I Am Me Or Not Be

What does it mean to be me? I was born in Atlanta, Georgia with a Hispanic father and an Indian mother. I can Identify myself in many ways and my parents have made a good impact in my life and showed me what it was meant to be me. I can interact well with others who are (or appear) different from me. I also have an impact of being more culturally aware.

The reasoning behind giving the 16PF assessment is due to the fact it measures 16 different, but specific personality traits. The responses to the questions/statements are choses as; 1) disagree, 2) slightly disagree, 3) neither agree or disagree, 4) agree, and 5) agree. This test is not time consuming, as it usually takes around 10 minutes to complete. It is suggested (Cattell & Mead, 2008), the responses to the individual questions may illicit a more holistic and clear image of the individual that can be correlated with potential areas of vocation in which the client may be best suited. The 16PF is validated with empirical research and presents test-retest reliability at 0.80 (Cattell et al., 2008). Consistency of the assessment from an internal observation is rated at an average of 0.87 based on heterogeneous conglomerate of the five global scales of characteristics, as stated by Cattell et al., (2008).

Some of them I felt were truly accurate, and some of the others showed me characteristics of myself I’ve never realized that I am, like a very defiant individual because on two out of the three we took it seemed I couldn’t really be put into a certain category. The Myers-Briggs test was the only one exception because it had you definitely put into one, single group. My result was that I had the Advocate personality, in the Diplomatic arena. It said I was, “a very rare category, making up less than one percent of the population, but that they nonetheless leave their mark on the world. As members of the Diplomat Role group, Advocates have an inborn sense of idealism and morality, but what sets them apart is that they are not idle dreamers, but people capable of taking concrete steps to realize their goals and make a lasting, positive impact. And though soft-spoken, they have very strong opinions and will fight tirelessly for an idea they believe in.” Which I believe is pretty spot on for me, though I would have never been able to come up with that description of

They suggest that measuring one’s characteristics such as sociability, drive, self-determination and demeanor can aid one to better interpret and discern them introspectively. By taking the Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) I am able to compare my personality traits to careers in which I may enjoy, will fit my individual personality and enable me to be successful say Drummond, Jones & Sheperis (2016). The results of my self-administered inventory are as follows; Introvert (I) 55%, Intuitive (N) 76%, Feeling (F) 86% and Perceiving (P) 67%. The four dimensions of the inventory seem to be very accurate for the manner in which I view myself. The result of INFP suggests that my personality shows a predominant association with being in a career in which I am able to care for others, such as a healer. This is a correlate with my first career as a firefighter and

Who are you? Many fortune cookies, horoscopes, and other whimsical devices attempt to tell us our personalities, or our combination of traits and behaviors that make up who we are. However, psychologists today deviate from those unsubstantiated methods and have concocted various personality tests that give us a better understanding of who we are. One such test is called the Myers-Briggs personality test. Based on theories by Carl Jung, but primarily created by Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs, the test gives people a standardized survey of questions to answer. Standardized, meaning the test is given and scored in the exact same way every time to give unbiased and accurate results. It scores people in four pairs of characteristics, so there is a total of 16 possible personality types. Each pair of characteristics are opposites and a person can fall anywhere between the extreme end of one opposite to the extreme end of the other. The pairs are extroverted and introverted, sensing and intuition, thinking and feeling, finally judging and perceiving. A person can have strong, moderate or weak tendencies towards a preference. (Rathus, 2010, p. 420) There is some criticism of the Myers-Briggs test however, not everyone fits into the categories. People may answer according to socially acceptable norms instead of their honest answers. Not all of the theories were proven, Carl Jung made many observations and deductions but they weren’t formally

(Personality Tests > Even Popular Tests are Controversial , 2009) There is no right or wrong answers to the test questions that are asked. It simply asks for what is your preference of the choices given. It is simply looking for your preferences in order to understand the difference between people. (Take the MBTI® Instrument, No Year) For each of the 16 types of people, none of them are considered to be better or worse than any of the other types. The results are not compared against any norms. The point of taking the test is to understand your personality type. When receiving the results the test, the score is only for helping to identify any possible preferences that could help understand strengths or weaknesses that the test taker might have. (Cherry, 2012)

During the power point on the Myers Briggs Type Indicator, as the instructor went through the different types of personalities, I was able to recognize which subcategories I fall into almost instantly. When my computer personality test results were returned, I was correct. As I read the type descriptions of Extroversion, Intuition, Feeling, and Judging- ENFJ- I quickly recognized myself within the descriptive words.

