I am an INFJ. I have introverted intuition with extraverted feeling. I have a quiet exterior yet am a protector of those around me. I am deeply concerned with my relationships on an individual level. I greatly value knowing people on a one to one basis. I carry this passion into my close relationships. One relationship of significance is with my boyfriend, Adam. I, as an INFJ, prefer to have everything orderly and systematic whereas he is more relaxed and easygoing. I know that I irritate him when I constantly define and re-define the priorities in my life. I, similarly to many other INFJs, have an uncanny insight into people and situations. I receive "feelings" about things and intuitively understand them. At times, this can be a little frightening for others. Adam tends to be much more vocal about his feelings and thoughts whereas I am protective of my inner self and share only what I deem appropriate. He does not like that I hold back part of myself and can be secretive. In part, I understand that in a relationship there needs to be open communication and willingness to share. We...
My Myers-Briggs profile graded me to be an ENFP (16% extrovert, 25% intuitive, 34% feeling, and 12% perceiving). I am slightly more extroverted than introverted due to the fact I am a very social person and enjoy others company. For example, at work I can start a conversation with anyone and everyone. Talking is a big key to working in customer service at a store known for its highly social workers. I feel that my mood almost always determines how social I am most of the time. I prefer to use my intuition over actually sensing out a situation. I use my intuition over sense most of the time according to my profile. This can be seen in almost any decision making situation I am put into. When I first met my boyfriend everybody told me, “Graceanne you are crazy this guy just plays games!”. All I kept saying was “No, there is something different about this one I know it.”, no matter how many times we fought my intuition always took me back to him for some reason. There was just something about him since the first time we met that told me this is right. We have been together for a year now with
Having completed the Myers-Briggs Personality Test previously, I was identified as an INTP, which stands for introverted, intuitive, thinking, and perceiving. Accordingly, this personality is often labeled as “The Architect” or “The Logician.” Despite my previous results, I repeated the test as instructed in the assignment. Consequently, based on the outcome of the test, my personality has altered in the past year. Thus, my updated results based on this analysis were, INTJ (introverted, intuitive, thinking, and judging). However, the two personalities are similar, as only one trait seems to have varied. Therefore, instead of holding a characteristic grounded in perception, it would appear that I am inclined to mannerisms that indicate
I would agree with these results for the most part. INFPs are described as creative, imaginative, and “never lose their sense of wonder” (www.humanmetrics.com). I think one way that Michael exhibits these traits is through the original questions he asks me on a near-daily basis. A few of these questions include “If you were a big, scary dragon would you attack people?”, “If you had 1000 feet of yarn, what would you do with it?”, and “If you had a six inch copy of Hitler in your pocket would you mess with him?”. When he asks these questions, I always wonder where he comes up with them, because of how simple yet random they are. INFPs are also very loyal to those closest to them, which Michael showed when he admitted that he actually did vote for the four senior girls in our STA period, as well as his homecoming date, for Homecoming Court. Finally, INFPs can be very stubborn on some issues they feel strongly about (http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk). For example, our STA period has an ongoing conversation about how well we would each survive in the event of a zombie apocalypse, and, unfortunately, everyone besides Michael is in agreement that he would die first. Michael fights this everyday and is adamant about the fact that he would “survive until the end”. Sorry Michael. We don’t
ISFJs have exceptional disciplined capabilities. As an ISJF I am an introvert with a feeling characteristic. ISJFs like me typically have strong people abilities and tend to form strong social associations. We are the judging type unfortunately but are habitually open to new ideas and changes. With ISFJ personality type, we are much more than the summation the components that make us. We use our strengths to define who we are. ISFJs have been described as “true altruists who meet kindness with kindness-in-excess, and engage in the work and people, while being enthusiasts and people of great kindness” (16personalities, 2015). It is pretty common for the ISJF person to
People who have the ISFJ personality are generally exceptionally observant of everything around them. ISFJs can usually tell someone else’s emotional state, and if it is a terrible state, ISFJs try to be there for the person and try to support them. ISFJs are happy to comfort people and are excessively reliable when it comes to friends and family. ISFJ personality is also enthusiastic with their words and actions in front of loved ones. The imaginative side they hold also adds to their enthusiasm.
INFJs are the least common amongst the Myers-Briggs personality types. Because of this and their multifaceted nature, they are often the most misunderstood. As an INFJ, I intend to clarify some of the more complex aspects of this personality, specifically in the business environment. Through self-awareness, personality tests and various other research; I have found that INFJ’s struggle with certain behavioral paradoxes. One example of this is the strong aversion to large groups of people while portraying a seemingly outgoing, but caring interest in someone’s life. This report provides a brief insight into the INFJ worldview, as well as some new revelations about how to be a better employee through acceptance and conversationVery good
German psychologist Hans Eysenck’s Model of Nervous System Temperament links temperament traits, specifically introversion and extraversion to the Central Nervous System. Introverted people are typically quiet, reserved, and timid whereas extraverts are active, sociable, and outgoing (151). According to Eysenck, introverts have high levels of brain arousal, which is controlled by the ascending reticular activating system (ARAS). Therefore, introverts do not need to seek external arousal leading them to be more reserved. Contrastingly, he argues that extraverts have lower levels of brain arousal and therefore are more sensation seeking in order to make up for it. In this paper, I will aim to synthesize and summarize some of the research regarding introversion and extraversion and their link to the central nervous system and states of arousal. I will synthesize this information to support the idea that while introversion and extraversion are on some level linked to states of arousal, Eysenck’s arousal hypothesis is not alone sufficient to explain the biological differences between introverted and extraverted individuals and their behaviors as such.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) has recognized my profile as Introvert, Intuitive, Thinking and Judgment (INTJ). As an introvert, I can get nervous among other people. It does not pose a problem for an individual. On the other hand, in order to be an effective leader, it is important for me to keep a profound communicational relationship with my subordinates. Without proper communication skills, it is not possible to establish a functional relationship with my subordinates. This may jeopardize the success of any activity that we are involved in. The introvert part is perhaps the major barrier which may keep me away from being an effective leader.
