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Sue A. Rosenberger Your
Temperament is: Guardian (SJ)
Your Character Type is: Inspector (ISTJ)
The graph below represents your score
for each letter preference, on a scale of 0 to 10. A "10" means that you
answered all questions in favor of a particular preference, while a "0"
means that you answered no questions in favor of that preference.
Your Temperament Sorter II Results
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9 |
Introversion (I) |
| (S) Sensation |
10 |
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0 |
Intuition (N) |
| (F) Feeling |
2 |
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8 |
Thinking (T) |
| (J) Judgment |
9 |
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Perception (P) |
Your Temperament Report Contains:
Portrait of the Inspector (ISTJ)
The one word that best describes Inspectors is superdependable. Whether
at home or at work, Inspectors are extraordinarily persevering and dutiful,
particularly when it comes to keeping an eye on the people and products
they are responsible for. In their quiet way, Inspectors see to it that
rules are followed, laws are respected, and standards are upheld.
Inspectors (as much as ten percent of the general population) are the
true guardians of institutions. They are patient with their work and with
the procedures within an institution, although not always with the unauthorized
behavior of some people in that institution. Responsible to the core, Inspectors
like it when people know their duties, follow the guidelines, and operate
within the rules. For their part, Inspectors will see to it that goods
are examined and schedules are kept, that resources will be up to standards
and delivered when and where they are supposed to be. And they would prefer
that everyone be this dependable.
Inspectors can be hard-nosed about the need for following the rules in
the workplace, and do not hesitate to report irregularities to the proper
authorities. Because of this they are often misjudged as being hard-hearted,
or as having ice in their veins, for people fail to see their good intentions
and their vulnerability to criticism. Also, because Inspectors usually
make their inspections without much flourish or fanfare, the dedication
they bring to their work can go unnoticed and unappreciated.
While not as talkative as Supervisor Guardians [ESTJs], Inspectors are
still highly sociable, and are likely to be involved in community service
organizations, such as Sunday School, Little League, or Boy and Girl Scouting,
that transmit traditional values to the young. Like all Guardians, Inspectors
hold dear their family social ceremonies-weddings, birthdays, and anniversaries-although
they tend to be shy if the occasion becomes too large or too public.
Generally speaking, Inspectors are not comfortable with anything that
gets too fancy. Their words tend to be plain and down-to-earth, not showy
or high-flown; their clothes are often simple and conservative rather than
of the latest fashion; and their home and work environments are usually
neat, orderly, and traditional, rather than trendy or ostentatious. As
for personal property, they usually choose standard items over models loaded
with features, and they often try to find classics and antiques-Inspectors
prefer the old-fashioned to the newfangled every time.
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Career and Job Interests The Guardians (SJs)
Guardians seemed to be as satisfied overall as Idealists and
Rationals in their jobs (about 75%). Challenging work and altruistic service
created satisfaction for the SJs, while being allowed to bring thier pets
to work and company-sponsored beer on Fridays held little sway where increased
job satisfaction was concerned. Remember, the Guardians enjoy being of
service, so feeling challenged is providing service to the employer, and
an employer that provides altruistic services serves the community at large.
Temperament
Preferences
- Idealists want (in order) balance, teamwork, individual creativity,
challenging work, and a stable environment.
- Rationals want challenging work, individual creativity, achievement,
empowers employees, and balance.
- Artisans want balance, individual creativity, challenging work, teamwork,
and empowers employees.
- Guardians want a stable environment, balance, teamwork, achievement,
and challenging work.
For a more detailed list of occupations based on your individual
personality, please refer to our in-depth Career Report, which lists job
titles, descriptions, and resources for your type! Click
here to preview.
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Dating
and Mating -- Guardian Pairings Loyal, conscientious, hard-working,
Guardians can mate happily with all the temperaments, especially if their
partners place a high value on home and family. But there are pitfalls.
Guardian-Idealist: Guardians share with
Idealist mates a wish to do what's right and to help other people, and
they can also enjoy the Idealists' enthusiasm, their tendency to get carried
away with an idea, so different from their own cautious, serious attitude
in life. But there are likely trouble spots. Guardians can be quite irritated
by the Idealists' intense search for self-realization, regarding such soul-searching
as being self-indulgent and affected, a mere putting on of airs. And Guardians
can be badly frustrated when asked by Idealists to increase the depth and
the meaning of their relationship, with no clue about how to proceed, and
with their renewed efforts to stabilize and solidify the marriage only
taken as proof of their inadequacy.
Guardian-Rational: Guardians are comfortable
with the Rationals' skeptical attitude and devotion to their work, which
can seem very much like their own pessimism and sense of duty. And they
often admire the Rationals' ingenuity, which is so far removed from their
own reliance on standard operating procedure. However, Guardians can feel
blocked out of a Rational's intellectual life, and feel the scorn that
many Rationals hold for routines and traditions. Further, of all the temperaments
Rationals are perhaps the least inclined to appreciate the Guardians' interest
in everyday household matters, and all too often neglect to thank their
Guardian mates for their care and keeping.
