I took a personality test the other day in my Psychology class and found it to be very accurate. It was like a comedy show when my professor was explaining the relationships between two extremes in each category. I kind of learned why certain people behaved certain way and kind of understood where they are coming from. Now I am less critical of people that are too emotional.

The title is my temperament type, which consist of Introversion, Sensing, Thinking and Judging.

I was actually split half between Introversion and Extraversion, but the test said to take Introversion if it was 50/50. However, my professor explained that if I was split half, it just means that some of the days I am an introvert while some of the days I’m an extravert. That really explains a lot of stuff. I was wondering myself how come some of the days I just don’t feel like hanging out with people and just want to be alone while other days I love to socialize. Introverts are the ones that you see eating dinner or watching movie by himself/herself and actually enjoys it. Extraverts when looking at them, will usually say to themselves “What is wrong with this people?!”‘ And usually will call them a loner. But in fact, the introverts actually want to be left alone and they enjoy being alone. D

Sensing is just that I would rather work with known facts than look for new possibilities and relationships while Intuition is just the opposite. Those with Sensing temperament should avoid jobs that need to deal with creativity and people. For me it was 55/45. I love learning new stuff but would rather prefer to work with things that I already know.

Thinking as opposed to Feeling is just making decisions based on impersonal analysis and logic rather than based on your personal values and feelings. I may hurt other people’s feelings without knowing it, surprise surprise. But, those with Feelings tend to be aware of other people and their feelings, enjoy pleasing people and like harmony. This was 60/40. I learned that people who based decisions on feelings are actually not stupid, they know the logic behind it, but they just rather rely on their feelings. Which I found is unwise most of the time…

As a Judging rather than Perceiving, I like planned, decided, orderly way of life better than flexible, spontaneous way. I work best when I can plan my work and follow the plan. Perceivers adapt well to changing situations and do not mind leaving plans for alterations. My professor warned us that those that are Judging will have trouble during vacations as they tend to be stressed out when things are not following schedule. This was 70/30 for me. Hahah.

People are mostly composed of both extremes, there are very rarely those that are only towards one end of the spectrum. Interesting stuff.

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