FYE 105 Class Reflection

The Myers-Briggs personality test was created in 1944 to help women in WWII find jobs that were best suited for them, based on their personality type. As I have been getting closer to graduating high school and entering the real world, I too have been looking for a career that I will love so much, I will be stoked to wake up every morning to go to work. After taking the Myers-Briggs, and doing some deep self-reflection, I have found some consistencies in what I am interested in and how that reflects on my character. Three of my most defining character traits align with my INFP personality type and explain why I am interested in certain career paths. These character traits are principles, passion, and selflessness.

It’s important for all us to strive to continuously improve in our daily lives and our students are no different. In our classroom, we learn study skills that will help us reach our potential. We will address our students learning styles, time management and organization skills, note- taking skills, test-taking skills, and reading skills. All of this will be done by incorporating Learning to Learn by Gloria Freder. This book uses proven practical hints, methods, procedures, and tools that help students succeed in school and in life.

While the theme of ENGL 105 with Dr. Rowland is What We Do When We Read, I found the course’s effect on my writing to be the most beneficial result of taking this course. I learned how to formulate and transcribe an argument in an efficient manner. This is not to say that I did not also enjoy learning about various topics relating to the mental phenomena that occur when I read literature.

In this short amount of time being in school this fall, I have learned many things about the field of study I want to be in. Being a Dietician takes a lot of hard work in both school work and outside experiences. In college, you want as much as hands on time or experience within the food practices. This could be from working at a café or just being in the various food and nutrition clubs. The purpose of dieticians is to educate clients about the nutrients and importance of food and I hope to do the same one day.

Throughout the semester and the various self-assessments that I have completed, I managed to learn a few things about myself that I never really put much thought into. By looking at the various models and scales, such as the five-factor model for better understanding and essentially breaking down key parts of someone’s personality, the MBTI personality test, the locus of control assessment, and the various learning and career-based assessments, I am better able to understand myself and how I need to move forward in pursuing the smart goals I make.

The results are in and I am a Type A personality scoring 51 which is in the healthy balance range of beneficial Type A qualities and limited negative traits of this personality type. Speed and impatience, job involvement, as well as a competitive nature are the components of a Type A personality. The Type A traits of speed and impatience and job involvement yielded 18, my highest scores of the three. Moreover, these two traits solidify the importance that I place on working diligently to meet deadlines, with immense drive and focus to deliver projects in a timely manner at the expense of work/life balance in addition my score was 15 reflecting my moderately competitive nature (Pearson Education,2016).

The Wharton Personality Profile identified several traits about myself that helped provide context for my behavior. Between the learnings

Before I even decided what careers to analyze, I took a couple personality tests to learn more about myself and determine what fields I might fit well in. In figure 6 are my results from psychcentral.com and in figure 7 & 8 are my results from 16personalities.com. I felt that both tests very accurately described who I am. 16personalities identified me as a “defender” or ISFJ (introverted sensing feeling judging type). What stood out the most to me is the fact that although ISFJ’s are very reserved, we have well-developed people skills and are naturally social (16personalities, n.d.). I wish everyone could know this about me. The fact that I haven’t said two words all night isn’t because I don’t like you but because you

My personality type is ISFJ or “The Defender.” This profile is an excellent fit for my personality. In fact, as I read through the profile description, I thought the report was dead on in describing many of my personality traits: dedicated, altruistic, patient, shy, yet social. In regards to career path and workplace habits, 16 Personalities describes defenders as warm and service oriented individuals who do not often seek out management positions, but are frequently placed in them as others recognize their hard work and excellent people skills (20XX). In looking back at my professional career to date, I would certainly agree with this statement. Whether in past jobs or volunteer roles with the various boards and committees I have served

The purpose of this portfolio is to reflect on my intrapersonal effectiveness in an organisational setting. I will disclose and discuss my key personality traits according to the NEO IPIP measure of personality. I will then discuss how my results will impact my success in a professional context. Additionally, I will analyse my intrapersonal strengths and weaknesses; evaluating how they will affect my professional effectiveness. Finally, I will prepare reasonable and achievable goals, consistent with the ‘SMART’ criteria in order to improve upon my weaknesses.

In this paper I will assess my personality type while determining how it relates to Holland’s Six Personality Types in addition to Costa’s Three-Dimensional Model of Personality. I will discuss early influences of vocations and developing work ethics. Additionally, this paper gives insight of future career goals, mentoring influences, and long-term career goals.

This paper will focus on my personality types established from taking the Jung Typology Test. Our personality types make us the characters we are in today society. These personality types can help or hurt us in our careers, relationships and personal growth. After taking Jung Typology Test, my four personality types were introvert, sensing, feeling and judging or ISFJ. This research paper will explain how my personality types affect my day to day work and personal life. By understanding my personality types, I will be empowered to improve my professional and personal relationship.

In contrast, research was conducted with college students and found a direct relationship between amount of time studied and exam scores (Barbarick and Ippolito 2003). While the amount of time spent studying may have an unproven impact on academic performance, it is very important to acquire good study strategies to enhance the productivity of any time spent studying. According to Adams, Hurst, Petscher, Prevatt, and Proctor (2006), there is a link between study skills and academic success that has been supported by various studies. Although most educational structures are based on the assumption that students possess good study habits, many college students exhibit difficulty with various skills including: note-taking, ability to select main-ideas, test-wiseness, information processing, and self-testing (Kuhn, 1988). Going further, difficulty in school and poor performance on evaluations should not be attributed to lack of ability; but lack of the knowledge and application of these techniques. While students have been expected to possess certain study habits since grade school to complete homework and prepare for evaluations, little class time has been appropriated to cover techniques that enhance these skills. Whether it be a lack of emphasis on these skill sets from teachers or a lack of concern on behalf of students that leads to poor performance, it is essential to understand the proper use of these skills sets

In this project, I reveal my four-letter type and temperament after taking the Meyers-Briggs Personality Test. I will give a description of each letter of my personality type as well as discuss how the different aspects of my personality letters work together. I will give examples from my life and discuss some of the weaknesses of my personality type. I will discuss what I have learned about myself from the personality tests and how it will help me to understand my role within my organization. Which in turn will help me to become a better employee and co-worker.

Many times, students are shut off from certain opportunities unless they make the grade, such as being in the top 2 percent in law school. Dreams are made and crushed due to academic performance and one can become financially compromised or free due to their academic records in high school or college, for example. Thus, acknowledging and analyzing the role of personality towards predicting and contributing to academic success is more than appropriate and valuable. The Big Five personality traits and theory has strong correlations towards showing which traits positively or negatively influence academic motivation and performance, based on decades of research with consistently similar results and studies encompassing elementary school to college settings and students.