To think that a simple yes or no question, or set of questions, can tell you who you are sounds bogus. It's like those people that sit and stare at their horoscope religiously. Ending up making every major life decision, like moving to a new town or getting married with a Leo even though your a water sign. You know that Leos are fire but the lady on the phone, that your paying ninety nine cents a minute, is telling you that it will work out because the moon was full when she was born and your moon was new and blah, blah, blah. For the record, I don't say this from a personal experience. All I'm saying is that you can't know someone based on questions you can only answer with yes or no. Or can you?
To be honest, I think that learning more about yourself is great. Whether it be by taking quizzes that tell you which character you are in your favorite book or movie or what color you are. It is hard to miss these quizzes now a days. Specially if your connected to social networks. I swear, there is not a day that an aunt or close friend doesn't post their results to some quiz that tells you what kind of dog you'd be. I guess as ridiculous as these quizzes sound, it helps you see sides of yourself you never knew. Humans have always wanted to learn more about themselves, otherwise explain astrology then. A "quiz" or test that has been around for some time now is Carl Jung's Typology test. Jung became well known in the psychology field for his findings. I took the test and my results were very interesting.
Don't get me wrong. I tend to take a glimpse at my horoscope every now and then. Sometimes I also click on those quizzes that are all over my news feed. I mean who wouldn't want to see what kind of dog they are or what your eyes say about you. When I took the typology test I went in with no expectations and answered each question as honestly as possible. Something I didn't like was that on some questions I wasn't sure what to answer since I didn't feel like a "yes" or "no" were an adequate answer to the question. I kept thinking, "Well, I don't know. I do that sometimes but not always. Is this going to tell me I'm some kind of lunatic subspecies?" It's funny how you don't really know yourself until you get asked questions you never really think of. In the end my results were pretty on point.
My results were: 1 % Extroversion, 62% Intuition, 62% Feeling, and 33% Perceiving or ENFP. Per the website I am marginal to extroversion and introversion, so I guess a little bit of both. So I'm guessing that means I'll go to the party but will be a wall flower until someone else talks to me first. Check. Intuition over sensing, so I follow my gut. Sounds right, I can't count how many times my guts made great decisions, like going back to school for instance. Feeling over thinking; I'm not too sure on that one. I mean didn't everyone cry when they watched Titanic? I was thinking the whole time, that's why I was bawling the whole time the ship was sinking. Poor old couple. Perceiving over judging; Spot on. I'm not one to judge. Live and let live.
I was pretty shocked to see that my results were pretty accurate. Even on the negative "side effects" of being this personality type. One downside listed was procrastination. I am guilty of this, but so are so many other 20some year olds. It's not something I like about myself. The good news is I'm working on being more productive and organized. So far it's been a challenge but it's been helping a lot. An other downside to the ENFP personlity type is distraction. I guess that would lead to procrastination. Either I'm working on it.
This post was primarily about writing and how our personality type ties in with our writing. Being an ENFP I am creative, spontaneous, and compassionate. This leads me think that I will excel in creative writing assignments, like this one for example. Also it sounds like I do best if I can make a connection to the reading and/or the subject being written about. It makes sense to me. I will need to work the most on essays and research papers but I already knew this prior to the test. The good thing is that I'm early enough in my college career that knowing all this information will only come to my benefit. I have learned about the areas in which I need to work and the areas that I may do well in.
I guess sometimes a yes or no can define who you are, how others perceive you, and ultimately how you perceive yourself. It's good to learn about yourself. It gives you a new perspective on something you've always known; Yourself. Ultimately I don't think that people can be categorized and organized per one factor. I think that as a person, each and everyone of us grow and learn from our experiences. The human mind is ever changing. People gain new perspectives and open up their way of thinking. Some of us are a little of everything in certain aspects and some are just one thing in others. That's what makes each of us unique and an individual.
Below are links to my results page and Ms. A's Classroom results page so you can compare your own with mine.
My Results
Ms. A's Classroom: Jung Typology Indicators
