The Personality Theories Of Carl Jung And Howard Gardner

After taking the Jung personality assessment found on Humanmetrics.com, my results determined my personality type as ISFJ (n.d.). I was not familiar with the many types of combinations, and possible outcomes associated with personality before taking this assessment. Further research on the different personality and intelligence typology helped in understanding some of the theories associated with these topics. Numerous theories have been created in regards to personality and intelligence types, but the theories of Jung and Gardner are the particular psychologists that I will discuss. After completing a personality assessment where multiple areas are measured; I will be taking a closer look at the theories of Carl Jung and Howard Gardner, determine

Carl Jung was able to break down the results by including different categories. According to Sharp (1987), “Jung differentiates eight typological groups: two personality attitudes—introversion and extraversion—and four functions or modes of orientation—thinking, sensation, intuition and feeling—each of which may operate in an introverted or extraverted way” (p. 12). This is the foundation for Jung’s theory. Howard Gardner on the other hand developed a theory based on multiple intelligence types. When speaking of Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences, Maftoon and Sarem (2012) write, “He identifies seven categories of skills and abilities which he considers to be individual intelligences: linguistic, logical-mathematical, spatial, bodily-kinesthetic, musical, interpersonal and intrapersonal” (p. 1234). Intelligence can be broken down into separate categories and measured according to Gardner. This is the primary focus of his theory and an important contribution to

The results are as follows; my wife’s personality type was determined to be ESFP, which is extroverted, sensing, feeling, and perceiving. According to Butt (n.d.), her strengths consist of being a “people” person who can effectively communicate and express her emotions (par. 1). When compared to my personality, I am more reserved as someone who is introverted, I tend to keep things to myself and stay away from groups of people. Knowing my wife’s strengths and personality is beneficial because I know how to balance her type with mine. Knowing the different strengths and keeping a balance is key in my opinion. For example, my wife has shown me how to communicate and become more of a people person, which are her strengths and my weakness. She has also taught me how to express my emotions effectively rather than let it build and begin to worry those around me. My spouse’s strengths combined with mine; work well together. My reliability and loyalty, along with my family-first mentality, mixed with my wife’s people skills, effective communicating, and emotional control, prove to be the appropriate mix. What I lack in certain areas of my personality, my wife excels in and vice-versa. My brother’s type is ISTP. His strengths are overcoming mechanical obstacles, fully engaging in activities that suit his needs, and being proficient with numbers (Heiss, n.d., par. 1, 2). Knowing his strengths and