Personality Type

What code are you?

Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I)

These are two different attitudes to the world
around us.

When you are in the extraverted attitude, you

relate more easily to the world of people and
things outside of you.
When you are in the introverted attitude, you relate
more easily to the ideas and concepts in your mind

Sensing (S) or Intuition (N)

These are 2 different ways of gathering
information.
When you are perceiving with your sensing
process, you are interested in your 5 senses show
you (what exists in the present)
When you are perceiving with your intuition, you
are using your imagination to see new possibilities
and insights hidden from the eye.

Thinking (T) or Feeling (F)

These reflect 2 kinds of decision making.
When you make judgments with your thinking, you
base your decisions on impersonal analysis and
logic.
When you make judgments with your feeling, you
base your decisions on your values.

Judging (J) or Perceiving (P)

These are 2 ways of living in the world around us.
When you are living by your judgment, you like to
have things decided; your life is likely to be
planned and orderly.
When you are living by your perception, you dont
want to miss anything; your way of life is likely to
be spontaneous and flexible.

Extraversion

Likes variety and action

Enjoys talking out loud about ideas

Demonstrates energy and enthusiasm

Is stimulated by, and responsive to, people and

actions in the environment

May be easily distracted

Expresses thoughts and feelings openly

Is energized by being with others

Acts before thinking

Is friendly and talkative

May be Impatient with long, slow projects

Values friends and relationships

Extraversion

Gregarious - drawn to large number and variety of relationships.

Enthusiastic - being energetically with the action and at the

center of things.

Initiator - social facilitator, assertively outgoing, build bridges

among people.

Expressive - easy to know, approachable, warm, readily show

feelings.

Auditory - learn through listening, active dialogue, and

involvement with others.

Introversion

Enjoys individual or one-on-one activities

Is energized by ideas

Thinks before acting

Likes to concentrate on a few select tasks at a time

Carefully considers an idea before discussing or making a

decision about it

Usually waits for others to make the first move

May not communicate thoughts and feelings

Needs privacy

Can make him or herself inconspicuous

Tends to sit back, observe, and reflect

Dislikes interruptions

Must understand an idea or project before attempting it

Pauses before answering and may be uncomfortable with

spontaneous questioning

Can ignore distractions

Introversion

Intimate - most comfortable in small groups and with one-on-one

relationships.

Quiet - present themselves modestly, drawn to the calm away

from the center of action.

Receptor - content to let others initiate social amenities-even to

the point of being overlooked.

Contained - well controlled, calm exterior, often difficult for others

to read..

Visual - learn through observation, reflection, reading, and more

solitary means.

Sensing

Likes precise directions

Enjoys films and other audiovisual presentations

Prefers using skills already learned

Focuses on the present

Works steadily with a realistic idea of how long the task will take

Prefers things that are definite and measurable

Wants material presented step-by-step

Relies on experience rather than theory

Is interested in whatever appeals to the senses

Is likely to recall details well

May be comfortable with routine exercises that develop skills

Draws on proven methods to solve current problems

Enjoys tradition and custom

Can learn abstract concepts buy may become stressed by the task

Wants the facts when discussing an issue and mistrusts vague ideas

Sensing

Concrete - depend on verifiable, factual information and direct

perceptions. literal, mistrust fuzzy information.

Realistic - value being practical, cost-effective, and exercising

common sense.

Pragmatic - highly values the usefulness or applications of an

idea -more interesting than idea itself.

Experiential - heavily grounded by first hand, past experience.

Reluctant to generalize beyond direct experience.

Traditional - trust what is familiar, support established groups and

methods, honor precedents.

Intuition

Needs opportunities to be creative and original

Likes tasks that require imagination

Enjoys learning new skills more than mastering familiar ones

Dislikes routine

Works in bursts of energy with slow periods in between

Dislikes taking time for precision

Focuses on the future

May skip over facts or get them wrong

Spends so much time designing an original project that the

finished product may not meet expectations

Needs variety

Has a seemingly sporadic approach rather than an ordered,

step-by-step approach

Is idealistic

Intuition

Abstract - comfortable with and inferring meaning from

ambiguous and non-literal information. Perceptive.

Imaginative - enjoy being ingenious, clever and novel . . . for its

own sake.

