More Personality Tests

I was recommended to try two more personality tests and I will obtain my type formula according to Carl Jung and Isabel Briggs Myers typology. Tests are available on:

Test 1: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp

Test 2: http://kisa.ca/personality/

 

Results

Both sites gave me consistent results where I am a ISFJ. That didn’t particularly surprise me. In fact, their description of my personality is so spookily dead-on, I would say they described me  ~98% accurately.

The only difference between both sites is in the proportions.

Test 1:        I            S              F            J

                  100%       1%        38%      1%

Note: I seem to be so highly introverted I might as well behave like a mute and communicate with people telepathically. *hangs head in despair*

Test 2:   

Introverted (I) 89%              Extraverted (E) 11%

Sensing (S) 82%                     Intuitive (N) 18%

Feeling (F) 70%                      Thinking (T) 30%

Judging (J) 64%                      Perceiving (P) 36%

Note: Test 2 seems to give a more detailed breakdown. I begin to feel more ‘human’ after looking at the result. ^_^

 

Characteristics of ISFJ

Introverted   Sensing    Feeling    Judging

ISFJs are characterised above all by their desire to serve others, their "need to be needed." Their primary interest is in the safety and security of those they care about - their family, their circle of friends, their students, their patients, their boss, their fellow-workers, or their employees.

They have an extraordinary sense of loyalty and responsibility in their makeup, Speculating and experimenting do not intrigue them, who prefer to make do with time-honored and time-tested products and procedures rather than change to new. ISFJs value tradition, both in the culture and in their family. They cherish family history and enjoy caring for family property, from houses to heirlooms.

Wanting to be of service to others, ISFJs find great satisfaction in assisting the downtrodden, and can deal with disability and neediness in others better than any other type. They are not as outgoing and talkative as the ESFJs, and their shyness is often misjudged as stiffness, even coldness, when in truth ISFJs are warm-hearted and sympathetic, giving happily of themselves to those in need. Their reserve ought really to be seen as an expression of their sincerity and seriousness of purpose.

The most diligent of all the types, ISFJs are willing to work long, hard hours quietly doing all the thankless jobs that others manage to avoid. They are thorough, methodical and accurate workers, often with very good memories and unexpected analytic abilities. When ISFJs undertake a task, they will complete it if humanly possible. They make pleasant and reliable co-workers and exemplary employees, but tend to be harried and uncomfortable in supervisory roles. ISFJs are quite happy working alone; in fact, in positions of authority they may try to do everything themselves rather than direct others to get the job done. They are also good with people in small-group or one-on-one situations because of their patient and genuinely sympathetic approach to dealing with others. They are capable of forming strong loyalties, but these are personal rather than institutional loyalties; if someone they've bonded with in this way leaves the company, the ISFJ will leave with them, if given the option. At work ISFJs are seldom happy in situations where the rules are constantly changing,

While their work ethic is high on the ISFJs priority list, their families are the centre of their lives. ISFJs are extremely warm and demonstrative within the family circle--and often possessive of their loved ones, as well. When these include self-contained ITs (Introvert/Thinker), the ISFJ must learn to adjust to these behaviours and not interpret them as rejection.

Like most Introverts, ISFJs have a few, close friends. They are extremely loyal to these, and are ready to provide emotional and practical support at a moment's notice. However, they hate confrontation; if you get into a fight, don't expect them to jump in after you. The older the friendship is, the more an ISFJ will value it. One ISFJ trait that is easily misunderstood by those who haven't known them long is that they are often unable to either hide or articulate any distress they may be feeling. An adult ISFJ may drive a friend into a fit of temper over the ISFJ's unexplained moodiness, only afterwards to explain about a problem they "didn't want to burden anyone with." Those close to ISFJs should learn to watch for the warning signs in these situations and take the initiative themselves to uncover the problem.

They also know better than any other type the value of a dollar, and they abhor the squandering or misuse of money. To save, to put something aside against an unpredictable future, to prepare for emergencies-these are actions near and dear to the ISFJ’s heart. For all these reasons, ISFJs are frequently overworked, just as they are frequently misunderstood and undervalued. Their contributions, and also their economies, are often taken for granted, and they rarely get the gratitude they deserve.

 

Information obtained from

http://typelogic.com/isfj.html

http://keirsey.com/4temps/protector.asp

 

More information on the test

Myer-Briggs Type Indicator

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to measure psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. These preferences were extrapolated from the typological theories proposed by Carl Gustav Jung.

The four pairs of preferences or dichotomies in MBTI assessment.

Attitudes: Extraversion (E) or (I) Introversion

Extraversion: Draw energy from action- they tend to act, then reflect, then act further. To rebuild their energy, extraverts need breaks from time spent in reflection.

Introversion: Expend energy through action- they prefer to reflect, then act, then reflect again. To rebuild their energy, introverts need quiet time alone, away from activity.

Function (Perceiving): Sensing (S) or (N) Intuition

Sensing: More likely to trust information that is in the present, tangible and concrete. Prefer to look for details and facts. They tend to distrust hunches, which seem to come "out of nowhere”.

Intuition Tend to trust information that is more abstract or theoretical, that can be associated with other information (either remembered or discovered). They tend to trust those flashes of insight that seem to bubble up from the unconscious mind.

Function (Judging): Thinking (T) or (F) Feeling

The thinking and feeling functions are both used to make rational decisions, based on the data received from their information-gathering functions (sensing or intuition).

Thinking: Tend to decide things from a more detached standpoint, measuring the decision by what seems reasonable, logical, causal, consistent and matching a given set of rules.

Feeling: Tend to come to decisions by associating or empathising with the situation, looking at it 'from the inside' and weighing the situation to achieve, on balance, the greatest harmony, consensus and fit, considering the needs of the people involved.

Lifestyle: Judgment (J) or (P) Perception

People also have a preference for using either the judging function (thinking or feeling) or their perceiving function (sensing or intuition) when relating to the outside world (extraversion).

Judging types like to "have matters settled."

Thinking/Judgment (TJ): TJ types tend to appear to the world as logical

Feeling/Judgement (FJ): FJ types as empathetic

Perceptive types prefer to "keep decisions open."

Sensing/Perception (SP): SP types tend to appear to the world as concrete

Intuition/Perception (NP): NP types as abstract