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Jung Personality Test

Thursday December 2 2004
12:07pm EST

http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm

My score:

Your Type is
ISTJ
Introverted 100%
Sensing 11%
Thinking 22%
Judging 67 %

I don't necessarily agree with what jobs I'd like, but for
the most part, the description is right on:

The Portrait of the Inspector (iStJ)

Inspector Guardians look carefully and thoroughly at the
people and institutions around them. Making up perhaps as
much as ten percent of the general population, Inspectors
are characterized by decisiveness in practical affairs, are
the guardians of institutions, and if only one adjective
could be selected, “superdependable” would best describe
them. Whether at home or at work, Inspectors are nothing if
not dependable, particularly when it comes to examining the
people and products they are responsible for—quietly seeing
to it that uniform quality is maintained, and that those
around them uphold certain standards of attitude and
conduct.

These quiet, no-nonsense Guardians have a distaste for and
distrust of fanciness in speech, dress, and living space.
Their words tend to be simple and down-to-earth, not showy
or high-flown; their clothes are often homespun and
conservative rather than of the latest fashion; and their
home and work environments are usually neat, orderly, and
traditional, rather than up-to-date or luxurious. In their
choice of personal property (cars, furnishings, jewelry,
and so on) price and durability are just as important as
comfort or appearance. Classics, antiques, and heirlooms
are especially valued, having achieved a certain time-
honored status—Inspectors prefer the old-fashioned to the
newfangled every time. Even on vacation, Inspectors tend
not to be attracted by exotic foods, beverages, or locales.

Their thoroughness and orderliness, combined with their
interest in legality and standardization, leads Inspectors
to a number of occupations that call for the careful
administration of goods and services. Inspectors feel right
at home with difficult, detailed forms and columns of
figures, and thus they make excellent bank examiners,
auditors, accountants, and tax attorneys. Managing
investments in securities is likely to interest this type,
particularly investments in municipal bonds and blue-chip
securities. Inspectors are not likely to take chances
either with their own or others’ money, and the thought of
a bankrupt nation, state, institution, or family gives them
more than a little uneasiness. The idea of dishonoring a
contract also bothers an Inspector —their word is their
bond—and they naturally communicate a message of
trustworthiness and stability, which can make them
successful in business. With their eye for detail,
Inspectors make good business men and women, librarians,
dentists, optometrists, legal secretaries, and law
researchers. High school and college teachers of business
administration, home economics, physical education, civics,
and history tend to be Inspectors, as do quartermaster
officers in the military.

Another interpretation:

ISTJs are often called inspectors. They have a keen sense
of right and wrong, especially in their area of interest
and/or responsibility. They are noted for devotion to duty.
Punctuality is a watchword of the ISTJ. The secretary,
clerk, or business(wo)man by whom others set their clocks
is likely to be an ISTJ.

As do other Introverted Thinkers, ISTJs often give the
initial impression of being aloof and perhaps somewhat
cold. Effusive expression of emotional warmth is not
something that ISTJs do without considerable energy loss.

ISTJs are most at home with "just the facts, Ma'am." They
seem to perform at highest efficiency when employing a step-
by-step approach. Once a new procedure has proven itself
(i.e., has been shown "to work,") the ISTJ can be depended
upon to carry it through, even at the expense of their own
health.

ISTJs are easily frustrated by the inconsistencies of
others, especially when the second parties don't keep their
commitments. But they usually keep their feelings to
themselves unless they are asked. And when asked, they
don't mince words. Truth wins out over tact. The grim
determination of the ISTJ vindicates itself in officiation
of sports events, judiciary functions, or an other
situation which requires making tough calls and sticking to
them.

His SJ orientation draws the ISTJ into the service of
established institutions. Home, social clubs, government,
schools, the military, churches -- these are the bastions
of the SJ. "We've always done it this way" is often reason
enough for many ISTJs. Threats to time-honored traditions
or established organizations (e.g., a "run" on the bank)
are the undoing of SJs, and are to be fought at all costs.


Functional Analysis

Introverted Sensing
Si is oriented toward the world of forms, essences,
generics. Time is such a form, a quantifiable essense of
exactitude, the standard to which external events are held.
For both of the IS_J types, the sense of propriety comes
from the clear definition of these internal forms. An
apple "should" have certain qualities, against which all
apples are evaluated. A "proper" chair has four legs, (and
other qualities this poor INTP can only guess). Jung viewed
introverted sensing as something of an oxymoron, in that
the natural direction of senses is outward toward the
object, rather than inward and away from it. One has the
sense that Introverted Sensors are drawn more to the
measure of the concept of the perceived object than to the
experience of that perception.

Extraverted Thinking
The moderation of the Te function serves to socialize the
expression of these forms. When the Si function is ready to
relinquish the data, Te may speak. Otherwise, silence is
golden. ISTJs seem to have a few favorite forms (the tried
and true) which may serve for most occasions. My ISTJ dad
woke me every morning with the same phrase for more years
than I care to remember. Asked, "How are you?" he answered
with the same stock phrase. ("As well as my age and habits
will permit" was used for about two decades.) "It's a good
form, a sound form--it's the form for me."

Introverted Feeling
Since Fi is turned inward, it is rarely expressed. Perhaps
this enables the ISTJ to resolutely accept that "we are all
doomed." When told that Lazarus had died, Thomas said, "Let
us go and die with him." (He could just as well have said
something like, "I knew this was bound to happen sooner or
later.") Only in times of great distress is the Introverted
Feeling expressed (as I witnessed in my dad when a
neighbor's son was killed in a hunting accident).
Otherwise, feeling is inferred, or expressed nonverbally,
through eye contact, or an encouraging smile.

Extraverted iNtuition
The Ne function of an ISTJ does not serve her very well. It
needs a lot of help. She was surprised, for example, to
find that someone she had talked with only by phone had red
hair, because she "didn't usually like" people with red
hair! This inferior Ne seems to be a major source of, and a
natural breeding ground for, stereotypes. Failure of the
banking system is but one bogeyman which arises from the
fear which feeds on the ISTJ's mistrust of real world
possibilities. The shadow inhabiting the inferior Ne
strikes at the precious forms and standards in the heart of
the dominant Si function.

Famous ISTJs:
Thomas (Christ's disciple)
U.S. Presidents:

George Washington
Andrew Johnson
Benjamin Harrison
Herbert Hoover
George H. W. Bush
Paul Coverdale (U.S. Senator, R-GA)
Jackie Joyner-Kersee (U.S. Olympic athlete)
Evander Holyfield, heavyweight boxing champion
Jack Webb (Joe Friday)

Fictional ISTJs:
Mr. Martin (hero of James Thurber's Sitting in the Catbird
Seat)
Eeyore (Winnie the Pooh)
Fred Mertz (I Love Lucy)
Puddleglum, the marshwiggle (Chronicles of Narnia) Cliff
(Cheers)

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