- Introversion vs. Extraversion
- Sensing vs. Intuition
- Thinking vs. Feeling
- Judging vs. Perceiving
https://www.16personalities.com/personality-types
Nowadays, this theory is well developed into web applications with funny graphics, many descriptions, advice for each type and famous people’s quotes. All of these make it easy to use and learn. You can even get to know movie characters or fictional heroes who behave in a similar way to you. In order to determine which type of personality a person has, he or she must complete a test. It refers to issues such as: how we interact with our environment, where we direct our mental energy, how we make decisions and cope with emotions, it reflects our approach to work, planning and decision-making and how confident we are in our abilities and decisions. Answering those questions creates a small database of one's choices, which enables to find the most matching personality type.
An Example question from the test you can see below:
https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test
There are 4 groups of personality types, and each of them has specific characteristics:
Analysts:
- Architect
- Logician
- Commander
- Debater
Diplomats:
- Advocate
- Mediator
- Protagonist
- Campaigner
Sentinels:
- Logistician
- Defender
- Executive
- Consul
Explorers:
- Virtuoso
- Adventurer
- Entrepreneur
- Entertainer
According to the creators of division of human personality into 16 types, many human misunderstandings are caused by personality differences and unawareness of those. Knowing our own and our relatives’ type, then understanding his or her behaviour allows us to reduce negative emotions, quarrels or senseless arguments. Moreover, it helps to find the best work environment, career path and even understand which personality type suits you the best in case of friendship or romantic relationship. It leaves you with an impression that each type of personality has its own individual role in society.
If you want to find out which type you represent and read all of interesting information related to yourself - I recommend this page: https://www.16personalities.com/
They say that the results are "freakishly accurate". In my case it was. How about yours?
- Have you noticed that it is easier for you to communicate with certain types of people? Are you able to indicate what characteristics these people have in common?
- Do statistics and psychology speak to you or do you treat it like a fairy tale?
- Do you know other such divisions of people based on character traits that facilitate communication and functioning in society?
- *Bonus: If you took the test, share with us your results and reflections!
Sources:
- https://www.16personalities.com/
- https://www.truity.com/page/16-personality-types-myers-briggs
Comments
Statistics are a tricky subject. The numbers may not lie, but humans have a tendency to badly misinterpret them, mistake corelation for causation, and coincidence for corelation. People tend to assume their interpretation of data is surely the only rational one, but more often than not it's nonsense. The old joke goes that statistics prove oxygen is the most lethal substance on the planet (everyone who comes into contact with it dies eventually) and that Earth is the most hostile to human life out of all the planets (all human deaths in history have been on Earth afterall, and none anywhere else). These are absurd examples, exaggerated for the sake of humour, but humans make very analogous mistakes all the time.
Still, I do put a lot of stock in statistical data and in sciences, including psychology. They are not perfect and are riddled with errors, but the only alternative is embracing ignorance, and that is obviously not going to lead anywhere. However, in particular the Myers-Briggs test isn't really accepted as anything more than a toy by modern psychology
Still, for sport, I did take the Myers-Briggs test just now. I got INFJ-t, apparently the rarest personality type, so that's fun. I'm not going to put too much stock in it, however. I am who I am, and I'm comfortable with that without needing to classify myself in a reductive way that melts the staggering complexity of human behavior into just four axes.
2. I'm not sure about statistics but I am 100% sure about psychology. I absolutely love it and try to learn more and more. For me it's fascinating and also really helps to build relationships with people. A bit of knowledge in psychology, for me, helps to understand people and their certain behavior traits a bit more. And what I find even more important, is that it helps me to understand myself. Honestly, I have found sooooo many explanations for the thing I do and it was magical😅
3. I also know Holland Codes. It's usually used in the work environment(well the test was created for that) but personally I think this one is great for understanding what parts of life are the most important to you. It has 6 categories: Realistic
Investigative, Artistic, Social, Enterprising, Conventional. You have 46 questions and answers that describe how much you willing to do certain things. And after the test, you will be given a combination of letters(from the categories) where the first 3 are the most important and have the biggest impact on your life. I like this one(even so I wasn't really surprised by the outcome) but the one you've talked about in the article I prefer more, to be honest.
