Keirsey Temperament Sorter Personality Types Basics Test created
Keirsey Temperament Sorter Personality Types
Basics • Test created by David Keirsey • The test sorts on four different axes • There a total, then, of 16 “personality types” • Not a perfect test, but an indicator
E/I Scale Where do you get your energy? Where do your interests flow to? E - Extroversion The external world Actions, objects, people Sociable External interests Many relationships Lots of acquaintances Expend energy I - Introversion The internal world Concepts, ideas Concentration Internal interests Depth of relationships Territorial Conserve energy
S/N Scale How do you prefer to receive and view the world? S - Sensing N - Intuitive Immediate, real Practical Facts Utility Experience “Perspiration” Down to earth Non-fiction Sensible Possibilities Relationships Meanings of experiences Future, speculative “Inspiration” Fiction, Fantasy “Head in the clouds” Imaginative Ingenuity
T/F Scale How do you make judgements or decisions? T - Thinking Objective, impersonal What are the causes? Where will this decision lead? Laws, Morals, Justice Firm standards Categories Critical and analytical “Cold, but fair” F - Feeling Subjective, personal What are the values? How does this matter to others? Extenuating circumstances Personal, harmonious Sympathy Persuasion Good or bad, not right or wrong “Warm, but not always fair”
J/P Scale How do you organize and live your life? J - Judicial P - Processing Decisive, planned Orderly Regulate and control Settled, fixed Plan ahead Run your life Urgency Closure “Wrap it up” Spontaneous, flexible Understand life and adapt Open options, open ended Tentative Wait and see attitude Let life happen Maybe flighty, late “There’s plenty of time”
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