There has yet to be any determining evidence defines the characteristics of extraversion. The experimenters in this particular experiment have hypothesized that the facets of extraversion are somehow linked by reward sensitivity. This hypothesis was also tested against a model in which they are linked by sociability. There has been much work on this topic in the past, beginning with the works of Jung and James in the early 20th century—to the work of Watson and Clark in 1997. And even after a century of study, they are still unable to truly define the characteristics of the extraversion dimension of personality. In the many attempts to define extraversion, Watson and Clark have defined six basic facets of the personality trait. These are: venturesome, affiliation, positive affectivity, energy, ascendance, and ambition. Researchers Depue and Collins, in 1999, also offered a more succinct depiction of the characteristics of extraversion, this only having three basic parts. The first being affiliation, the enjoyment and value of close interpersonal bonds, also being warm and affectionate. The second, agency, being socially dominant, enjoying leadership roles, being assertive and exhibitionistic, and having a sense of potency in accomplishing goals. The final facet being impuslivity, but this one has been argued upon whether it should be included at all in the characteristics of extraversion at all.
I ended up receiving INFJ (the rarest personality type [1% of the human population!]!), so I was pretty stoked about that. Specifically I was 79% introverted, 88% intuitive, 75% feeling, and 71% judging. Not to mention, I was up there with the greats: MLK, Nelson Mandela, Morgan Freeman, Goethe, and last but *certainly* not least, Jon Snow, so I feel that I definitely deserve INFJ bragging rights. I was not too surprised with most of my results. According to my chart, I was soft-spoken yet with strong opinions, insightful, sensitive, and highly imaginative. I prefer working inside my head or a few people rather than in large groups of people, (which is another reason why office hours scare me). I match my idealist goals with my determination and passion into creating change in my community, and I look to make meaningful and long-lasting connections with a select few who share my values, interests, and dreams. (Many apologies if it sounds like I’m “gassing myself up” right now. I’m really not trying to inflate my
Extrovert and Introvert and Judgment and Perception seem interchangeable to my personality and may be viewed as unerringly the two sides of one coin for me. The test declared me the "Persuader" type and elaborated that the ENFJ type is an outstanding leader of groups and may be aggressive at helping others be the best that they can be. It also states that this personality type is 2.5% of the total population. I find this to be poignantly true. Whenever I find myself butting heads with those close to me, or those I have taken special interest in helping, it is because of this "aggressiveness" or passion that others misconstrue as me trying to "run their lives". This can be quiet frustrating because my "aggressiveness" comes from an altruistic place of wanting to help and not from a need to control.
My results said that I have an ISFJ personality. My scores were introvert (56%), Sensing (31%), Feeling (16%), and Judging (44%). The assessment stated that ISFJs frequently find themselves in occupations that either involves a lot of dealings with other people and require thoroughness and persistence. They work in organizations of various sizes and industries, where as a rule they work with people. Very often ISFJs recognize their potential in healthcare (nurse, patient care, and medical services, as well as administrative jobs) and several community care organizations. I do agree with some of the Jung Typology Seal assessments. I agree with being an introvert since I am a person that is reserved and to myself half of the time, but, on the other hand, I do like to serve others. I do not agree that I am overworked. If I get to the point to where I feel overworked, I will go to my boss and discuss the matter, so that I can get help with my work before resulting in some of extent psychosomatic illnesses. I agree with the part about working best with a small group or one-on-one situation. I also agree with the traditional careers for ISFJs attitude that include: teaching, social work, most religious work, nursing, clerical and secretarial work of any kind, and some
How can I say “this means that in business and school I am....?” I behave so because I'm INFJ? Seriously? No. Nothing like that. In business and school I am who I am because of millions of reasons related to me and my life. Same as you. We are not INFJ, INFP, ESTP and so on. We are who we are: a little clear and a lot of questions. The labels that сome from many sources such as astrology, religion, ethnic group, nationality, psychological tests, etc. may work for us better or worse depending on other conditions,
I learned that having these personality traits affects my behavior at work and in my relationships. I find that I have strengths and weaknesses with these personality traits. I find it is difficult at times being an introvert. I wish I could have an extrovert personality at times. This could help in my relationships at work.
Loneliness is something that a lot of people fear. It can be a feeling that nobody is there, as if you are alone in the world with nothing but your thoughts. The silence and the boredom can get to people, but for me, I'm fueled by it. When I am alone I can focus, I can get things done and find true peace. The anxiety and stress of life slips away when I'm left with nothing to do and no one to talk to. When I am left to myself my body and mind is able to recharge from the tasks that have recently drained me. I am able to rest and calm down, knowing that there is no one around me. There are a lot of people out there who find this odd, that the way they see it is that being by yourself at home is boring a waste of time if you can be out and do things. Well, that's probably because they are an extrovert, and I'm an introvert. Being an introvert is commonly confused with disliking being out with friends and doing exciting things with others, but that's totally wrong. I enjoy my times with others and I got out with my friends all the time, but there is a point, and certain times when I need to be by