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What is Personality Type?

According to Jung's theory of psychological type, people can be characterized using the following three criteria:

Extraversion - Introversion
Sensing - Intuition
Thinking - Feeling

Briggs Myers emphasized that the Judging - Perceiving relationship also influences characteristics of personality type...

The 16 personality types described
ESTJ	ISTJ	ENTJ	INTJ
ESTP	ISTP	ENTP	INTP
ESFJ	ISFJ	ENFJ	INFJ
ESFP	ISFP	ENFP	INFP

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ESFJ Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judging

Extraverted Sensing Feeling Judging

Guardians of birthdays, holidays and celebrations, ESFJs are generous entertainers. They enjoy and joyfully observe traditions and are liberal in giving, especially where custom prescribes.

All else being equal, ESFJs enjoy being in charge. They see problems clearly and delegate easily, work hard and play with zest. ESFJs, as do most SJs, bear strong allegiance to rights of seniority. They willingly provide service (which embodies life's meaning) and expect the same from others.

ESFJs are easily wounded. And when wounded, their emotions will not be contained. They by nature "wear their hearts on their sleeves," often exuding warmth and bonhomie, but not infrequently boiling over with the vexation of their souls. Some ESFJs channel these vibrant emotions into moving dramatic performances on stage and screen.

Strong, contradictory forces consume the ESFJ. Their sense of right and wrong wrestles with an overwhelming rescuing, 'mothering' drive. This sometimes results in swift, immediate action taken upon a transgressor, followed by stern reprimand; ultimately, however, the prodigal is wrested from the gallows of their folly, just as the noose tightens and all hope is lost, by the very executioner!

An ESFJ at odds with self is a remarkable sight. When a decision must be made, especially one involving the risk of conflict (abhorrent to ESFJs), there ensues an in-house wrestling match between the aforementioned black-and-white Values and the Nemesis of Discord. The contender pits self against self, once firmly deciding with the Right, then switching to Prudence to forestall hostilities, countered by unswerving Values, ad exhaustium, winner take all.

As caretakers, ESFJs sense danger all around--germs within, the elements without, unscrupulous malefactors, insidious character flaws. The world is a dangerous place, not to be trusted. Not that the ESFJ is paranoid; 'hyper-vigilant' would be more precise. And thus they serve excellently as protectors, outstanding in fields such as medical care and elementary education.

(ESFJ stands for Extravert, Sensing, Feeling, Judging and represents individual's preferences in four dimensions characterising personality type, according to Jung's and Briggs Myers' theories of personality type.)

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Based on Jung’s framework of cognitive functions

Extraverted Feeling

ESFJs live in their Extraverted Feeling functioning. Feeling, a rational (i.e., deciding) function, expresses opinions easily in the E world of objects and people. ESFJs have the ability to express warmth, rage, and a range of other emotions. Actions are encouraged or rebuked based on how they affect other people, especially people near and dear to the ESFJ. This type's vocal decisiveness predisposes many of its number to facility with administration and supervision.

Introverted Sensing

The secondary Sensing function aids and abets the dominant Fe in that sensate data is collected and at once compared with the inner forms or standards. Data on which decisions are made are thus focused and given a contrast which tends to be stronger and clearer than the original stimuli. The strengthening effect of Si on Fe may be responsible for this type's reputation for wearing their "hearts on their sleeves." At any rate, ESFJs reflect the "black and white" view of reality which is common to the SJ types.

Extraverted iNtuition

Intuition is tertiary--as the ESFJ matures, and as situations arise which call for suspension of criticism, Ne is allowed to play. Under the leadership of the Fe function, iNtuition allows for a loosening of the more rigid Si rights and wrongs; teasing and slapstick humor emerge. ESFJs are also capable of discerning patterns and philosophies, but such perceiving is subject to the weakness of the tertiary position, and the results often lack the variety and complexity of connections that more complex systems require.

Introverted Thinking

The inferior Ti function may rarely be expressed. In fact, ESFJs may take affront at the aloof, detached nature of dominant Ti types, or conversely, be drawn to them. Some ESFJs construct rationale which have the appearance of (Jungian) Thinking logic, but under scrutiny are in fact command performances of "Thinking in the service of Feeling," (i.e., Thinking-like conclusions which do not obey the tenets of impersonal logic; they rather construct scenarios from only those "hard, cold facts" which support the conclusion reached by the dominant Extraverted Feeling function. To wit:

You don't sew with a fork, so I see no reason to eat
with knitting needles.
-- Miss Piggy, on eating Chinese Food

(by Joe Butt - published under license)

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Strategist

INTJ-A / INTJ-T

Imaginative, strategic thinkers with a plan for all occasions.

Scientist

INTP-A / INTP-T

Creative inventors, with a strong belief in the power of knowledge.

Commander

ENTJ-A / ENTJ-T

Brave, resourceful and strong-willed leaders who always find a way - or make a way.

