Personality Type....(I'm in quiz mode)

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a psychometric questionnaire designed to identify certain psychological differences based on the typological theories originated by Carl Gustav Jung, as published in his 1921 book Psychological Types. The original developers of the personality inventory were Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers. They began creating the indicator during World War II, believing that a knowledge of personality preferences would help women who were entering the industrial workforce for the first time identify the sort of war-time jobs where they would be "most comfortable and effective". The initial questionnaire grew into the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, which was first published in 1962. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator


The Four Pairs of Dichotomies:
ATTITUDES:
Extraversion-external world of behavior, action, people and things (extraverted attitude) vs. Introversion-internal world of ideas and reflection (introverted attitude).

FUNCTIONS:
information-gathering (perceiving): Sensing-trust information that is in the present, tangible and concrete, understood by the five senses vs. iNtuition-trust information that is more abstract or theoretical

decision-making (judging): Thinking- what seems reasonable, logical, causal, consistent and matching a given set of rules vs. Feeling-associating or empathizing with the situation

LIFESTYLE:
Judging-TJ's are logical, FJ's are empathetic vs.
Perceiving- SP's appear to the world as concrete, NP's appear as abstract


U.S.A. Population Breakdown
ISTJ11.6% ISFJ13.8% INFJ1.5% INTJ2.1%
ISTP5.4% ISFP8.8% INFP4.3% INTP3.3%
ESTP4.3% ESFP8.5% ENFP8.1% ENTP3.2%
ESTJ8.7% ESFJ12.3% ENFJ2.4% ENTJ1.8%

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp (take the quiz. after you've been scored, select "_ _ _ _ type description by J. Butt" to read your analysis)


Jessica's Type is ENFJ (I've been scored as an INFJ in a previous post quiz -Dec 07-....I think I go back and forth with being an extrovert/introvert, depending on my mood)
Extraverted (11) Intuitive (12) Feeling (38) Judging (56)
(Strength of the preferences %)

Extraverted iNtuitive Feeling Judging

ENFJs are the benevolent 'pedagogues' of humanity. They have tremendous charisma by which many are drawn into their nurturant tutelage and/or grand schemes. Many ENFJs have tremendous power to manipulate others with their phenomenal interpersonal skills and unique salesmanship. But it's usually not meant as manipulation -- ENFJs generally believe in their dreams, and see themselves as helpers and enablers, which they usually are.

ENFJs are global learners. They see the big picture. The ENFJs focus is expansive. Some can juggle an amazing number of responsibilities or projects simultaneously. Many ENFJs have tremendous entrepreneurial ability.

ENFJs are, by definition, Js, with whom we associate organization and decisiveness. But they don't resemble the SJs or even the NTJs in organization of the environment nor occasional recalcitrance. ENFJs are organized in the arena of interpersonal affairs. Their offices may or may not be cluttered, but their conclusions (reached through feelings) about people and motives are drawn much more quickly and are more resilient than those of their NFP counterparts.

ENFJs know and appreciate people. Like most NFs, (and Feelers in general), they are apt to neglect themselves and their own needs for the needs of others. They have thinner psychological boundaries than most, and are at risk for being hurt or even abused by less sensitive people. ENFJs often take on more of the burdens of others than they can bear.