Wednesday, April 25, 2007
2:09 PM


out of curiosity i went to do my MBTI test again, and got surprisingly different results from when i last took it in sec 3. for those who haven't heard about it, the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) is a commercial personality test that categorizes four aspects of your personality: extraversion/introversion, method of perception, method of judgement, and the degree to which you use perception/judgement in your life.

extraversion/introversion is denoted by E/I. if i don't remember wrongly it is an indicator of the way you prefer to focus your attention, inwards or outwards.

methods of perception are limited to sensing (S) or intuitive (N). it's the way you prefer to take in information. the tester i had last time explained that sensing people have a tendency to be more practical and detail-oriented, while intuitive people are think in more abstract and romantic terms, and tend to ignore the asterick at the end of the price tag. for example, a sensing person's first response to a stalk of rose will be that it'll die soon, and an intuitive person will perhaps think in terms of its meanings and connotations.

methods of judgement is basically whether you make your decisions based more on feelings (F) or rationale (thinking, T). a feeling person tends to be impulsive, a thinking person more.... well, i dont' know. anal? reserved? self-denying?

degree of perception/judgement, P or J, tells you your preference in the two, whether you prefer to be more open to ideas and less judgemental, or you prefer the converse. i remember P people tend to be more tolerant of differences, more disorganised and more flexible in their approach to handling things. J people need to have everything neatly placed, tend to like closure (like always finish the book she's reading), and plan things beforehand.

my 15 year old results were ISFP, which recommended that i become a nurse because i'm a quiet sympathetic soul, and which i laughed out loud at. but still, at that point of time i thought it fit me very well. my introvert-extravert ratio was like 21:8 (72% introvert), and my perception-judgement ratio was i remember even worse. it basically told me i was a spectacular lazy bum.

my new 20 year old results are ENFP, which is seriously weird because i thought i answered the questions is roughly the same way as i did before. i took at screencap of the ratios, it's all the way at the top. i didn't know what to make of it, but these are some of the descriptions of ENFP people:

Idealist - Champion
idealists come out of the NF combination, NF-P are advocates, NF-J are mentors. all are within the category of idealists, the champions are the subdivision of advocates i think. here is the page i got it from.

here's a part of the description of champions:
Champions consider intense emotional experiences as being vital to a full life, although they can never quite shake the feeling that a part of themselves is split off, uninvolved in the experience. Thus, while they strive for emotional congruency, they often see themselves in some danger of losing touch with their real feelings, which Champions possess in a wide range and variety. In the same vein, Champions strive toward a kind of spontaneous personal authenticity, and this intention always to "be themselves" is usually communicated nonverbally to others, who find it quite attractive. All too often, however, Champions fall short in their efforts to be authentic, and they tend to heap coals of fire on themselves, berating themselves for the slightest self-conscious role-playing.

here's another description:
ENFPs are easily intrigued and distracted by new friends and acquaintances, forgetting about the older ones for long stretches at a time. Less mature ENFPs may need to feel they are the center of attention all the time, to reassure them that everyone thinks they're a wonderful and fascinating person. .....

ENFPs often have strong, if unconvential, convictions on various issues related to their Cosmic View. They usually try to use their social skills and contacts to persuade people gently of the rightness of these views. ....

ENFPs are pleasant, easygoing, and usually fun to work with. They come up with great ideas, and are a major asset in brainstorming sessions. Followthrough tends to be a problem, however; they tend to get bored quickly, especially if a newer, more interesting project comes along. They also tend to be procrastinators, both about meeting hard deadlines and about performing any small, uninteresting tasks that they've been assigned. ENFPs are at their most useful when working in a group with a J or two to take up the slack.


I think although some of it i think fits me (in bold), most of it doesn't. (and just like in any horoscope, you can always see a bit of yourself in any description - now i try not to be as easily persuaded by these apparently true things.) maybe because the description is keyed towards people who get moderate score in all of the four categories, and really i consider myself an introvert. but the lazy and easily bored part is true. will look for ISFP and INFP description later.

here's where you can take your own test. the purpose of me putting this at the end is because i'm vain and want you to know more about me first, why else would i be blogging about it? more importantly, to my friends abroad, please know that i do love you and miss you even though i can't even bring myself to log online to talk to you. now i've found my excuse! it's a personality defect - i was born with it. you can't blame me for it just like how you're not supposed to laugh at handicapped people. totally. but seriously, come back soon :|

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