What's your Myers-Briggs personality type?

Tonedef · 2011-01-21T11:53:37+00:00

There's been quite a bit of talk about the sorts of jobs that people do/did, and the associated personalties of musos/players in general. So let's do this poll! The results should be very interesting. I've made the poll non-editable, once you've voted, your vote is fixed - so click with care! If that's a problem, lemme know. If you don't know your MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Identity), there are a couple of online tests you can take, which I'll post URLs for shortly. They're far from ideal (the real deal has you sitting filling in dots for hours), but are reasonably ball-parkishly accurate. And if you think they're a load of touchy-feely kak - lemme tell you, I had to do an MBTI assessment (my first ever) when I applied for my current job. The psychologist who analysed the results and sat with me afterwards, started talking to me in a way that was creepy. She told me exactly what my personal habits were, why I do the things I do and feel the things I feel, etc - in short, it was like listening to a recording of myself thinking. I actually learned alot about myself, in an objective way, and it was valuable. I'd highly recommend peeps find a qualified Industrial psychologist and do this test just for the hell of it. Some links to online tests: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp http://www.mypersonality.info/basic-vs-pro/personality-type-test http://www.goddessflight.com/per/passess.htm (old forum) Poll Results: What's your Myers-Briggs personality type? ESTJ: 0 ESFJ: 1 ESTP: 0 ESFP: 0 ENTJ: 5 ENTP: 1 ENFJ: 1 ENFP: 1 ISTJ: 1 ISFJ: 1 ISTP: 1 ISFP: 0 INTP: 4 INTJ: 5 INFP: 2 INFJ: 1

Bob-Dubery

BMU wrote I first did this working for the CSIR, where it was administered by a psychologist i.e. fairly rigorous. From what I recall (this was years ago) Bob's point is very valid. It's a continuum and the 'real' tests give you that quantity (% I vs E etc). Lots of room for variation as Bob says.

The on-line tests I did - both sites mentioned in this thread - gave the percentages. I was such a % I etc etc. The problem is lumping together person A - 1 79%, N 12%, T 13%, P 43% - with person B - I 21%, N 63%, T 45%, P 19%. They have some similarities, but are at different points on all 4 continuum. (ContinuumS? ContinuA? ContinuII?) A and B are both intrroverts, but A significantly more so than B. Etc etc blah blah

Ok, if you're applying for a job you don't really fit maybe there's an incentive. E.g. Strong introvert applying for a door-to-door salesman job maybe... But to take you as an example for a moment, INTJ/P seems pretty much perfect for the type of jobs you'd be interested in & good at: musician, engineer, etc.

That Ozzie Osbourne is a real introvert isn't he? Keith Moon too. Alice Cooper, David Lee Roth, Mick Jagger...

(though, of course, some people who are bold on stage are rather more reserved off stage)

Squonk

This whole Introvert Extrovert thing is beyond a few tests on the Internet!

And as Bob has said how much extrovert behaviour can be a foil for more introvert people when being on stage or even in a crowd.

I think in my situation, coming from a hugely dysfunctional family, I used to use my insecurities to put on this front everytime I was amongst people.
Everyone thought I was this confident kid, but I was hugely insecure! (still am a bit today)

Over the years the I have changed from being terrified of being with people, to quite the opposite. I still enjoy having my space, but can mix easily and generally will make coversations with strangers first. Doesn't mean I am an Extrovert or an Introvert, I think somewhere in between.

But too much information. The point I want to bring up: Are we born with a defined Personality that circumstance and situation can supress or does our Personality develop as we are growing.

What's the difference between Personality and Character?

BMU

Character has a moral/ethical dimension to it, something compeletely different, outside the scope of this discussion on the MBTI to my mind.

On personality, I think it can change over time. Learned behaviours integrate into who you are eventually (and to a certain extent). The old morality warning to beware of your habits, they eventually define you...or something to that effect.

PeteM

Crazy! I did all three and each with a different result. INFJ, INTP & INFP, which means I'm either a assassin or Mother Theresa.

A psychologist will have a hell of a time sussing me out. ?

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nowhere man's land

Ha ha

BMU

PeteM wrote Crazy! I did all three and each with a different result. INFJ, INTP & INFP, which means I'm either a assassin or Mother Theresa.

A psychologist will have a hell of a time sussing me out. ?

So the only thing certain is you're an I-N. Which we knew already because... you're posting in this thread HAHAHA.

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