Staying me Wiz Khalifa once said “The most daring thing is to be yourself and to do exactly what you want to do at the point in time and not to be worried about what other people are doing or what's popular.” The poem “Me” by Walter de la Mare reminded me of this quote by Wiz. Walter says “as long as I live I shall always be myself” reminds me of when I was first coming to Shep and I wanted to fit in. When he compares himself to the trees, there is all different kinds of trees and all different kinds of people he could be but he chooses to be himself and so do I. The last verse of the poem he says “always just me” shows that he only ever wants to be himself and I feel the same way.

For psychologists, one of the more popular theories espoused is the trait approach to personality, or “the idea that people have consistent personality characteristics that can be measured and studied” (Kalat, 2002, 512). However there are several problems that arise. First, there are significant cross-cultural differences, so one set of personality traits for one culture may differ considerably for another. The next problem would concern the creation of a test that could accurately measure these traits. While psychologists have for the most part addressed these issues, I will focus on the latter of the two. There has been a

When i was in elementary school all the kids got along there was no clique and all that stuff, but my first year of middle school i was introduced to cliques. There was the cool kids, the smart kids, the athletes, the gothics kids etc. There was so many cliques but i didnt fit into any of them. i tried to force myself to fit in to any of them. i made a group of friends but i didnt really like their vibe they were mean and rude and didnt care about anyones feelings. Not even mine. I stopped talking to them and just started doing my own thing. I started to have better grades and felt happier to be myself. Thats when i started to believe that being myself was the best thing for me.

This test will give your results has 4 letters, mine was ISTP. These letters are an acronym, the words behind the letters are I is for Introversion, S is for Sensing, T is for Thinking, and P is for Perceiving. In addition to the letters, they give you a percent to how much you are in that category. My percents included I was 88%, S was 59%, T was 51%, and P was 51%. ISTP has many different characteristics, some of these characteristics are optimistic, easily bored, relaxed, highly logical, doesn't like attention, independent, determined, doesn't like leadership, and unemotional. This is only a small set of characteristics (if you want more feel free to look up ISTP). Some of the traits I think should be improved is doesn't like leadership, and unemotional. It’s ok to not like leadership, but I would like to become accustomed to it. Meaning I would like to improve my leadership roles. I would like to be a little more emotional, not to the point that I am crying at every slightly sad movie, but to where I can empathize with people better. I would love to be able to build better relationships with people. Sometimes I know you could be very unemotional and not wanting to show your emotions but it is okay. Everyone has them. Just be you and live

The question “who am I”? Can have a lot of individuals thinking about themselves, including myself because one might not know where to start. It is a very broad question, but having done the Strengths Finder 2.0 assessment, I realized more in depth what kind of person I really am based on my top 5 strengths. Who I am as a learner, who I am in my career and who I am as a person of faith lead me to answering the question above and understanding more of myself within.

For the second Big 5 Trait-Agreeableness- I scored relatively above average. The test indicated a strong interest for others’ needs and well-being. Words it described me as was pleasant, sympathetic, and cooperative.

If you walk continuously along a straight path, you will never be found again. But on a cyclic path, you come back repeatedly at the starting point and eventually cover endless distance, provided the energy and system remain intact. Interestingly, most phenomena occurring in nature favour a cyclic rather than straight path.

Who am I? Wow, that’s a broad, difficult question to answer. To cram a whole person and their story in 1,000 words is nigh on impossible; but welcome to the school system. Anyway, my father abandoned me before I was born, and my birth mother (whom I now call a sister) gave up her rights to me when she continued to feed her cocaine addiction. After I was born into a shattered household, I was moved around until my grandparents, who I now consider my parents, took me in. I grew up healthy despite the usage of drugs while I was unborn, with only mild asthma to serve as a constant reminder of the putrid wretch that gave birth to me.