Also can recommend taking it once in a while, as the results might be changing when time passes and we grow and change our mind about some things.
4. To be honest, I take this test every year/6 moths😅 So, for now, my resalt is Protagonist ENFJ-T and whilst reading what that means in different areas of life, I could only agree or laugh as it's was described perfectly, in most cases😅
1. Somehow I have never noticed that it is actually easier for me to talk to a certain type of people. It would certainly be very interesting to find a pattern, but I believe that it can work both ways. On the one hand, we will be more willing to establish relationships with given personality types, but on the other hand, we can reject in advance those who do not fit us according to the compatibility table. Remember that it is hard to get real information about yourself when you complete the test just by yourself.
2. Statistics and psychology are fields of science confirmed and respected by scientists around the world. Considering them as "fairy tales" is scientific denialism, a phenomenon by which our society suffers at every turn. Remember that science has no obligation to let us understand it.
3. No, not really.
4. ISTJ-A (Logistician). I have obtained this result many times over many years. What's more, it is confirmed by the fact that my friends completed the test when they entered their answers, trying to do it from my perspective. I am proud of it, because it is not only the direction of development I have chosen, but also the actual data about me. The fact that my friends' responses confirm this result suggests that I am really displaying these qualities, and I am not just fascinated by the idea of that guy.
2. Treating psychology as a fairy tale in 2021 is a complete nonsense. This science actually help people to function in the society and to find a way to communicate with themselves. It is helping and saving people and their minds from the mental catastrophe.
3. Does astrology count? It seems the rules of functioning are pretty the same(almost)
4. I am ENTP-A and I get this result trough all my life. I took this test when I was 11, 14, 17, 19 and 21. Every time I get ENTP-A and I am quite satisfied with the result. I tend to retake this test to read more about this personality type and to check again all the descriptions. Sometimes I feel lost and I usually try to return to a stable state reading such things. I can’t say my whole personality is based on one test ant its result, but it reminds me who I am and where I am going.
I have noticed the difference, but I never pay enough attention to a human's behavior to indicate the personality type. Usually it works backwards for me, I find person who I enjoy communicating with and after some time I ask myself what is special about this person.
Do statistics and psychology speak to you or do you treat it like a fairy tale?
Sure, they do. I don't treat science as a fairy tale and especially in the case with psychology I can verify myself how it works in real life.
Do you know other such divisions of people based on character traits that facilitate communication and functioning in society?
The similar division is present in Human Design System, in my opinion it describes a human's behavior, need and etc better than the personality test.
*Bonus: If you took the test, share with us your results and reflections!
For the last few years my results is ISFP. I find it's description very accurate and It helped me to understand myself better.
You're right, the real statistics are difficult for majority of people and unfortunately easy to missinterpret. I guess this kind of 'psychology toys' can be useful for those who need some explanation, like some of us said above.
Thanks for information about Holland Codes! I've never heard about it, I probably should try :)
And yes, the most funny part of it is reading that someone 'knows' how I act and that there are plenty of people with similar behaviour, struggling with the same impulses.
Hi, Logistician. I feel like I know you, as my sister has the same type.
It's a great idea to ask friends to take a test pretending they are you - it can show whenever you were honest with yourself. I'll try this, too!
Yes I have noticed that I am quite good in communicating with introverts or with that ones who can keep a silence for a while. I have extravert friends but I am trying to avoid them I mean meet less, because after our meeting I feel a lack of energy. So I like silent, not talkative people.
Do statistics and psychology speak to you or do you treat it like a fairy tale?
I don't think it is a fairy tale I do believe in psychology and it really help to identify the type of personality. Personally about me, I have visited phycologist because of my isolated life and I really wanted to be more communicative but she said this is a my type of personality. So I just accept it and don't care about that.
Do you know other such divisions of people based on character traits that facilitate communication and functioning in society?
I don’t know the division by temperament type, there are 4 types of temperament. I don't know what the test is called, but it's also cool
*Bonus: If you took the test, share with us your results and reflections!
My type is intp-personality(Logician)
I'm impressed with your regularity! And you seem to be perfectly aware in communication technics with many types of characters. I'm curious if that is simply because of your interests or was it caused by some difficult situations that led you to create such schemes?
