dominant Si function.
Well, I don't know how much I agree with the description given, especially the pieces I have marked in bold, but I do agree pretty well with the Functional Analysis, particularly the Introverted Sensing, though perhaps less so the Extraverted Thinking. All in all, I still think a closer approximation would be an ISFJ, like Beth, except that I think I like the Supervisor Level -- that's what i'm used to at home, anyways. And I like making decisions and holding to them. I took the test a second time, in fact, seeing if there was anything that could swing either way, and though I changed a handful of my answers, most everything was really solid and I got the same results. The problem with Psychology is they never have enough pigeon-holes.
ISTJ
Introverted: 11%
Sensing: 33%
Thinking: 33%
Judging: 22%
Slightly expressed introvert.
Moderately expressed sensing personality.
Moderately expressed thinking personality.
Slightly expressed judging personality.
Description
Inspector Guardians look carefully and thoroughly at the people and institutions around them. Making up perhaps as much as ten percent of the general population, Inspectors are characterized by decisiveness in practical affairs, are the guardians of institutions, and if only one adjective could be selected, "superdependable" would best describe them. Whether at home or at work, Inspectors are nothing if not dependable, particularly when it comes to examining the people and products they are responsible for--quietly seeing to it that uniform quality is maintained, and that those around them uphold certain standards of attitude and conduct.
These quiet, no-nonsense Guardians have a distaste for and distrust of fanciness in speech, dress, and living space. Their words tend to be simple and down-to-earth, not showy or high-flown; their clothes are often homespun and conservative rather than of the latest fashion; and their home and work environments are usually neat, orderly, and traditional, rather than up-to-date or luxurious. In their choice of personal property (cars, furnishings, jewelry, and so on) price and durability are just as important as comfort or appearance. Classics, antiques, and heirlooms are especially valued, having achieved a certain time-honored status--Inspectors prefer the old-fashioned to the newfangled every time. Even on vacation, Inspectors tend not to be attracted by exotic foods, beverages, or locales.
Their thoroughness and orderliness, combined with their interest in legality and standardization, leads Inspectors to a number of occupations that call for the careful administration of goods and services. Inspectors feel right at home with difficult, detailed forms and columns of figures, and thus they make excellent bank examiners, auditors, accountants, and tax attorneys. Managing investments in securities is likely to interest this type, particularly investments in municipal bonds and blue-chip securities. Inspectors are not likely to take chances either with their own or others’ money, and the thought of a bankrupt nation, state, institution, or family gives them more than a little uneasiness. The idea of dishonoring a contract also bothers an Inspector--their word is their bond--and they naturally communicate a message of trustworthiness and stability, which can make them successful in business. With their eye for detail, Inspectors make good business men and women, librarians, dentists, optometrists, legal secretaries, and law researchers. High school and college teachers of business administration, home economics, physical education, civics, and history tend to be Inspectors, as do quartermaster officers in the military.
Functional Analysis
Introverted Sensing
Si is oriented toward the world of forms, essences, generics. Time is such a form, a quantifiable essense of exactitude, the standard to which external events are held. For both of the IS_J types, the sense of propriety comes from the clear definition of these internal forms. An apple "should" have certain qualities, against which all apples are evaluated. A "proper" chair has four legs, (and other qualities this poor INTP can only guess). Jung viewed introverted sensing as something of an oxymoron, in that the natural direction of senses is outward toward the object, rather than inward and away from it. One has the sense that Introverted Sensors are drawn more to the measure of the concept of the perceived object than to the experience of that perception.
Extraverted Thinking
The moderation of the Te function serves to socialize the expression of these forms. When the Si function is ready to relinquish the data, Te may speak. Otherwise, silence is golden. ISTJs seem to have a few favorite forms (the tried and true) which may serve for most occasions. My ISTJ dad woke me every morning with the same phrase for more years than I care to remember. Asked, "How are you?" he answered with the same stock phrase. ("As well as my age and habits will permit" was used for about two decades.) "It's a good form, a sound form--it's the form for me."
Introverted Feeling
Since Fi is turned inward, it is rarely expressed. Perhaps this enables the ISTJ to resolutely accept that "we are all doomed." When told that Lazarus had died, Thomas said, "Let us go and die with him." (He could just as well have said something like, "I knew this was bound to happen sooner or later.") Only in times of great distress is the Introverted Feeling expressed (as I witnessed in my dad when a neighbor's son was killed in a hunting accident). Otherwise, feeling is inferred, or expressed nonverbally, through eye contact, or an encouraging smile.
Extraverted iNtuition
The Ne function of an ISTJ does not serve her very well. It needs a lot of help. She was surprised, for example, to find that someone she had talked with only by phone had red hair, because she "didn't usually like" people with red hair! This inferior Ne seems to be a major source of, and a natural breeding ground for, stereotypes. Failure of the banking system is but one bogeyman which arises from the fear which feeds on the ISTJ's mistrust of real world possibilities. The shadow inhabiting the inferior Ne strikes at the precious forms and standards in the heart of the dominant Si function.
Well, I don't know how much I agree with the description given, especially the pieces I have marked in bold, but I do agree pretty well with the Functional Analysis, particularly the Introverted Sensing, though perhaps less so the Extraverted Thinking. All in all, I still think a closer approximation would be an ISFJ, like Beth, except that I think I like the Supervisor Level -- that's what i'm used to at home, anyways. And I like making decisions and holding to them. I took the test a second time, in fact, seeing if there was anything that could swing either way, and though I changed a handful of my answers, most everything was really solid and I got the same results. The problem with Psychology is they never have enough pigeon-holes.
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Date: 2003-01-16 12:20 pm (UTC)Love those sorts of tests, even though I'm not sure how right they are. A lot of it seems generalized, like the different signs (ie: Aries, Capricorn, Taurus)... where as there are a great number of factors that make us who we are and factor greatly in our life choices. Like the people we meet, the people we love, our family situations, where we live and grew up... as well as a number of past experiences.
-mel
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Date: 2003-01-16 12:47 pm (UTC)All these little tests are interesting, particularly if you can't forsee the results. What frustrates me on this one, though, is it seems the results contradict my answers -- I TOLD them I'm messy, for example. There is alot which makes us who we are -- everyone has so many different facets -- though it is interesting to see how accurate some of these tests are. I would be interested in Psychology, myself, except that from what I've been told they don't get into HOW people think, just... what's wrong with them, or something.
I'm actually sitting in on a Psychology class this semester for work. T'night's my first day, so we'll have to see how it goes. I needa get dinner before then, too.
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Date: 2003-01-16 01:02 pm (UTC)Anyway, enjoy that class! I'd give anything to take Psychology again, just because it interests me no end.
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Date: 2003-01-16 01:03 pm (UTC)On the test...
Date: 2003-01-16 06:54 pm (UTC)Re: On the test...
Date: 2003-01-16 07:56 pm (UTC)Re: On the test...
Date: 2003-01-16 08:13 pm (UTC)::points to description which specifically cites 'organized,' 'neat,' and 'no-nonsense'::
-is really an accurate portrayal of me.
Re: On the test...
Date: 2003-01-17 08:21 am (UTC)Re: On the test...
Date: 2003-01-17 11:13 am (UTC)And, in certain circumstances, I can be no-nonsense. That whole forms, thing, though... unless they consider constructing a computer program to be a 'form,' which I doubt, I'm not seeing it...