Meyer's Briggs Personality Test Reflection

Reflection Questions

1. What were your 2 main personality types and what do they reveal about you? What did the test reveal about yourself?
     My main two personality types ISFJ and ISTJ.  My primary personality, ISFJ, means that I am interested in knowledge and experience, especially in regards to family and friends.I am a quiet and serious observer of people, listening intently and getting to know a lot about them. I pay attention to other people's emotions and feelings, and am generally aware of the state of relationships between them and I take my responsibilities to them very seriously. My secondary personality is ISTJ. This means that I am interested in clarity and knowledge, kind of similar to my primary personality. I like to observe and listen, and have a particular interest in facts which help me to develop as clear a knowledge as possible. I like to know where I stand, meaning that I have clear goals that I work towards, and to know that what I are expected to do is achievable. I value my experience, and it plays a large role in my decision making.

2. Were there any surprises?  Or do you agree or disagree with the initial snapshot ?  Explain with examples from your life experience to support.
     To be honest, I wasn't overly surprised by my results. I agree with the result that they gave, I find it almost scary how accurate that it can be. From the start, I knew that I was an introvert. Both in class and outside of school, I tend to be more quiet, preferring to just listen rather than lead the conversation. I like thinking and reflecting in my head and on my own. One thing that stood out to me about my results is that I pay attention to the feelings and emotions of others. I had never really thought about myself like that, but I think that I always try my best to be aware about others because I believe that it is one of the most vital things that helps me to collaborate and work with others.

3. How might the MMDI Personality test be helpful to you in our course? in life?
     During this course, there will be times in the future where we will be collaborating and working with others. Knowing both our own personality types and the personality types of the others in our class can help us to understand each other's personalities, as well as help us find people who we may work well with. This sort of self awareness can help me when I'm dealing with people in the future because I have an idea of who I work best.

4. Look at the picture of the class results.  Make comments or observations – what surprises you? what do you think our collective results reveal about us as a group and how might the results help or hinder us in future projects this term?
     The results show how diverse we are as a class! I will admit that I was a little bit surprised the amount of introverts that there are in the class. There are certain people that I didn't see their primary results in the way that they act, but I noticed their secondary results resembled the way that they act much more. It helped make me aware of how people may change how they act when they are in different settings, such as school. These results will help us because we will be more aware of who we work best with and who we may clash with. However, knowing our results can also help us to work with people who don't work the same way as us. This is because the awareness of ourselves and the awareness of how the other person works can help us to find ways to work together that we might have not previously thought of if we didn't have an idea of the other person's personality.