I also found their descriptions fitting to my behaviour!
And thanks for mentioning Human Design System - I'll give it a try
The real bonus of tests like this is that it shows us we are not 'strange'. It took me some time to understand that not everyone is talkative or empathetic or focused on details at the same level. We are different but there is many, many people similar to us. They already know how to survive in good mood, I'm going to learn from them ;)
Concerning 4 types of temperament - there is a book 'Surounded by idiots' in which the author considers some set of characteristics and names it with colors, it's also interesting to read.
It depends. Sometimes it's easier to communicate with certain types of people, sometimes you need something more than compatible types. I think that people characteristics are mostly based on their experiences not on type. MBTI is very fluid and fluctuates over time and outcome of test is dependent from emotional state of person. I won't generalize people by their type. The more you know the person the more you can indicate their characteristics, mostly if this person is introvert or extrovert.
2. Do statistics and psychology speak to you or do you treat it like a fairy tale?
Psychology and statistics are branch of science. I think it's reliable source of information about other people, even if it's based on generalization and pigeonholing.
3. Do you know other such divisions of people based on character traits that facilitate communication and functioning in society?
There are a lot of divisions like this. Most basic is temperament based suggested by Hippocrates and Galen in Ancient Rome.
*Bonus: If you took the test, share with us your results and reflections!
I took this test many time in different moods and emotional states and the outcome is always INTJ, so I'm probably evil mastermind.
I think statistics and psychology reach me a lot. I believe that true facts should be above someone else's beliefs and statements based solely on their experiences. If someone is right, he has to prove it with some facts. Just convincing me is not enough.
Honestly, it's not. I think the division that has been mentioned is sufficiently detailed and insightful. There are definitely many more concepts that work, but I don't know them.
I took the test and found out I am the Protagonist
Psychology is an important field of study, as it helps us understand the way we operate and perceive the world around us. As a teen, I used to watch many criminal series that would focus on the behaviour and psychology of people, and that made me more interested in the topic of behavioural analysis. It was interesting to see how events from that we have experienced in the past can influence our future personality and behaviour patterns.
There are plenty schools of thoughts when it comes to classifying the characters, but I rarely would focus on labels and instead I paid more attention to the specification of such characters and the behaviour they present and seek to receive.
I took the test, which took way more time than I expected, but I think it was worth the wait. According to the test, I’m an Advocate, which didn’t really surprise me because I guessed that I could be that type from the picture included in the article and the short description below. Looking at the detailed description on the website, I would say that I identify with most of the statements, but I was kind of disappointed because I haven’t found any tips on how to better communicate with other types of personalities. Overall, I think it was a very interesting thing to read and reflect on. It was also nice to see real people or fictional characters that have the same personality type. I was really uplifted by the fact that the ones that share the same personality as me I really admire as role models, like Martin Luther King Jr. or Nelson Mandela.
Yes, I've noticed that, but I've never been aware of what characteristics makes them so easy to communicate with.
2. Do statistics and psychology speak to you or do you treat it like a fairy tale?
I'm somwhere in between believing in personalities based on statistics and psychology, and treating it like a fairy tale.
3. Do you know other such divisions of people based on character traits that facilitate communication and functioning in society?
Unfortunately no, I'm not really interested in the subject.
4. If you took the test, share with us your results and reflections!
I took the test a few times in my life, and the result has always been INFP-T (mediator). It's quite accurate.
1. Have you noticed that it is easier for you to communicate with certain types of people? Are you able to indicate what characteristics these people have in common?
Yes, and all of them are empaths. All of them have no problem to understand other people’s feelings, all of them have a great sense of humor, because they are very observant.
2. Do statistics and psychology speak to you or do you treat it like a fairy tale?
I have heard once, that there are "Lies, damned lies, and statistics". And I kinda can relate it:)
3. Do you know other such divisions of people based on character traits that facilitate communication and functioning in society?
The one that facilitate communication and functioning in society, no. But I do know that in storytelling they use such things as Narrative Tropes, storytelling structures, cliché and many many other different things, that can help the storyteller to create an interesting script. So basically all those tips are aimed at categorizing characters by type.
4. *Bonus: If you took the test, share with us your results and reflections!
I did, the result is ISFP-T , Explorer