Debater

ENTP-A / ENTP-T

Smart and curious thinkers who never turn down an intellectual challenge.

Diplomats

Activist

INFJ-A / INFJ-T

Quiet and mystical, but inspiring and relentless idealists.

Broker

INFP-A / INFP-T

Poetic, kind and altruistic personalities, always ready to stand up for a good cause.

Trainer

ENFJ-A / ENFJ-T

Charismatic and inspiring leaders who captivate their listeners.

Wrestler

ENFP-A / ENFP-T

Enthusiasts, creative and sociable free minds who always find a reason to smile.

Guardians

Administrator

ISTJ-A / ISTJ-T

Practical and factual people whose reliability is unshakable.

Protector

ISFJ-A / ISFJ-T

Very responsible and kind protectors, always ready to protect their loved ones.

Manager

ESTJ-A / ESTJ-T

Excellent administrators, unsurpassed specialists in process and people management.

Consul

ESFJ-A / ESFJ-T

Extremely caring, sociable and popular people, always ready to help.

Seekers

Virtuoso

ISTP-A / ISTP-T

Brave and practical experimenters, masters of all kinds of techniques and tools.

Artist

ISFP-A / ISFP-T

Flexible and charming artists, always ready to explore and experience something new.

Dealer

ESTP-A / ESTP-T

Smart, energetic and very receptive people who truly enjoy risk.

Entertainer

ESFP-A / ESFP-T

Spontaneous, energetic and tireless merry fellows - where they are, it's never boring.

Scientists identified 4 personality types based on new data

Researchers at Northwestern University analyzed the data of more than 1.5 million respondents and found that there are at least four personality types. Conventionally, they are named: normal, secretive, egocentric and role model, writes eurekalert.org with reference to Nature Human Behavior.

These findings challenge existing paradigms in psychology. They may be of interest to HR managers and service providers in areas of mental health.

“People have been trying to classify personality types since the Hippocrates, but previous scholarly literature has found this stupidity,” said co-author William Rivell, professor of psychology at the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences.

“Now this data shows that there are larger defining personality types,” Revell said. Initially, he was skeptical of the study's hypotheses. concept personality types remains controversial in psychology, and it is difficult to find scientific evidence.

“Personality types existed only in the literature of independent assistance and had no place in scientific journals, said Louis Amaral from the School of Engineering at Northwestern University. - We are thinking, that the situation may change due to the latest study.”

New research has combined alternative computing approach with data from questionnaires completed by 1.5 million respondents from all over the world on websites on the Internet. Questionnaires included from 44 to 300 questions. People answer these online questionnaires voluntarily and then can get feedback about their own personality. The data is then made available to researchers for independent analyses.

“It's really great that a study with such a large data set is impossible before the Internet, said Louis Amaral. - In the past, researchers could recruit students from campuses, but in this way you can collect just several hundred people. Now there are online resources allowing the transfer of data.

The team of researchers relied in their type classifications personality into five main traits: neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience (intelligence), benevolence and conscientiousness (consciousness).

As a result, four types were identified:

Normal (medium)

These are people with high levels of neuroticism and extraversion and low openness to experience. "I would expect the typical person to be in this cluster,” said Martin Gerlach, postdoctoral fellow at Amaral Laboratories and first author of the paper. Women more often than men fall into the middle type.

Restrained

These are people who are emotionally stable, with low openness and anxiety. They cannot be classified as extroverts. They are pleasant and conscientious.

role model

People of this type have a low level of neuroticism and a high level of all other traits. The probability that someone is role model, increases sharply with age. "These are the people who are reliable and open to new ideas,” Amaral said. - They responsible. In fact, life becomes easier if you interact more with role models." Women more often men are of this type.

egocentric

Self-centered people have high extraversion, and intelligence, benevolence and conscientiousness are below average. “These are people with whom you do not want to communicate,” he described Revell. Egocentric people become sharply less with increasing age, both among men and women.

The group's first attempt to sort data using traditional clustering algorithms gave inaccurate results. “First, 16 personality types were established, and I studied enough literature to say it's funny, said Revell. “I thought there were no types at all. ”

Then Amaral and Gerlach specified the data.

“Machine learning and data analysis are promising fields, but in they have something of religion,” said Amaral. - you don't care you need to check your results. We have developed a new method which will help people solve the problem of clustering to check conclusions."

The algorithm first searched for many clusters using traditional clustering methods, but then superimposed additional restrictions. As a result, four groups.

The data has been confirmed. To be sure that new groups types are accurate, the researchers used a deliberately selfish group - boys in adolescence - for verification information.

"We know that teenage boys are selfish," said Amaral. – And if the data is correct, then their percentage should prevail in a group of egocentric people."

Indeed, young men are represented in the group egocentric people very significantly, unlike, for example, from girls and women over 15 years of age.

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