What's your personality type?

[RyteWynger]

Here are a couple of tests:

Humanmetrics.com (http://humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm)
A similar type of test -- not so complicated -- at BibleLife.org (http://biblelife.org/ei.htm)

It turns out that I am an INTP (http://www.typelogic.com/intp.html), which explains my enthusiasm for hair-splitting and my indifference to how it sometimes alienates others.

I've got a sneaking hunch that most conservatives fall into one of the NT types:
INTP (http://www.typelogic.com/intp.html), ENTP (http://www.typelogic.com/entp.html), INTJ (http://www.typelogic.com/intj.html), or ENTJ (http://www.typelogic.com/entj.html).

[Bob_Arctor]

It turns out that I am an INTP (http://www.typelogic.com/intp.html), which explains my enthusiasm for hair-splitting and my indifference to how it sometimes alienates others.

I've got a sneaking hunch that most conservatives fall into one of the NT types:INTP (http://www.typelogic.com/intp.html), ENTP (http://www.typelogic.com/entp.html), INTJ (http://www.typelogic.com/intj.html), or ENTJ (http://www.typelogic.com/entj.html). I too am an INTP.

It'll be interesting if many of the conservatives here are of the types you listed - oddly enough many atheist/"freethinker"/scientific types (from an informal survey on another board) are also INTP and INTJ!

[Timberwolf]

ENTJ...no real surprise there...

[Apollo5600]

<TABLE><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Your Type is

INTJ
</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="50%" border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Introverted</TD><TD>Intuitive</TD><TD>Thinking</TD><TD>Judging</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
http://keirsey.com/personality/ntij.html

[BackFromIraq]

INFJ.............

Writing, counseling, public service and even politics are areas where INFJs frequently find their niche.

[CaliGirl]

<TABLE><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Your Type is
ENTJ</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="50%" border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD colSpan=4> </TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD><TD></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

[UnkHiram]

Your personality type is:

INTJ

Dats me, I guess

[Red-voting Badger]

ENTJ, these types of tests are always amusing to me as I find the questions to be worded so poorly that it's almost comical. There's just no way I can take them seriously.

[TheRealLobo]

Your Type is
INTJ



LOL!!! Yep, caught me dead right. I'm an introvert.

I'm not an introvert, I just hate people in large numbers.

Hmmm...after reading the description, Mrs Lobo thinks it's dead on except for waiting for the leader to reveal their incompetence, I just judge them incompetent from the start and take charge.



Of the four aspects of strategic analysis and definition, it is the contingency planning or entailment organizing role that reaches the highest development in Masterminds. Entailing or contingency planning is not an informative activity, rather it is a directive one in which the planner tells others what to do and in what order to do it. As the organizing capabilities the Masterminds increase so does their inclination to take charge of whatever is going on.

It is in their abilities that Masterminds differ from the other Rationals (http://keirsey.com/personality/nt.html), while in most of their attitudes they are just like the others. However there is one attitude that sets them apart from other Rationals: they tend to be much more self-confident than the rest, having, for obscure reasons, developed a very strong will. They are rather rare, comprising no more than, say, one percent of the population. Being very judicious, decisions come naturally to them; indeed, they can hardly rest until they have things settled, decided, and set. They are the people who are able to formulate coherent and comprehensive contingency plans, hence contingency organizers or "entailers." Masterminds will adopt ideas only if they are useful, which is to say if they work efficiently toward accomplishing the Mastermind's well-defined goals. Natural leaders, Masterminds are not at all eager to take command of projects or groups, preferring to stay in the background until others demonstrate their inability to lead. Once in charge, however, Masterminds are the supreme pragmatists, seeing reality as a crucible for refining their strategies for goal-directed action. In a sense, Masterminds approach reality as they would a giant chess board, always seeking strategies that have a high payoff, and always devising contingency plans in case of error or adversity. To the Mastermind, organizational structure and operational procedures are never arbitrary, never set in concrete, but are quite malleable and can be changed, improved, streamlined. In their drive for efficient action, Masterminds are the most open-minded of all the types. No idea is too far-fetched to be entertained-if it is useful. Masterminds are natural brainstormers, always open to new concepts and, in fact, aggressively seeking them. They are also alert to the consequences of applying new ideas or positions. Theories which cannot be made to work are quickly discarded by the Masterminds. On the other hand, Masterminds can be quite ruthless in implementing effective ideas, seldom counting personal cost in terms of time and energy.

