What's Your MBTI?

by Robert Wilkinson

I found a fun test. It's free, and helps you figure out which one of the 16 Myers-Briggs personality types you are.

As I said, it's free, and a fairly quick and fun exercise. It's based on some psychological approaches originally offered by Carl Jung, and turned into this personality profile set of 16 possible combinations by Myers-Briggs. Naturally, since it's a commercial operation, there are reports you can purchase, but you can also find out a lot about each personality type via Wikipedia and other published articles on the topic.

From Wikipedia about this test: "Each person is unique; there is no "right" or "wrong" type. The purpose of learning about personality type is to understand oneself better and enhance relationships with others. Results on the MBTI suggest the probable type based on the choices made when answering the questions; however, only the individual can determine his or her true type preference. Moreover, type does not explain everything. Human personality is much more complex."

Enjoy!

The Keirsey Personality Test

© Copyright 2013 Robert Wilkinson

Comments

[Iris]

Idealistic Healer. Which validates my thoughts and intuition in choosing a new career path.
Thanks, Robert.

[Valerie]

Interesting how one's MBTI can change with 25 years of spiritual work! Thank you, Robert.

[Robert]

Hi all - Valerie, I just posted your comment over at FB. I believe our pattern can change over the years. I'm sure mine is different than when I was 30 or even 40. Even now, I can't help but feel that my answer to at least 5-8 of the questions would change depending on how I chose to interpret them. Either response to certain questions could be true. I suspect we could find out about how our subconsciousness is evolving if we took the test every few months over years and saw the differences in our answers. Maybe we're more intuitive when the progressed Moon is in Pisces and more of a thinker with prog Moon in Gemini. Maybe more idealistic with prog Moon in Aquarius, more practical when prog Moon is in Virgo or Capricorn.

[Garden]

You do learn so much about yourself thru this test... and yes I agree with everyone, mine was not the same 10 years ago as it is today.... INTP to the core!

[zm]

http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/

FWIW, I've seen the (statistical) factor analysis on the scales of the MBTI. Awareness of the differences in reliability/validity among the scales usually helps to explain the shifting nature of people's 'profiles', especially for the latter two scales.

The first two scales tend to be more stable, (i.e., show up as a pattern, tendency or preference originating in the sphere of the person over time.) External correlative (construct validation) research shows the first scale to be related to how individuals prefer to process energy within themselves (i.e., do they seek or require external stimuli generally (E), or do they seek or require downtime to recharge after certain thresholds of exposure to external stimuli(I)). The second scale refers to whether or not people tend to be attuned to more gross/less subtle (S) or more subtle/less gross (N) stimuli (i.e., attunement to types of energy in the environment). The first two scales, in certain circles, are generally regarded as how people are 'wired' or how their internal energy systems are configured or preferenced.

The latter two scales were relatively less stable and more probably related to stimuli and/or conditions originating in the sphere of one's environment. Although it is ideal to create a construct where individuals demonstrate a discrete, singular preference for which tool they would use in a generalized environment (logic & consistency (T) vs. special circumstances (F); having things decided (J) vs. staying open to new info(P)), that there is a tendency to observe a number of changes over time in the individual's MBTI personality 'profile' most likely reflects the conditions and/or tendencies of a given environment in which the individual makes a preponderance of choices. The forced-choice nature of the latter two scales conceptually runs roughshod over the possibility that individuals may develop facility with any of the four approaches to the environment as responsive to what is optimally called for depending upon survival value. Persons who identify with all four approaches have likely developed a 'toolkit', transcending the categories themselves, a synthesized life approach of which Jung himself would be proud. At the same time, it is worth noting that those with limited 'toolkits' tend to respond with limited repertoire (i.e., if the only tool you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail). Persons with limited repertoires for understanding and/or interacting with others and the environment likely never change categories and may reflect rigid and inflexible character.

[Trixie]

Still an ISTJ has I was a dozen or so years ago

[Aquila Ka Hecate]

I scored Idealist Counselor (INFJ), which was interesting, especially in light of zm's comments above.
I have taken the Myers-Briggs for more than a decade, and always came out INTJ-unwaveringly. This shift in the T to F is actually good news!
Love,
Terri in Joburg