Guardian-Guardian: Two Guardians can get
on famously. In the first place, they are not particularly troubled by
familiarity or predictability in a relationship-being two peas in a pod
sounds rather comfortable to them. And then two Guardians share such an
interest in social and domestic stability: a devotion to home and family,
an industrious work ethic, conservative attitudes toward parenting, recreation,
spending and saving, civic responsibility, and so on, not to mention an
appreciation for each other's careful scheduling and respect for authority.
But this marriage also presents its problems. Two Guardians can step all
over each other trying to run the house and do for each other, both insisting
that their routine is the right one. And worse, in Guardian-Guardian marriages
the critical attitude of one mate is met with the same critical attitude
in the other. Imagine two umpires, each steadfastly trying to call the
other's balls and strikes.
Guardian-Artisan: Once again, Guardians seem
to mate most successfully with Artisans. While this "ant-and-grasshopper"
relationship might appear incompatible on the face it, these marriages
complement each other quite well, with the carefree, playful Artisan spreading
the seed one way or another, and the concerned, hard-working Guardian carefully
managing the harvest. For Guardians, the impetuous Artisan is both a child
to take care of and, at times, a wonderful diversion from their own nose-to-the-grindstone
existence. For Artisans, the cautious, ever-responsible Guardian is both
a fixed center for their footloose way of life and a parental figure they
can enjoy surprising and loosening up with their impulsive sense of fun.
Points of conflict are there, to be sure-between action and caution, between
rebelliousness and respect for duty, between spending and saving-but as
long as these differences are taken in stride, with tolerance and good
will on both sides, Guardian-Artisan marriages do quite well over time.
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What
the Letters Mean The letter names of the sixteen types
("INFJ," for example) are based on four pairs of letters-E-I, S-N, T-F,
and J-P-that represent the four Jung-Myers dimensions of personality. Each
pair of letters forms a spectrum, and thus no single letter should be taken
as naming a type of person (there are no "Extraverts" or "Thinkers," etc.,
as such). A personality is a complex unity of traits, and these letters
merely suggest stronger or weaker tendencies in a person's overall makeup.
The pairs of letters stand for the following concepts:
E = Extraversion
I = Introversion
S = Sensation
N = Intuition
T = Thinking
F = Feeling
J = Judgment
P = Perception
Your Temperament Sorter II Results
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| (E) Extraversion |
1 |
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9 |
Introversion (I) |
| (S) Sensation |
10 |
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Intuition (N) |
| (F) Feeling |
2 |
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8 |
Thinking (T) |
| (J) Judgment |
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Perception (P) |
Extraversion
(E) vs. Introversion (I)
(Your
E-I Graph)
The terms "Extraversion" and "Introversion" describe two widely
different social styles. People who score high in Extraversion on the Temperament
Sorter II tend to be gregarious and expressive; those scoring high on Introversion
tend to be private and reserved.
People strong in Extraversion seem more comfortable socializing with
groups than being alone. They report that they are energized-charged up,
fired up-by contact with other people. They usually have a large circle
of friends, and are happy to approach others, even strangers, and talk
to them, finding this an easy and pleasant thing to do, something that
makes them feel alive. Quiet and seclusion actually exhaust such persons,
and they report feelings of loneliness (or power drain) when not in contact
with others.
On the other hand, people prone to Introversion seem more comfortable
alone than in a crowd. They draw energy from private, solitary activities,
reading, listening to music, working by themselves on their latest project
or favorite hobby. They tend to have a few, long-time friends, and can
remain in contact with larger groups only so long before their energies
are depleted. If required by their job, family, or social responsibilities
to be outgoing or on stage-to make a great social effort-they are soon
exhausted and need "down time" in quiet places to rest and recharge their
batteries.
Remember, however, that no one is simply an "Extravert" or an "Introvert."
These terms are end points on the E-I scale, with most everyone falling
somewhere in between, having in their makeup a mixture of these two social
styles. Also, different tasks or roles at work or in the family can bring
out more Extraversion or Introversion in a person. This dimension of personality,
more than the other three, is fluid and situational.
A graph of the scores of other test takers at the
AdvisorTeam.com web site is shown below, with your score shown by the red
arrow.
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Sensory
(S) vs. Intuitive (N)
(Your
S-N Graph)
The S-N scale on the Temperament Sorter II differentiates
between two distinct worlds of human interest or focus. People with a high
Sensory score pay more attention to what is going on outside themselves
in the world of concrete things; people with a high Intuitive score pay
more attention to what is going on inside themselves in the abstract world
of ideas.
