The Keirsey Temperament Sorter And The Big Five Personality Test

Personality is a complex area of Psychology, which has been studied for many years, by many experts in the field. Each having their own ideas about how to understand, study and evaluate it. Here I will introduce personality briefly, looking at the theories behind it. Then explain the need for testing. As there are many test that are available to use, for the purpose of this essay I will look at The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ) and discuss the reliability and validity of some studies around these tests.

The next test that I took was the Myers- Briggs Preference Questionnaire. I personally think that by taking this test you can up to 3 of 4 personalities depending on your answers. Just like the test before a series of questions was giving and my results were (INFP). Now (INFP) means Introverted, Intuitive, Feeling, and Prospecting. Introverted means that a person may prefer to be solitary activities, think before speaking, and may get exhausted by social interaction. Intuitive

When discussing the accuracy of personality tests, there is no test, which will provide perfect precision. According to Dr. O'Neil, “an individual's personality is the complex of mental characteristics that makes them unique from other people” (2006, Para 1). O’Neil believes that the potential factors involved in shaping personality include values, beliefs, and expectations that are genetic and environmental (O’Neil, 2006).

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

There are five major dimensions of personality: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, neuroticism, and openness. Neuroticism includes anxiety, depression, hostility, impulsiveness, self-consciousness, and vulnerability. Warmth, gregariousness, assertiveness, activity, excitement seeking and positive emotions characterize extraversion. Openness includes openness to fantasy, aesthetics, feelings, actions, ideas and values. The facets of agreeableness include altruism, compliance, modesty, straightforwardness, tender-mindedness, and trust. Conscientiousness includes achievement striving, competence, deliberation, dutifulness, order and self-discipline (Article 3).

Each of us has different personalities. Beginning as an infant, all of us have no idea who or what kind an individual we are. All of us see the world through the eyes of our very own parents, guardians or other adults who tried to show and teach us what the world is all about. Those individuals show us their ideas of what truly are right and wrong, or what is the good and bad. However, as we grow, our peers have much influence over how we define ourselves. There could be times; an individual would desire to fit in and belong to be like others. Likewise, in the society we belong to, each of us has tried to learn and take in all of our experiences, and relationships with other people. For this reason, Keirsey Temperament Sorter II (KTS-II) is the best tool to use to describe an individual’s personality.

The purpose of this paper is to examine a synopsis of three different common personality assessment tests. The paper discusses the comparisons and the contrasts of the Sixteen Personality Fact Questionnaire, Rorschach Inkblots, and Self-Help Books that are use to assess personality. All of these assessments were design to help

Personality assessments can serve as a powerful and impactful tool that benefits the participants or others with whom your paths may cross. Inevitably, taking assessments like this requires self-awareness in order to maximize the value of the results. In this case, the McGraw-Hill assessment covered a wide array of topics which provided an extensive assessment of my values, personality style, motivational influences and contributing factors that drive my behaviors (McGraw-Hill Education, 2017). This evaluation offered me personal insights on how I behave in various situations, the impact my behavior may have on others, additional context around my personality traits and style, and organizational considerations that may influence my actions,

Filling out bubbles, circling answers, rating descriptions; taking tests is one of the various ways to learn about yourself. According to science, the Keirsey Temperament Test should be one of the the most correct personality tests crafted. After taking three various personality tests in my English class, the True Colors, the Keirsey, and the Tibetan test, I surmised that the Keirsey Temperament Test was the most exact regarding my character and attributes.It was especially valid in extrapolating that I am very dependable, thorough, and serious. Some may claim that science cannot tell you who you are, because it is our emotions that rein us. Overall, though the other tests were somewhat precise; this one most reflected my personality.

According to the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, my personality type falls under “Artisan” category. After reading the characteristics of this personality type, I believe my personality fits this category almost perfectly. I am a very fun-loving and optimistic person with a strong desire for spontaneity. For example, I never plan trips, but instead I find things to do once I reach my destination. Also, I am always trying to entertain others and make people happy. The only thing that I could disagree with about this personality type describing me is the natural ability others in this category have to excel in fine and performing arts. Unfortunately, I lack talent in both of these areas, but make up for it by exceling in other

Personality and aptitude tests are imperative in order to understand ourselves and allow people a way to classify different traits that might not be realized. These tests can be done and used so that people can rediscover and improve through self-reflection,

We assess personality to determine wpe of person you are and to see how you will fit and work with others. Companies use questionnaires and personality surveys to see whether or not you will be a good fit with the company. One of the best theories for assessing personality is eysenck’s. He believes that depending on whether or not you're an introvert or extravert you can determine what type of traits and personality you have.

After taking the Big 5 Personality inventory exam I have discover quite a lot about myself. From greatest to least my scores fell as followed; Agreeableness (34), Conscientiousness (32), Extroversion (30), Openness to Experience (29), and Neuroticism (25). Viewing my scores and reflecting on them I have made many discoveries and revelations about my personality that I had never considered before. Each one of the scores told me something different about myself.

I love personality tests and through the years I have taken many. I took this test at school and got the debater, this would be the first for this personality to show, its usually the messenger/campaigner, along with the entertainer, logician, or mediator. I am odd I enjoy both people and solitude therefore depending on my situation I will have an extrovert personality and/or an Introvert personality, the TED talk you showed talks about Ambiverts, I will have to look into this. The DISC site reinforced the Ambivert theory with giving me a 50% Extroversion on the work values test. This paper is about teamwork so I took the team test as well, that gave me a

The Keirsey Model is a personality test that inquire about 70 questions to help individuals identify their personality type. The questions are designed to analyze between four dichotomous pairs of preference, leading to the result which reveals a person’s temperament and character type (Keirsey.com, 2008). They are sensing/intuition (S/N), thinking/feeling (T/F), judging/ perceiving (J/P), and extroversion/introversion (E/I).