# What's your Type?

Category: Getting to Know You

## Post 1 by blink183 (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Monday, 20-Jun-2005 12:21:35

I'm sure most of us know people can be on either side of different categories. For example, people can be introverted or extroverted. They can be more analytical, or they can be more emotional. They can focus more on the world around them, or they can spend more time creating their own things. They can be organized, or more impulsive. I think a lot of the bickering on this board stems from us not understanding each other. For example, a rational might try to convince an emotional person with reason, or a feeler might expect a thinker to stay loyal to their friends. So let's find out our personality types. Here's how:
1. Go to www.humanmetrics.com.
2. Click on "Jung Typology Test." Read the next screen, then click the button to start the test.
3. Answer the questions as accurately as you can as they apply to you most often.
4. Get your score. Copy your results and paste them to this thread.
5. Read through the descriptions for your personality type and see how well they describe you.
In the future, I will post my own results, as well as describing the different combinations and what they mean.
So what's your type?

## Post 2 by Caitlin (I've now got the silver prolific poster award! wahoo!) on Monday, 20-Jun-2005 12:38:07

Your Type is
ESTJ
Extroverted
Sensing
Thinking
Judging
Strength of the preferences %
1
12
1
56
ESTJ type description by D.Keirsey
ESTJ type description by J. Butt
Qualitative analysis of your type formula
You are:
slightly expressed extrovert
slightly expressed sensing personality
slightly expressed thinking personality
moderately expressed judging personality

## Post 3 by Twinklestar09 (I've now got the bronze prolific poster award! now going for the silver award!) on Monday, 20-Jun-2005 15:44:36

Your Type is
INFJ
Introverted
Intuitive
Feeling
Judging
Strength of the preferences %
78
38
25
56
INFJ type description by D.Keirsey
INFJ type description by J. Butt and M.M. Heiss
Qualitative analysis of your type formula
You are:
• very expressed introvert
• moderately expressed intuitive personality
• moderately expressed feeling personality
• moderately expressed judging personality

## Post 4 by blink183 (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Monday, 20-Jun-2005 16:02:56

Here's some information from socionics.com explaining the different traits and their meanings. When you take the test, be sure to read the descriptions for your four-letter type and see how well it fits you:
According to Jung's theory of psychological types we are all different in fundamental ways. One's ability to process different information is limited by
their particular type. These types are sixteen.
People can be either Extroverts or Introverts, depending on the direction of their activity; Thinking, Feeling, Sensing, Intuitive, according to their own
information pathways; Judging or Perceiving, depending on the method in which they process received information.
Extroverts vs. Introverts
Extroverts are directed towards the objective world whereas Introverts are directed towards the subjective world. The most common differences between Extroverts
and Introverts are shown below:
Extroverts
• are interested in what is happening around them
• are open and often talkative
• compare their own opinions with the opinions of others
• like action and initiative
• easily make new friends or adapt to a new group
• say what they think
• are interested in new people
• easily break unwanted relations
Introverts
• are interested in their own thoughts and feelings
• need to have own territory
• often appear reserved, quiet and thoughtful
• usually do not have many friends
• have difficulties in making new contacts
• like concentration and quiet
• do not like unexpected visits and therefore do not make them
• work well alone
Sensing vs. Intuition
Sensing is an ability to deal with information on the basis of its physical qualities and its affection by other information. Intuition is an ability to
deal with the information on the basis of its hidden potential and its possible existence. The most common differences between Sensing and Intuitive types
are shown below:
Sensing types
• see everyone and sense everything
• live in the here and now
• quickly adapt to any situation
• like pleasures based on physical sensation
• are practical and active
• are realistic and self-confident
Intuitive types
• are mostly in the past or in the future
• worry about the future more than the present
• are interested in everything new and unusual
• do not like routine
• are attracted more to the theory than the practice
• often have doubts
Thinking vs. Feeling
Thinking is an ability to deal with information on the basis of its structure and its function. Feeling is an ability to deal with information on the basis
of its initial energetic condition and its interactions. The most common differences between Thinking and Feeling type are shown below:
Thinking types
• are interested in systems, structures, patterns
• expose everything to logical analysis
• are relatively cold and unemotional
• evaluate things by intellect and right or wrong
• have difficulties talking about feelings
• do not like to clear up arguments or quarrels
Feeling types
• are interested in people and their feelings
• easily pass their own moods to others
• pay great attention to love and passion
• evaluate things by ethics and good or bad
• can be touchy or use emotional manipulation
• often give compliments to please people
Perceiving vs. Judging
Perceiving types are motivated into activity by the changes in a situation. Judging types are motivated into activity by their decisions resulting from
the changes in a situation. The most common differences between Perceiving and Judging types are shown below:
Perceiving types
• act impulsively following the situation
• can start many things at once without finishing them properly
• prefer to have freedom from obligations
• are curious and like a fresh look at things
• work productivity depends on their mood
• often act without any preparation
Judging types
• do not like to leave unanswered questions
• plan work ahead and tend to finish it
• do not like to change their decisions
• have relatively stable workability
• easy follow rules and discipline
These eight different ways of dealing with information result in sixteen psychological types:
ISFP, ISTP, ISFJ, ISTJ, INTP, INFP, INTJ, INFJ, ESTP, ESTJ, ESFP, ESFJ, ENTP, ENFP, ENTJ, ENFJ

