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The Philosophies underpinning the PeopleMaps Personality test
From earliest times attempts have been made
to classify individuals according to personality types. The psychology
underpinning PeopleMaps personality testing, comes from the work of Carl Jung
who identified that people divided into two categories which he described as
'extravert' and 'introvert'.
By using these two broad personality
profiles and adding what he called the rational functions of 'thinking' and
'feeling' plus the irrational functions of 'sensing' and 'intuition', he came
up with eight basic personality types. Four of these fell into the extraverted
category and four the introverted.
These basic eight personality
profiles plus a further four 'cross types', made up of a more complex mix of
the eight that are used to create the PeopleMaps personality test. Below is a
simplified explanation of a very small part of Jung's much more complex work,
aimed at helping individuals who are not psychologists gain a real
understanding of 'self' and personality profiles in others.
Carl
Jung
In 1921 Carl Jung the Swiss psychologist wrote his book
'Psychological Types'. While recognising that psychology was the youngest
science and that other definitions of types might exist, he felt the need to
identify type from a psychological perspective. He used his definition of
personality types as a compass and claimed that he would not for anything be
without this compass.
Attitudes
Jung claimed that people
used two very different 'attitudes' when dealing with the world, 'extraversion'
and 'introversion', which he defined as; "a readiness of the psyche to act or
react in a certain way. The extravert is controlled by his relation to the
thing without, the introvert by his relation to the thing within."
Extraverts
"Extraversion is characterised by interest in
the external object, responsiveness and a ready acceptance of external
happenings, a desire to influence and be influenced by events, a need to join
in and get 'with it', the capacity to endure bustle and noise of every kind,
and actually find them enjoyable".
Introverts
"The
introvert is not forthcoming, (s)he is as though continually in retreat before
the object. (S)He holds aloof from external happenings, does not join in and
has a distinct dislike of society as soon as (s)he finds him/herself among too
many people. In a large gathering (s)he feels lonely and lost. His/her own
world is a safe harbour, a carefully tended and walled-in garden, closed to the
public and hidden from prying eyes."
The Four Functions
Jung also described four functions, which together with the attitudes, make up
psychological Types: thinking and feeling he called the rational functions,
sensing and intuition he called the irrational. People who prefer thinking have
a task focus and those with a preference for feeling have a people focus.
People who prefer sensing are more pragmatic and want to deal with the here and
now. They want certainty - can I see or touch it? People who have an intuitive
preference are more future oriented, more about possibilities.
Carl
Jung's work is used as the basis for the majority of corporate psyhcological
profiling. This is why the results of your PeopleMaps report will mirror the
findings of a report you may have to undertake for an employer.
Free online personality
test
A free online personality test - find the ideal job
In partnership with
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to select, win and enjoy the job that suits you and your personality
type.
Whether looking for a new job, promotion or career change, most of
us apply a trial and error approach to job hunting. We hear what we want to
hear at the interview and don't actually find out if the job is right for us
until we have taken up the position. By then it is often too late and within a
few months we are back in the job market or at least wishing we
were.
Everyone has an individual personality profile with different
characteristics from those of others. This is why some jobs are great for one
person but hated by the next. As individuals we are most effective when we
understand our preferences and the tasks that give us greatest satisfaction in
the world of work.
Combine this with a greater understanding of the
characteristics of other personality types, and the impact we can have on them,
and you will create better relationships and gain more satisfaction from life
generally.
Try it. You'll be amazed.
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