MBTI personality results

[bhsmte]

Fair enough @bhsmte. I certainly don't have your educational background. I had just heard differently over the years.

Again, the consensus in personality studies is that personality types are set early in life and change very little (if at all) from early in life.

As I stated though, behaviors and the frequency of certain behaviors can change and it appears some feel, if my behaviors have changed, then my personality has changed and that is simply not the case.

 

[Cute Tink]

I wasn't thinking about behaviors themselves, but my internal responses to situations.

 

[bhsmte]

I wasn't thinking about behaviors themselves, but my internal responses to situations.

How do you differentiate, internal responses from behaviors?

 

[Cute Tink]

How do you differentiate, internal responses from behaviors?

What I feel about a situation (excitement, nervousness, etc.) as separated from whether I choose to do something or not.

Example: speaking in front of a group (behavior) used to make me very nervous (internal) and I would tend to avoid it (behavior). Now I frequently speak in front of groups (behavior), I enjoy it rather than being nervous (internal) and I tend to seek out opportunities to do so (behavior).

 

[bhsmte]

What I feel about a situation (excitement, nervousness, etc.) as separated from whether I choose to do something or not.

Example: speaking in front of a group (behavior) used to make me very nervous (internal) and I would tend to avoid it (behavior). Now I frequently speak in front of groups (behavior), I enjoy it rather than being nervous (internal) and I tend to seek out opportunities to do so (behavior).

What you explain comes with experience and the comfort that comes from experience, not a change in your personality type.

I can relate to public speaking and early in my life, I would have rather stuck needles in my eyes than to partake in the same. Since that time, I got into slowly and have spoken in front of audiences as large as 1,000 people and it is not big deal to me anymore.

I was a college athlete (baseball) and the first time I went up to bat in front of a crowd of many thousand people, I was so nervous my hands were shaking. After going through the experience a few times, the nervous element completely went away and I didn't even think about it anymore. This change came about through having gone through the experience and building the confidence, that I could perform.

 

[Cute Tink]

My adjustment came as a matter of my transition, not experience. I wasn't seeking out public speaking and getting more used to it. I found that I was enjoying it now where I was hating it before.

 

[farout]

Since there was talk about extroversion and introversion earlier, let's talk about MBTI and how you guys score.

Bare in mind, this isn't a science. It's merely a crude tool and a guide in understanding what might be underlying motivators in how we interact with the world around us. Please don't take your results as an end-all, but something interesting and a possible insight. Remember we are all growing into fuller maturity as we walk in Christ.

Free test sources:
Free Jung Personality Test (similar to MBTI / Myers Briggs)
Personality test based on C. Jung and I. Briggs Myers type theory

quick personality descriptions:
My MBTI Personality Type - MBTI Basics - The 16 MBTI Types

EDIT:
There are not necessarily accurate, but just for fun famous people and fictional characters personality based on MBTI:
http://www.mypersonality.info/personality-types/famous-people/
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/JustForFun/ExamplesOfMyersBriggsPersonalitiesInStories


There's also the Enneagram Test if you're interested in these sort of things
Enneagram Test- The Riso-Hudson Type Indicator (Version 2.0)

So feel free to post your results. If you don't want to share that's alright too

E 3% N 3% T 1% J 25% It said I am both on all except, Judging is dominate. I am rather confused.

 

[bhsmte]

My adjustment came as a matter of my transition, not experience. I wasn't seeking out public speaking and getting more used to it. I found that I was enjoying it now where I was hating it before.

How do you know this change didn't come about from simply being more comfortable in doing so?

 

[rturner76]

INFJ - "Author". Strong drive and enjoyment to help others. Complex personality. 1.5% of total population.

 

[Cute Tink]

How do you know this change didn't come about from simply being more comfortable in doing so?

By feeling more comfortable being in front of a group? That is the major reason. Feeling more comfortable isn't a behavior though.

 

[bhsmte]

By feeling more comfortable being in front of a group? That is the major reason. Feeling more comfortable isn't a behavior though.

Feeling more comfortable in a situation, from gaining experience, does impact your behavior.

 

[Cute Tink]

Feeling more comfortable in a situation, from gaining experience, does impact your behavior.

I agree.

 

[A.B.C.A.D.]

ESTJ-A.

Anyone else with the same P. type?