Tuesday, December 6, 2016

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®)

I have just taken an MBTI-like test, because I finally curious about my personality. The information about MBTI can be found on their website. And since it is not free, I took the free test from other website.

This was the result of my first attempt:


Indeed, I found some of the questions were hard due to their advanced English, even a help from google translate was not enough.

And of course I was not satisfied, so I tried many times with a better understanding (a long moment to contemplate the meaning of the sentences). This is my other result from my second attempt:


INTP-T and INFP-T, even after several further attempts, the results were always between INTP-T and INFP-T, but INTP-T was more frequent.

Let's take closer to the definition of each preference based on www.myersbriggs.org.
Favorite world: Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own inner world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I). 
Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take in or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).

Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).  
Structure: In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things decided or do you prefer to stay open to new information and options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).

  

Favourite world: Introversion (73 - 75%)

Where do you put your attention and get your energy? Do you like to spend time in the outer world of people and things (Extraversion), or in your inner world of ideas and images (Introversion)?
I do feel that I am introvert. But do I?
Yes, I like to be at home all day because I feel uncomfortable whenever I am in the middle of a crowd. I don't like the reunion of my big family during the "buka bersama", Syawal, or "pengajian". Of course I will still join the event to prove that I am still a part of the family, but if I have to be there alone without my mother or sisters/brother, I better stay at home. My sisters/brother are indeed my only friends, my mother is always be there when I need her, and my father is always happily being around the people or......
sleeping -____-

But, honestly, I always look forward to joining any school reunions. However, I will choose not to join when I don't have my close friends joined the event as well. And, yes, I have missed many school reunions.

And I do hate if I face the fact that I have to get involved to a new community. Not because I don't want to, but I just don't know what should I do.

Deep down inside my heart, I wish that I can be an extrovert.

I love people, but it's tiring. *cry*


Anyway, I am still proud to be an introvert. But of course, there will be a time when I get bored whenever I am alone and want to go outside to meet new people.

  

Information: Intuition (61 - 62%)

Do you pay more attention to information that comes in through your five senses (Sensing), or do you pay more attention to the patterns and possibilities that you see in the information you receive (Intuition)?
I really don't understand how myself pay attention to information. I even have to look for the definition of these preferences in Bahasa Indonesia, as the information I got from www.myersbriggs.org are hard to comprehend. And, still, I don't understand T___T

But from the explanation provided by 16personalities, I can have a better understanding: indeed, I am an intuitive.

I like to see things from the bigger pictures, then break them out into small thoughts or steps. I am willing to take a step, or make a decision, if I can see what is the purpose, the possibility, and the consequences of the action. However, my big pictures are relative. I mean, I am stuck in a small thought too deep sometimes and unable to see the bigger pictures.



http://www.mrdynamics.com/isnt-the-moon-big-tonight/

And I can relate to this picture:


I will still see the instruction tho', but there will be a plenty of times when I trust my guts, and failed :(

  

Decisions: Thinking (49 - 55%) and Feeling (45 - 51%)

Do you like to put more weight on objective principles and impersonal facts (Thinking) or do you put more weight on personal concerns and the people involved (Feeling)?
 Thinking:
  • I enjoy technical and scientific fields where logic is important - yes
  • I notice inconsistencies - with some efforts, yes.
  • I look for logical explanations or solutions to most everything - yes.
  • I make decisions with my head and want to be fair - not really.
  • I believe telling the truth is more important than being tactful - I wish I can be tactful
  • Sometimes I miss or don't value the "people" part of a situation - sometimes. 
  • I can be seen as too task-oriented, uncaring, or indifferent - sometimes.
Feeling:
  • I have a people or communications orientation - not really.
  • I am concerned with harmony and nervous when it is missing - yes.
  • I look for what is important to others and express concern for others - yes, I try to, but..
  • I make decisions with my heart and want to be compassionate - not really.
  • I believe being tactful is more important than telling the "cold" truth - yes.
  • Sometimes I miss seeing or communicating the "hard truth" of situations - ???
  • I am sometimes experienced by others as too idealistic, mushy, or indirect - yes.
When I am making decisions, I used to think about the pros and cons, I also think about how my decision will affect others. It's really complicated tho'. I think I tend to use both my head and my heart, but if I have to choose between Thinking and Feeling, I think I would more fit to Thinking. But I'm sure, every decision can be made by different approach.

  

Structure: Perceiving (65 - 68%)

Do you prefer a more structured and decided lifestyle (Judging) or a more flexible and adaptable lifestyle (Perceiving)? This preference may also be thought of as your orientation to the outer world.

Judging:
  • I like to have things decided - yes.
  • I appear to be task oriented - no.
  • I like to make lists of things to do - yes, but I will not stick to it.
  • I like to get my work done before playing - yes.
  • I plan work to avoid rushing just before a deadline - mmmm, I do really try for this.
  • Sometimes I focus so much on the goal that I miss new information - no.
Perceiving:
  • I like to stay open to respond to whatever happens - yes.
  • I appear to be loose and casual. I like to keep plans to a minimum - no.
  • I like to approach work as play or mix work and play - no.
  • I work in bursts of energy - yes.
  • I am stimulated by an approaching deadline - yes.
  • Sometimes I stay open to new information so long I miss making decisions when they are needed - yes.
I love things to be structured (yet I am an disorganised woman) but I am really open to other possibilities. I love when everything has been decided, but when I think it need to be modified, I will modify it.


The last preference, I think, it doesn't belong to Myers-Briggs, as I found it on 16personalities.com

  

Identity: Turbulent (82%)

One description from 16personalities.com that tells everything almost about me:
Individuals with Turbulent (-T) identity are self-conscious and sensitive to stress. They experience a wide range of emotions and tend to be success-driven, perfectionistic and eager to improve. They are also more willing to change jobs if they feel stuck in their current one and to spend time thinking about the direction in which their life is going. 

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I tried some online tests provided by other websites too. Here are the results:
INTJ
I don't think it's accurate, because I am sure that I am more Perceiving than Judging




INFP




INFP




INFP



INTP





INTP


 INFP and INTP
"you may be a feeler and a thinker"


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Still INFP and INTP, with one test resulting in INTJ. I should repeat all the tests and do more other online tests provided by the internet. But, hey, it's tiring! Reading the almost same questions without knowing the meaning of some questions. My mind even mixed up. I tried so hard to reset my mind, but I failed, the result of the previous tests somehow interfered my mind. Even the new knowledge about each trait can influence my answer: oh, this answer is for I, for N, for S, etc. Since I have both F and T, but I like to be more T - just because, I would likely to choose the answer that I know will lead to the T trait. Meh.. Hahaha..

At http://www.celebritytypes.com/personality-tests.php there is an INFP or INTP test. This was my result:



To be honest, the questions were soooo difficult to understand. Pardon my iBT score.

But, yes, whatever..

Indeed, free online test is somewhat inaccurate and only can be used as a hypothesis. We should take the real test of course haha to get a real result.

So, I like the INTP result, but I will not brag too much about it as I believe that the result can be affected my many factors, both internal, like the stress level or emotions and existing knowledge, and external factors, such as the type of the questions, the English used in the test, and the scoring system.

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This is the last result that I took on 16personalities.com after I wrote the blog content above. I took the test with a better understanding as I gained more information during the writing of this post.



INTP-T
Disclaimer: I do not endorse 16personalities.com as a best instrument.
But it has an eye-catching website :)
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