Sensory people (the vast majority, maybe 85%) seem more at
home in the physical, material world, where they spend their time looking
after the business of everyday living-food and clothing, transportation
and shelter, job and family, recreation and social life. With their eye
on reality, they tend to see all the particulars of what is right in front
of them, focusing on what is happening in the here and now, or what has
happened in the past, rather than speculating about what might be or what
would happen if. These are practical, down-to-earth people who want facts,
trust facts, and remember facts, and who deal with situations as they are.
They believe in common sense and that experience is the best teacher.
In contrast, people strongly Intuitive seem more at home in
the abstract, conceptual world of ideas-inferences, theories, daydreams,
musings, speculations, symbols-all those things that can only be seen with
the mind's eye. Focused as they so often are in their internal world, these
persons can miss a great deal of what's going on right around them; for
them, reality is not solid and present, but is more a mental image, or
a stage of development toward some future ideal. The possible is always
in front of these people: whatever "is" can be better, and they are fascinated
by hypotheses and potentials. Because they listen so intently to their
inner voice, even from an early age, they often seem to have "their head
in the clouds," absorbed in their vivid and complex imaginations. The S-N
scale measures the most fundamental of the four dimensions of personality-it's
the first cut, so to speak, in evaluating type. But this does not mean
that it's an "either-or" proposition. Intuitive persons certainly turn
outward at times and pay attention to the world at large; it's just that
they are far more inclined to become preoccupied with their ideas. And
of course Sensory persons do sometimes look inward to ponder and to dream,
but for the most part their flights of imagination lag well behind their
real-world observations. Neither type can be in both worlds at once, and
each will usually show a clear preference for one over the other.
A graph of the scores of other test takers at the
AdvisorTeam.com web site is shown below, with your score shown by
the red arrow.
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Thinking
(T) vs. Feeling (F)
(Your
T-F Graph)
The T-F scale assesses how people govern themselves and make decisions.
We all have both thoughts and feelings, of course, but those who score
high on Thinking tend to use their head, while those scoring high on Feeling
tend to follow their heart.
People given to Thinking are more comfortable with an impersonal, objective
basis for action. They can be critical and exacting, both with themselves
and others, and they are convinced only by hard data and sound reasons.
They tend to be frank and straightforward, willing to speak their minds
and stick to their guns even if it causes conflict with others. And they
are tough-minded in their decisions, preferring to keep their emotions
and desires as much as possible out of the process. They have powerful
feelings, certainly, but a strong show of emotion usually embarrasses them.
And so, rather than appear to be losing self-control, they keep their feelings
in check, even at the risk of seeming hard-nosed or cold.
People prone to Feeling, in contrast, are more comfortable with a personal,
emotional basis for what they do. When considering their course, they consult
their feelings first and always show concern for others. These people are
sympathetic and sentimental, and can be swayed by powerful desire or a
touching appeal. And they are softhearted when making decisions, basing
their choices on gentle, kindly considerations, hoping never to hurt anyone's
feelings. They may not have more or deeper emotions than those on the Thinking
end of the scale, but they let their feelings show more easily, and this
makes them seem warmer and friendlier, and so usually gives them an easier
time getting along with others.
A graph of the scores of other test takers at the
AdvisorTeam.com web site is shown below, with your score shown by
the red arrow.
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Judgment
(J) vs. Perception (P)
(Your
J-P Graph)
The J-P scale measures how people process information and arrange their
lives. Those who score high on Judgment tend to make up their mind quickly
and commit to schedules, while those scoring high on Perception prefer
to keep their options open and their timetables flexible.
People strong in Judgment waste no time forming opinions or drawing conclusions.
They report they feel a sense of urgency until a decision is made, and
can rest only after everything is settled, with all loose ends tied up.
Closure or finality is important to them, as is orderly procedure. They
are quick to make schedules, agendas, timetables, and so on, for themselves
and others to follow. They tend to establish deadlines and to take them
seriously, expecting others to do the same. They are comfortable with routines,
and are willing to do all sorts of maintenance and cleaning up after a
task, just because these are necessary to see the job through to its conclusion.
Neatness also counts. These people are unhappy when their personal space-workplace,
house, car-is a mess, and straightening things up is often near the top
of their list.
For their part, people given to Perception tend to keep their eyes open,
gathering information and looking for opportunities and alternatives that
might be available to them. They feel no hurry to nail things down, or
settle on a finished product, but prefer to explore the possibilities and
just see what happens. These people are often playful and spontaneous in
action. Schedules make them feel hurried and over-controlled, and they
tend to look upon deadlines as mere reminders to get on with the job. Also,
they prefer their work to be enjoyable and to the purpose. If their task
is mere routine maintenance or clean up, they may balk at doing it, or
leave it to someone else. Easy-going, even somewhat impulsive, these people
are usually quite tolerant of mess. Their personal spaces are often cluttered
with an assortment of things they have picked up, used, then dropped and
forgotten about.
A graph of the scores of other test takers at the
AdvisorTeam.com web site is shown below, with your score shown by
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