Personalities

I am not much one for psychology, but I suppose it does have its uses now and then. That being said, on a whim I took a Jung Typology test on the Internet the other day. Turns out I am a ...

INTJ

Introverted Intuitive Thinking Judging

Strength of the preferences %

78 38 75 33

According to the test I am:

• very expressed introvert
• moderately expressed intuitive personality
• distinctively expressed thinking personality
• moderately expressed judging personality

I vaguely understand what this means, but what I find more interesting are other people rated as INTJ. It seems I am in the company of such individuals as:

• Dan Aykroyd
• William F. Buckley, Jr.
• Chevy Chase
• Peter Jennings
• Arnold Schwarzenegger
• General Colin Powell
• John F. Kennedy

As for INTJ fictional characters, there are:

• Cassius (Julius Caesar)
• Gandalf the Grey (J. R. R. Tolkein's Middle Earth books)
• Hannibal Lecter (Silence of the Lambs)
• Professor Moriarty, Sherlock Holmes' nemesis

Quite an interesting group of people.

If you want to read more about us INTJ's, have a look here.

INTJ type description by D.Keirsey

INTJ type description by J. Butt and M.M. Heiss

If you want to take the test for yourself, just visit this site.

"Personality has the power to open many doors, but character must keep them open."
~ Unattributed

"We have lost the art of living, and in the most important science of all, the science of daily life, the science of behavior, we are complete ignoramuses. We have psychology instead."
~ D.H. Lawrence

"I honor my personality flaws, for without them I would have no personality at all."
~ Unattributed