Saturday, March 19, 2011

Compare and Contrast the methods used to assess personality

It's funny that this topic came up. Last semester as I was
finishing out the transfer process at my local community college, this topic was our
core study. I don't recall if this is pertained to Myers Briggs or Carls Jung, but
according to my studies, there are four types, and of course the hybrids (combining two
or more) as well. There are the drivers, thinkers, feelers, and the
theorists:


1. Drivers - Those are the initiators, the
do-ers (the Donald Trump). They are relentless and courageous in their pursuits. They
will not take no more an answer and has the stamina to overcome most challenges and
adversaries they come to head with. The downside is that they are egotistical, pushy
(bossy), and can be considered rude by other personality
types.


2. Thinkers - Those are your analysts: the
accountant, the lawyer, the judge, and what have you. These types like to take their
time in evaluating all the pro's and con's, researching until nothing is able to be
found anymore before coming up with a conclusion. They cannot be pushed into making
hasty decisions, this is what also ticks them.


3. Feelers -
Ah, the doctors, nurses, teachers, priests, etc... these are the compassionate bunch of
the personality spectrum. They have a gift of relating to human emotions and live for
helping others. The con's would be that sometimes their sensitivity tends to get in the
way, to the point of blinding them from seeing the logical sides of the
situation.


4. Theorists - The entrepreneurs, the inventors,
the visionaries. They have an idea of what the world (their world) should be like and
live for tomorrow to see the results. The down? Sometimes, they are too high up there in
the clouds that it might take some persuasions for them to come down and see that
reality can be quite as good as well.


The Hybrids are a mix
of the bunch, if you see someone silently researching in the library for a long period
of hour and then all of a sudden gets off in his car at 70 mph to get to somewhere only
god knows, then you probably just met a driver/thinker... you get the point, right?
Well, hope this answers your question.

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