Being Amiable, INFJ, and an Idealist Counselor

Personality types have always been an interest for me, despite not thoroughly researching into them aside from school projects. I personally find it fascinating seeing why people act the way they do, how they think and react as well as behave in the worst of situations.

The three personality type theories I got to have further insight into were the Human Resources Quadrant Theory, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter. All were fairly different from each other, both in quiz form and written in the documents given, yet my result often came up similar between all of them. After taking these tests, I could see the links being made towards how I live my life, make decisions, and how I learn. I feel that knowing my personality type will accurately help me in this course as well as my future career.

Starting off with my personality types, I am considered “Amiable” in the Human Resources Quadrants Theories, an INFJ personality type in the Myers-Briggs test, and an Idealist (Counselor) in the Keirsey Temperament Sorter. Being Amiable in the Human Resources Quadrant means that I need a lot of time to make my decisions and my decisions are mainly based on my emotions rather than logic. In this quadrant, people are supportive and cooperative, responding best to a trustworthy and personal touch. I’ve always known I was an emotional and sensitive person, yet the Myers-Briggs test went deeper into my personality traits. The ‘I’ stood for introvert, which meant that I was energized by time spent to myself. Introverts are usually cautious, hesitant and quieter than extroverts. The ‘N’ represented intuition, meaning that I was apart of around 35% of the American population. People who are more intuitive look more towards the future and prefer jobs with creativity. ‘F’ stood for feeling. About 65% of women are more feeling rather than thinking; feeling was determined by traits such as warm, gentle, friendly, diplomatic and emotional. Feelers are often involved in helping jobs. The ‘J’ represented judgers, which is found in people that are more serious, conventional and driven. These are people who like rules, system, and structure as well as jobs that offer control. My Keirsey Temperament was determined to be an Idealist. Idealists are imaginative and relational, taking up about 15% of the population. They are distinguished by their sensitive, kindhearted nature paired with their intuition. Quite honestly, these results were a fairly accurate representation of my own personality.

It was easy for me to see the lines being drawn between my personality types and the way I live my life. Firstly, I do tend to make decisions fairly slowly. I want to be sure of myself before making any sort of rash decision. This fits in with my personality being Amiable. I also am aware that I have strong emotions and I do get rather sensitive. I form strong relationships and friendships with people that I value and cherish as if they were my family. Being the introvert that I am, I need to be cautious of how much time I spend with others before getting far too exhausted for the next day. It has happened before where I tire myself out completely after spending extended periods of time with friends. The Keirsey test also gave me potential careers that I could go into as a counsellor idealist. They recommended that I go into a career where I help people in an environment that requires solitude and close attention. It was suggested to be a place where I could express my creativity and my visionary thoughts. Another point I felt suited me was the fact I liked structure and schedules. I prefer having set deadlines where I can plan my actions ahead of time, like my Human Resources Quadrant states. In short, my personality truly does line up with what each test said about the type of person I am.

In regards to my personality types impacting my learning, I feel that I now know how to stay motivated when trying to accomplish my goals. Keirsey states that I have an attitude to push myself to be a better person, to constantly focus on improving myself and developing my skills as a person. I would be lying if I were to say they were wrong. I like setting goals for myself and giving myself the attention I need when I’m alone to reflect on what I did today and what I could have done better, whether in the classes at school or life in general. I also respond well to friendly cooperation and a more interpersonal approach to work, which would explain why I prefer studying in groups rather than by my lonesome.

Other people should most definitely be aware of others’ personality types. Being aware of how other people learn would really help in the way the information sticks in their heads. Sometimes the equations of how their brains process information are different than our own, so we can’t assume that one teaching method would work on everyone. What if I decided that the best way to teach someone would be to joke around and make stories into lessons? One kid might find it interesting and memorable while another might get confused, only needing facts and information that is needed for a test. Knowing each other’s personality types would help find the right approach to talk to people, to understand just a fraction of the equation in their brains. I’m not saying that this works for everyone or that everyone’s personality types can be put into neat little quadrants, but I feel like we can all relate very strongly to at least one of them.

Knowing personality types would simply be a huge benefit to other students’ learning.

With my second blog post done and done, I’ll end it with another wholesome meme and motivational quote. Also linked below is a screenshot of my personality type and a mini collage of what I believe my personality type encaptures in me (see full version in gallery).