## Post 5 by Eponine (If you find a rare Gem, hold it tightly!) on Friday, 24-Jun-2005 8:22:58

Your Type is
ENFJ
Table with 4 columns and 3 rows
Extroverted
Intuitive
Feeling
Judging
Strength of the preferences %
11
12
62
89
table end
ENFJ type description by D.Keirsey
ENFJ type description by J. Butt
Qualitative analysis of your type formula
You are:
List of 4 items
• slightly expressed extrovert
• slightly expressed intuitive personality
• distinctively expressed feeling personality
• very expressed judging personality
list end

## Post 6 by Inesle1987 (Account disabled) on Friday, 24-Jun-2005 11:57:29

Your Type is
ISFJ
Table with 4 columns and 3 rows
Introverted
Sensing
Feeling
Judging
Strength of the preferences %
44
88
62
33
table end
ISFJ type description by D.Keirsey
ISFJ type description by J. Butt and M.M. Heiss
Qualitative analysis of your type formula
You are:
List of 4 items
• moderately expressed introvert
• very expressed sensing personality
• distinctively expressed feeling personality
• moderately expressed judging personality
list end

## Post 7 by Ukulele<3 (Try me... You know you want to.) on Saturday, 25-Jun-2005 15:25:51

Your Type is
ENFP
Extroverted
Intuitive
Feeling
Perceiving
Strength of the preferences %
44
12
50
11
Qualitative analysis of your type formula
You are:
• moderately expressed extrovert
• slightly expressed intuitive personality
• moderately expressed feeling personality
• slightly expressed perceiving personality
The Portrait of the Champion Idealist (eNFp)
The Champion
Idealists
are abstract in thought and speech, cooperative in accomplishing their aims, and informative and extraverted when relating with others. For Champions, nothing
occurs which does not have some deep ethical significance, and this, coupled with their uncanny sense of the motivations of others, gives them a talent
for seeing life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for both good and evil. This type is found in only about 3 percent of the general population,
but they have great influence because of their extraordinary impact on others. Champions are inclined to go everywhere and look into everything that has
to do with the advance of good and the retreat of evil in the world. They can't bear to miss out on what is going on around them; they must experience,
first hand, all the significant social events that affect our lives. And then they are eager to relate the stories they've uncovered, hoping to disclose
the "truth" of people and issues, and to advocate causes. This strong drive to unveil current events can make them tireless in conversing with others,
like fountains that bubble and splash, spilling over their own words to get it all out.
Champions consider intense emotional experiences as being vital to a full life, although they can never quite shake the feeling that a part of themselves
is split off, uninvolved in the experience. Thus, while they strive for emotional congruency, they often see themselves in some danger of losing touch
with their real feelings, which Champions possess in a wide range and variety. In the same vein, Champions strive toward a kind of spontaneous personal
authenticity, and this intention always to "be themselves" is usually communicated nonverbally to others, who find it quite attractive. All too often,
however, Champions fall short in their efforts to be authentic, and they tend to heap coals of fire on themselves, berating themselves for the slightest
self-conscious role-playing.
Oh wow!!! I love the description of myself!!!! It is so true!!!
*sexy*

## Post 8 by blink183 (I can't call it a day til I enter the zone BBS) on Sunday, 10-Jul-2005 2:16:14

Your Type is
INTP
Introverted - 56%: moderately expressed, intuitive - 22: slightly expressed, thinking - 22: slightly expressed, perceiving - 11%: slightly expressed.
You can find an exhaustive profile of the INTP personality at www.intp.org. Overall, I think it describes me fairly accurately.