[Peachdiane]

Difficult because I had a few from each column but I came out ENTP.

ENTPs are basically optimists, but in spite of this (perhaps because of it?), they tend to become extremely petulant about small setbacks and inconveniences.

LOL!!! Some call me huffy!

ENTPs have little patience with those they consider wrongheaded or unintelligent

Like Leftists. :rotflmbo:

[TheRealLobo]

Of the four aspects of strategic analysis and definition, it is marshalling or situational organizing role that reaches the highest development in Fieldmarshals. As this kind of role is practiced some contingency organizing is necessary, so that the second suit of the Fieldmarshal's intellect is devising contingency plans. Structural and functional engineering, though practiced in some degree in the course of organizational operations, tend to be not nearly as well developed and are soon outstripped by the rapidly growing skills in organizing. But it must be said that any kind of strategic exercize tends to bring added strength to engineering as well as organizing skills.

As the organizing capabilities the Fieldmarshal increase so does their desire to let others know about whatever has come of their organizational efforts. So they tend to take up a directive role in their social exchanges. On the other hand they have less and less desire, if they ever had any, to inform others.

Hardly more than two percent of the total population, the Fieldmarshals are bound to lead others, and from an early age they can be observed taking command of groups. In some cases, Fieldmarshals simply find themselves in charge of groups, and are mystified as to how this happened. But the reason is that Fieldmarshals have a strong natural urge to give structure and direction wherever they are -- to harness people in the field and to direct them to achieve distant goals. They resemble Supervisors (http://keirsey.com/personality/sjet.html) in their tendency to establish plans for a task, enterprise, or organization, but Fieldmarshals search more for policy and goals than for regulations and procedures.

They cannot not build organizations, and cannot not push to implement their goals. When in charge of an organization, whether in the military, business, education, or government, Fieldmarshals more than any other type desire (and generally have the ability) to visualize where the organization is going, and they seem able to communicate that vision to others. Their organizational and coordinating skills tends to be highly developed, which means that they are likely to be good at systematizing, ordering priorities, generalizing, summarizing, at marshalling evidence, and at demonstrating their ideas. Their ability to organize, however, may be more highly developed than their ability to analyze, and the Fieldmarshal leader may need to turn to an Inventor (http://keirsey.com/personality/ntep.html) or Architect (http://keirsey.com/personality/ntip.html) to provide this kind of input.

Fieldmarshals will usually rise to positions of responsibility and enjoy being executives. They are tireless in their devotion to their jobs and can easily block out other areas of life for the sake of their work. Superb administrators in any field -- medicine, law, business, education, government, the military -- Fieldmarshals organize their units into smooth-functioning systems, planning in advance, keeping both short-term and long-range objectives well in mind. For the Fieldmarshals, there must always be a goal-directed reason for doing anything, and people's feelings usually are not sufficient reason. They prefer decisions to be based on impersonal data, want to work from well thought-out plans, like to use engineered operations -- and they expect others to follow suit. They are ever intent on reducing bureaucratic red tape, task redundancy, and aimless confusion in the workplace, and they are willing to dismiss employees who cannot get with the program and increase their efficiency. Although Fieldmarshals are tolerant of established procedures, they can and will abandon any procedure when it can be shown to be ineffective in accomplishing its goal. Fieldmarshals root out and reject ineffectiveness and inefficiency, and are impatient with repetition of error.

Having Mrs Lobo re-test me, the results came up differently. She claims that I am an ENTJ, as described EXACTLY as above.

It appears that I am somewhere in between INTJ and ENTJ.

[RyteWynger]

It appears that I am somewhere in between INTJ and ENTJ.That's not uncommon. In most people, both members of these opposing pairs [I/E, N/S, T/F, and P/J] contribute something. Very few people are all N and no S, for example.

I'm heaving a sigh of relief that most who've responded so far appear to fall into one of the NT varieties. I would guess that if these tests circulated among the Dunderhead Undergrowth -- just a hunch, mind you -- the majority over there would be SF.

[Rink]

I'm an <TABLE><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Your Type is
INTJ</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="50%" border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Introverted</TD><TD>Intuitive</TD><TD>Thinking</TD><TD>Judging</TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD colSpan=4>Strength of the preferences % </TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD>78</TD><TD>22</TD><TD>33</TD><TD>22</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

[FBetts]

im INTP

[HomeschoolrsRUs]

ESTP

This type is sometimes referred to as 'Artisan Promoter.'

Extraverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving

The Portrait of the Promoter Artisan (eStP)



The Artisans (http://keirsey.com/personality/sp.html) called Promoters are not only concrete in speech and utilitarian in achieving their goals, they are also directive and expressive in their social interactions. They have no hesitation at all in approaching strangers and persuading them to do something. And others do their bidding, even on slight acquaintance.

Promoters are men and women of action. When someone of this personality is present, things begin to happen: the lights come on, the music plays, the game begins. And a game it is for the Promoter, the entrepreneur, the troubleshooter, the negotiator. Promoting is the art of winning others to your position, giving them confidence to go along with what you propose, and Promoter's seem especially able to maneuver others in the direction they want them to go. In a sense, they are able to handle people with much the same skill as Crafter's handle tools, operate machines, or play musical instruments. You might say that people are instruments in the Promoters' hands, and that they "play" them with great artistry. Promoters make up approximately ten per cent of the general population, and if only one adjective could be used to describe them, "resourceful" would be an apt choice.

Life is never dull around Promoters. Witty, clever, and fun, Promoters live life with a theatrical flourish which makes even the most routine events seem exciting. Not that they waste much time on routine events. Promoters have a knack for knowing where the action is. They always seem to have tickets to the "hot" show or "big" game (or can get them when others can't), and they usually know the best restaurants, where the headwaiters are likely to call them by name. To be sure, Promoters have a hearty appetite for the finer things of life, the best food, the best wine, expensive cars, and fashionable clothes. And they are extremely attentive to others and smooth in social circles, knowing many, many people by name, and knowing how to say just the right thing to most everyone they meet. None are as socially sophisticated as Promoters, none as suave and polished-and none such master manipulators of the people around them.
http://keirsey.com/personality/Troosev.jpghttp://keirsey.com/personality/churchillw.jpghttp://keirsey.com/personality/pattong.jpghttp://keirsey.com/personality/Kennedy.jpg http://keirsey.com/personality/trumpd.jpg (http://www.advisorteam.com/newsletter/200501_trump.html)

WOW! I sound a LOT like this . . . hope that's a good thing, LOL

[DoctorDoom]

I have no personality. It was deleted during the CPU upgrade.

[PrezLeefun]

Cute DD

[PrezLeefun]

<CENTER><TABLE><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Your Type is
INFJ</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="50%" border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Introverted</TD><TD>Intuitive</TD><TD>Feeling</TD><TD>Judging</TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD colSpan=4>Strength of the preferences % </TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD>11</TD><TD>38</TD><TD>50</TD><TD>22</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>

[Maggie_T]

According to that test, this is me


<TABLE><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Your Type is
ISFJ

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="50%" border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Introverted

</TD><TD>Sensing

</TD><TD>Feeling

</TD><TD>Judging

</TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD colSpan=4>Strength of the preferences %

</TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD>56

</TD><TD>62

</TD><TD>12

</TD><TD>11

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
I hate it when they give you only a yes or no choice. Where's the 'maybe' and 'depends'? I could've used those. :sulk:

[Maggie_T]

Oh, by the way. These are my "soul mates"


http://keirsey.com/personality/teresa.jpghttp://keirsey.com/personality/morganjp.jpghttp://keirsey.com/personality/tsarnicholasII.jpghttp://keirsey.com/personality/bushgeorgehw.jpghttp://keirsey.com/personality/stewartjimmy.jpg


While it's an undeserved honor to be among Mother Teresa, Bush Sr., and Jimmy Stewart ... Robber Baron JP Morgan, and dimwit Tsar Nicky?

Oh, well. I guess nobody's perfect.:question:

[ILikeIke]

I took that sort of a test in a psychology class when I was 17-19. Then again at 22-23, but the second time it was abbreviated.

First time: InTJ
Second time: InTp

[Melz]

Haha, I just saw this (thanks for bumping it), and it came out:

<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="50%" border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Extroverted</TD><TD>Sensing</TD><TD>Thinking</TD><TD>Perceiving</TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD colSpan=4>Strength of the preferences % </TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD>56</TD><TD>12</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>11</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

My thinking is 1%?? HAHAHA. Of course it is, my posts demonstrate that. I think not, but I am extroverted as heck. Go figure!

