Question

The early adult has a fully-formed personality. Typology, or the study of human personality differences, has a long history both in the East in places like India, and in the West in ancient Greece. It is at once fascinating because it purports to tell us something important about ourselves, and yet its history is riddled with fads and flaws.

Carl Jung's typology can certainly be reduced to a parlor game, but if it is understood in the way Jung understood it, it is a powerful tool for exploring not only our relationships with other people but our own psyches and how they develop. We could even say that Jung's typology, when seen in all its depth, is identical to Jung's psychology as a whole. It can provide us with a very personal way to live out what he called the process of individuation.

Because part of successful adulthood is self-understanding you will be exploring your own typology in this unit. Go to the following website and take this 72-question test. It is simple yes/no responses so it will not take that long,  Below is the website address. Go to that site and read the explanation - at the bottom of that page there will be a link that says, "Go to the Jung Typology Test." This is where you actually start the test when you click on the button at the bottom that says, "Do It."

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jungtype.htm

After you take the test, you will get your results immediately and be placed in the Jung-Meyers-Briggs categories of.

Extroversion - Introversion
Sensing - Intuition
Thinking - Feeling
Judging - Perceiving

The results are helpful in identifying your general life style and your style in certain fields of activity (business, love, education, communications, conflicts).

After you get your results, participate in Discussion #6 with comments on any or all of the following:

1. Were your results consistent with how you have assessed yourself in the past?

2. What were the major new things you learned about your personality type?

3. Do you think this test provided an accurate evaluation of your psychological type?

4. What implications does your results have in the major areas of early adult development e.g. school, career, marriage, family. You may also comment on implications in accomplishing Erikson's intimacy versus isolation task.

5. What is your general opinion of tests such as these?

Answer 1

Thanks a lot for providing me the opportunity to appear for the test

Ans1: I used to Think myself that I am able to perceive thingsl. I knew my inclination towards introverts, feelings etc. Now I would try to socialize more so that it would help in perceiving things

Ans 2 ) That I perceive less, and more judgemental. I knew I had problems while being judgemental.. may be the reason was that I was not perceving through things

Ans3) Yes, much accurate

Ans 4) In my marraige now I would be more alert inperceiving things than being judgemental. An would give importance to thinking i.e being reasonable rather than being full of feelings

Ans 5) I find these tests are very helpful, which help us in getting back on track, having more self insight. And speaking about Carl Jung, he was one of the psychologist. His test is profound and based on thorogh research.