Personal Experience of an Enfp
Running head: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF AN ENFP 1
Personal Experience of an ENFP Kevin M. Ryan, BA Submitted for Psychology 6113: Theories of Personality (Section B) (12F) Yorkville University, New Brunswick, Canada
Running head: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF AN ENFP 2
Abstract
The study of personality was pioneered and developed by Carl Gustov Jung with his theory of personality types. The subsequent operationalization of Jung’s theory into the Myers-Briggs Typology Indicator resulted in an invaluable tool not only for personal growth and discovery, but also for giving direction in important life choices such as suitable career options. Personally, I’ve given examples of how general characteristics of the ENFP type correspond to major interests and occupations in my life, and I make some commentary on how the test has helped elucidate my strengths and weaknesses.
Running head: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF AN ENFP 3
Personal Experience of an ENFP The Myers-Briggs Typology Indicator (MBTI) is an operationalization of Carl Jung’s personality theory. In Jung’s typology there were three dichotomous pairs: Extroversion (E) vs. introversion (I), intuition (N) vs. sensing (S) (perceiving functions), and thinking (T) vs. feeling (judging functions) (F). With these three dichotomous functions, eight possible personality types were discernable. After the mother-daughter team of Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers devised a beginning structure for the future MBTI, they added a fourth dichotomy, judging (J) vs. perception (P), which yields 16 possible personality types. Additionally, the inclusion of this fourth dichotomy enables the determination of a dominant (most preferred) function, as well as auxiliary, tertiary, and inferior functions. According to the online test (Flynn, n.d.), I am an ENFP. The ENFP type’s dominant functional
Personal Experience of an ENFP Kevin M. Ryan, BA Submitted for Psychology 6113: Theories of Personality (Section B) (12F) Yorkville University, New Brunswick, Canada
Running head: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF AN ENFP 2
Abstract
The study of personality was pioneered and developed by Carl Gustov Jung with his theory of personality types. The subsequent operationalization of Jung’s theory into the Myers-Briggs Typology Indicator resulted in an invaluable tool not only for personal growth and discovery, but also for giving direction in important life choices such as suitable career options. Personally, I’ve given examples of how general characteristics of the ENFP type correspond to major interests and occupations in my life, and I make some commentary on how the test has helped elucidate my strengths and weaknesses.
Running head: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE OF AN ENFP 3
Personal Experience of an ENFP The Myers-Briggs Typology Indicator (MBTI) is an operationalization of Carl Jung’s personality theory. In Jung’s typology there were three dichotomous pairs: Extroversion (E) vs. introversion (I), intuition (N) vs. sensing (S) (perceiving functions), and thinking (T) vs. feeling (judging functions) (F). With these three dichotomous functions, eight possible personality types were discernable. After the mother-daughter team of Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers devised a beginning structure for the future MBTI, they added a fourth dichotomy, judging (J) vs. perception (P), which yields 16 possible personality types. Additionally, the inclusion of this fourth dichotomy enables the determination of a dominant (most preferred) function, as well as auxiliary, tertiary, and inferior functions. According to the online test (Flynn, n.d.), I am an ENFP. The ENFP type’s dominant functional
References: Flynn, T. (n.d.). MBTI ® Personality Test: Online Myers Briggs Type Indicator Qualified Consultants Fast Service. Retrieved from http://similarminds.com/jung.html Jung, C.G. (1971). In G. Adler, M. Fordham, Sir H. Read, & W. McGuire, (Eds.), The collected works of C.G. Jung: Psychological types (Vol. 6). Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. Personality Type Portraits (2012). A website about Psychological Type, based primarily upon the works of Carl G. Jung, pioneer psychologist, and of Isabel Briggs Myers, creator of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Retrieved from http://www.personalitypage.com/html/portraits.html