Personality Types

The Big Five is a trait-based model of personality that proposes that human personality can be measured across five broad personality traits. The trait theory, which is different to the type theory of personality, proposes that traits are aspects of personality that are relatively stable over time and situations differ across individuals and influence human behavior. There are different trait perspectives to personality and there has always been, and most likely always will be, a disagreement on exactly how many personality traits should be measured to explain human behavior. Some psychologists argue that using three traits is enough to describe …

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The question may not be “are you intelligent” but rather “HOW are you intelligent”. This is a question that is asked, and answered by the “Holland Occupational Themes” theory, aka the RIASEC work-personality types model. Holland’s six unique types The Holland Occupational Themes theory and its “Holland Codes” were introduced by American psychologist John L. Holland in the 1970’s. It is a type theory of personality that looks specifically at careers and vocational choice. Holland proposed that there are six unique personality types, which are determined by our interests and how we approach life situations. These six types are: Realistic …

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INTPs are called The Thinkers (and sometimes “The Logician”) for a reason. These personality types enjoy dealing with things logically and rationally, thinking about how things work. They have a knack for coming up with out of the box solutions and gravitate using reasoning rather than following the crowd. But before offering any type of solution, they like to have all the facts and a complete understanding of the problem. INTPs spend time looking at it from all angles and use not only imagination to see other possibilities, but past experiences as well. They take pride in categorizing things to …

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The Extraverted Sensing Thinking Perceiving (ESTP) personality type is what others would call a straight shooter. If you’re an ESTP, you enjoy action and are comfortable with risk. When evaluating a situation, you look at the facts and not necessarily the feelings of other people involved. You don’t have a lot of patience for theories, preferring to work in a more concrete and literal fashion. Although introspection isn’t a strong point, people can count on you to jump right into a situation and get things done. Strengths and Weaknesses of the ESTP ESTPs are practical and observant, but they are …

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As someone who fits the Extraverted Sensing Feeling Perceiving (ESFP) personality type on the Myers-Briggs Personality Inventory, you primarily take in new information via your five senses. You analyze things in a concrete and literal fashion with your internal senses playing a secondary role. You love people and new experiences. Other people think you are a lot of fun and view you as a natural performer. Since you love being the center of attention, you relish the role. With your natural love of people and strong interpersonal skills, you may frequently find yourself in the role of peacemaker, whether you …

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People with the ISFJ personality type, which stands for Introverted Sensing Feeling Judging, are nurturers at heart. As an ISFJ, you process the world around you internally. This means you use all five senses to take in information in a concrete and literal manner. You tend to process information according to how you feel about it and how it fits into your personal value system. As with most ISFJs, you are genuinely warm, kind, and have an overwhelming desire to see the good in others. Sometimes you give people the benefit of the doubt to your own detriment. You pay …

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