Intellectual - learning, acquiring knowledge, mental challenges

are valued as an end in itself.

Theoretical - conceptual, automatically search for patterns in

observed facts, comfortable with theories and inventing new ones.
Resourceful.

Original - values initiative and enterprising, inventive, and novel

solutions. Often mistrusts conventional wisdom.

Thinking

Values individual achievement over group cooperation

Needs to know why things are done

May enjoy talking with teachers more than peers

Dislikes small talk

Enjoys library research projects

Enjoys debates

Often finds ideas or things more interesting than people

Needs opportunities to demonstrate competence

Is concerned with truth and justice based on principles

Can be devastated by failure

Prefers information to be presented briefly and concisely

Spontaneously analyzes the flaws in ideas, things, or people

Is task oriented

Needs to know the criteria for grades and evaluations

Thinking

Critical - comfortable making distinctions, categorizing, making

win/lose choices, being in adversarial situations.

Tough Minded - results oriented, ends justify the means, stick on

task. Firm

Questioning - intellectually independent, resistant to influence,

self confident.

Logical - values and trusts detached, objective, and logical

analysis.

Reasonable - is clear-thinking, objective, reasoned, and logical in

everyday decision- making.

Feeling

Enjoys sharing information in small groups

Is loyal

Tries to help others feel secure and comfortable

Needs praise

Avoids confrontation and conflict

Is skilled in understanding other people

Is sympathetic

Spontaneously appreciates the good in people and things

View things from a personal perspective

Is concerned about relationships and harmony

Enjoys pleasing people, even in seemingly unimportant

matters

Enjoys subjects that concern people; needs to know how the

topic affects people

Has difficulty accepting criticism;; sarcasm and ridicule can

be devastating

Feeling

Accepting - tolerant towards human failings, see positive side of

others, instinctually seeks win/win resolutions of problems.

Tender Hearted - use gentle persuasion to influence, reluctant to

force compliance.

Accommodating - seeks consensus, deferential, conflict

avoiding, seeks harmony.

Affective - trusts emotions and feelings, values human

considerations, in touch with feelings.

Compassionate - makes decisions on overall impressions,

patterns, and feelings (including emotional likes and dislikes).

Judging

Prefers expectations for assignments to be clearly defined

Likes to get things settled and finished

Prefers completing one project before beginning another;

too many unfinished projects can cause stress
Doesnt usually appreciate surprises

Needs structure and predictability; frequent changes can be

upsetting

Gets assignments in on time

Lives by schedules that are not easily altered

Wants to do things the right way and tries to make things

happen the way they are supposed to

Works best when work can be planned and the plan is

followed

Is orderly, organized, and systematic

Generally has good study habits

Judging

Early Starter - focused. Structure activities to work on one thing

at a time, allowing adequate time for proper completion.

Systematic - prefers orderly, structured and programmed

responses. Likes formal contingency planning.

Scheduled - creates and easily follows standardized and familiar

routines.

Planful - likes to schedule future commitments far in advance,

uses dates and deadlines to organize their energies.

Methodical - implements projects in a planned, organized, and

step-by-step manner. Self programming.

Perceiving

Is curious

May begin working on a task before the directions are

completed

Acts spontaneously

Likes freedom to move and finds too much desk work to be

boring

Is cheerful and brings fun and laughter to the classroom

Enjoys the activity itself more than the result

Enjoys tasks presented as games

Enjoys dramatizations and may like to perform

Copes well with unplanned and unexpected changes and

enjoys changes in procedures

May start too many projects and have difficulty finishing

them all

Lets work accumulate and then accomplishes a lot with a

last-minute flurry of activity

May turn in assignments late as a result of poor planning or

time management

Perceiving

Pressure Prompted - prefers variety and multi-tasking. Most

effectively energized when working close to deadlines.

Casual - comfortable making adjustments as situation requires.

Prefers informal guidelines vs. structured rules. Adaptable.

Spontaneous - dislikes repeatedly following the same routines.

Seeks variety and change.

Open-ended - strongly values preserving flexibility and freedom,

dislikes being tied down by long range plans. Makes flexible
plans.

Emergent - ad hoc planner. Moves quickly into action without

detailed plans, plans on the go. Risk taking.

Characteristics of Each Type

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