*edited to note that I have the same little letters as Hms does. I am so proud !!! :)*

This was one of those tests that asks the same question in 3 different ways throughout the test. I answered some of them differently though, depending on how it was worded. No one thinks the same way in different situations, it is impossible probably.

[DoctorDoom]

I don't need a test to know my personality type. I'm a mean, ornery, badass sumbich with an insatiable lust for liberal blood. <img src="http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/DocDoom777/evilgrin.gif" />

[Trevelyan]

INTJ<TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="50%" border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Introverted</TD><TD>Intuitive</TD><TD>Thinking</TD><TD>Judging</TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD colSpan=4>Strength of the preferences % </TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD>78</TD><TD>38</TD><TD>62</TD><TD>56</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

[TempestTossed]

INTP

[Warlady]

It says you have to pay $5.00 to take the test. Did anyone pay that?

[Warlady]

I don't need a test to know my personality type. I'm a mean, ornery, badass sumbich with an insatiable lust for liberal blood. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v349/DocDoom777/evilgrin.gif

No doubt. :heartpump

[Warlady]

Congratulations!
Your personality type is:

ISFP

This type is sometimes referred to as 'Artisan Composer.'

Introverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving

There are many places on the web where you can read about your personality type.

Two good ones are:

ISFP Profile (Typelogic.com) (http://www.typelogic.com/isfp.html)

ISFP Profile (The Keirsey Website) (http://keirsey.com/personality/spif.html)

Preview the suggested book for reading:
Please Understand Me II (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1885705026/qid%3D935070949/002-9313296-9307830)
by David Keirsey
ISBN 0-9606-954-7



Bible Life Ministries Home Page (http://www.biblelife.org/)

I didn't care for this test because there were many answers on both sides that fit me and some on both sides that didn't. It was a very difficult choice to make. I didn't like this test and I don't trust its results.

[Warlady]

One silly description:



Besides being concrete in speech and utilitarian in getting what they want, the Composer Artisans (http://keirsey.com/personality/sp.html) are informative and attentive in their social roles. Composers are just as reluctant to direct others' behavior as are Performers (http://keirsey.com/personality/spef.html), though they appear even more so, since they are more attentive.

While all the Artisans are artistic in nature, Composers (perhaps ten per cent of the population) seem to excel in the "fine arts," having not only a natural grace of movement, but also an innate sense what fits and what doesn't fit in artistic compositions. Of course, composing must not be thought of as only writing music, but as bringing into harmonious form any aspect of the world of the five senses, and so when an especially gifted painter, sculptor, choreographer, film maker, songwriter, chef, decorator, or fashion designer shows up, he or she is likely to be an Composer. Composers, like the other Artisans, have a special talent for "tactical" variation, and such talent differs radically from that possessed by Idealists (http://keirsey.com/personality/nf.html), Rationals (http://keirsey.com/personality/nt.html), and Guardians (http://keirsey.com/personality/sj.html) (who have their own unique and inherent abilities). As the word "tactical" implies, Artisans keep closely in "touch" with the physical world, their senses keenly tuned to reality. But, while the Crafter (http://keirsey.com/personality/spit.html) is attuned to the tool and its uses, the Composer is attuned to sensory variation in color, line, texture, aroma, flavor, tone-seeing, touching, smelling, tasting, and hearing in harmony. This extreme concreteness and sensuality seems to come naturally to the Composers, as if embedded "in the warp and woof" of their make

[Maggie_T]

I don't need a test to know my personality type. I'm a mean, ornery, badass sumbich with an insatiable lust for liberal blood.


Ah. I knew I had a soul mate in you, Doc. :rotflmbo:

[kkkron]

<CENTER><TABLE><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Your Type is
INTP

</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=3 width="50%" border=0><TBODY><TR align=middle><TD>Introverted</TD><TD>Intuitive</TD><TD>Thinking</TD><TD>Perceiving</TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD colSpan=4>Strength of the preferences % </TD></TR><TR align=middle><TD>44</TD><TD>75</TD><TD>1</TD><TD>44</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER>
But that test was really unreliable. The questions were so vague and there was no 'maybe' option. I didn't even know the answers to some of them, eg Do you normally seat yourself in the side, rather than the centre, of the room? I sit wherever the hell there's a seat.

And what's with those preferences? 1%?!?!

But then again, Joe Butt pretty much sums up my whole being in a page, and it's nice to know I'm like Socrates, Einstein, Pascal and Newton.