How would you fare?

I find personality differences to be really interesting. I like having an understanding of what makes people tick and how to best interact with them. Being more aware of myself has helped me improve how I respond when people don't act/react in the same ways I do, hopefully avoiding unnecessarily hurt feelings and misunderstandings. I still blunder about a fair bit, but I think I am more cognizant of our differences than I used to be.  

There are plenty of Q&A quizzes to figure out your personality, but this is the simplest and quickest version I've found. I've taken others like it on several occasions and all but once I've gotten ISFJ.

Q1. Which is your most natural energy orientation?Every person has two faces. One is directed towards the OUTER world of activities, excitements, people, and things. The other is directed inward to the INNER world of thoughts, interests, ideas, and imagination.
While these are two different but complementary sides of our nature, most people have an innate preference towards energy from either the OUTER or the INNER world. Thus one of their faces, either the Extraverted (E) or Introverted (I), takes the lead in their personality development and plays a more dominant role in their behavior.

Extraverted Characteristics Act first, think/reflect later Feel deprived when cutoff from interaction with the outside world Usually open to and motivated by outside world of people and things Enjoy wide variety and change in people relationships

Introverted Characteristics Think/reflect first, then Act Regularly require an amount of "private time" to recharge batteries Motivated internally, mind is sometimes so active it is "closed" to outside world Prefer one-to-one communication and relationships

Q2. Which way of Perceiving or understanding is most "automatic" or natural?The Sensing (S) side of our brain notices the sights, sounds, smells and all the sensory details of the PRESENT. It categorizes, organizes, records and stores the specifics from the here and now. It is REALITY based, dealing with "what is." It also provides the specific details of memory & recollections from PAST events.
The Intuitive (N) side of our brain seeks to understand, interpret and form OVERALL patterns of all the information that is collected and records these patterns and relationships. It speculates on POSSIBILITIES, including looking into and forecasting the FUTURE. It is imaginative and conceptual.While both kinds of perceiving are necessary and used by all people, each of us instinctively tends to favor one over the other.

Sensing Characteristics Mentally live in the Now, attending to present opportunities Using common sense and creating practical solutions is automatic-instinctual Memory recall is rich in detail of facts and past events Best improvise from past experience Like clear and concrete information; dislike guessing when facts are "fuzzy"

Intuitive Characteristics Mentally live in the Future, attending to future possibilities Using imagination and creating/inventing new possibilities is automatic-instinctual Memory recall emphasizes patterns, contexts, and connections Best improvise from theoretical understanding Comfortable with ambiguous, fuzzy data and with guessing its meaning.

Q3. Which way of forming Judgments and making choices is most natural?The Thinking (T) side of our brain analyzes information in a DETACHED, objective fashion. It operates from factual principles, deduces and forms conclusions systematically. It is our logical nature.
The Feeling (F) side of our brain forms conclusions in an ATTACHED and somewhat global manner, based on likes/dislikes, impact on others, and human and aesthetic values. It is our subjective nature.
While everyone uses both means of forming conclusions, each person has a natural bias towards one over the other so that when they give us conflicting directions - one side is the natural trump card or tiebreaker.

Thinking Characteristics Instinctively search for facts and logic in a decision situation. Naturally notices tasks and work to be accomplished. Easily able to provide an objective and critical analysis. Accept conflict as a natural, normal part of relationships with people.

Feeling Characteristics Instinctively employ personal feelings and impact on people in decision situations Naturally sensitive to people needs and reactions. Naturally seek consensus and popular opinions. Unsettled by conflict; have almost a toxic reaction to disharmony.

Q4. What is your "action orientation" towards the outside world?All people use both judging (thinking and feeling) and perceiving (sensing and intuition) processes to store information, organize our thoughts, make decisions, take actions and manage our lives. Yet one of these processes (Judging or Perceiving) tends to take the lead in our relationship with the outside world . . . while the other governs our inner world.
A Judging (J) style approaches the outside world WITH A PLAN and is oriented towards organizing one's surroundings, being prepared, making decisions and reaching closure and completion.
A Perceiving (P) style takes the outside world AS IT COMES and is adopting and adapting, flexible, open-ended and receptive to new opportunities and changing game plans.

Judging Characteristics Plan many of the details in advance before moving into action. Focus on task-related action; complete meaningful segments before moving on. Work best and avoid stress when able to keep ahead of deadlines. Naturally use targets, dates and standard routines to manage life.

Perceiving Characteristics Comfortable moving into action without a plan; plan on-the-go. Like to multitask, have variety, mix work and play. Naturally tolerant of time pressure; work best close to the deadlines. Instinctively avoid commitments which interfere with flexibility, freedom and variety

After figuring out your letter-combination, you can have a little fun with it...

Lord of the Rings Personality Type Chart - I'm Sam!
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Harry Potter Personality Type Chart - I'm Neville
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Book Riot examples of Myers-Briggs Personalities and Mental Floss Pop Culture Characters - these are fun because they lists a ton of different literary, TV and movie personalities. For ISFJ it listed (to name a few): 

Dr. Watson from Sherlock Holmes
Dr. James Wilson from House 
Commissioner Jim Gordon from The Dark Knight Saga 
Steve Rogers/Captain America
Wolverine 
Elinor Dashwood from Sense and Sensibility 
Lady Edith Crawley and Mrs. Hughes from Downton Abbey 
Miss Marple from Agatha Christie's books
Ted Mosby from How I Met Your Mother
Olivia Dunham from Fringe
Ann Perkins from Parks and Recreation
Vesper Lynd from Casino Royale

Marlin from Finding Nemo 
Ziva David from NCIS

Ianto Jones from Torchwood

Rory Williams from Doctor Who

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This whole post started because a friend posted "Here’s What Would Happen To You In A Horror Movie Based On Your Myers-Briggs Personality Type" on FB. I apologize in advance...unless you were the cheating spouse. :)

ESTP

The ESTP is cunning and swift enough to survive a horror movie, but they’re also impulsive to a fault. They’re the first to go investigate the strange sound coming from the basement, and are therefore the first one to die.

ENFP

In their usual fashion of refusing to process anything remotely negative, the ENFP would fail to acknowledge the impending danger in a horror movie and get ruthlessly murdered while singing show tunes in the shower. It will be the reminder the other characters need to get their asses in gear about the killer on the loose.

INTJ

The INTJ isn’t the actual killer but they’re the person everyone suspects to be the killer from the get-go. They’re murdered in an anxious fit by the ESFP, who spends the rest of the movie crying into the INFJ’s arms over their misguided crime of passion.

ENFJ - I found a note that Matt's an ENFJ. Sorry about your love interest, dude.

The ENFJ assumes a natural leadership role in every horror movie, due to their inhuman ability to calm others down during a crisis. They are unlikely to die, but their love interest definitely will. The leader’s love interest is never, ever safe.

INTP

The INTP is the troubled child in every horror movie whose parents are worried about him because he spends all of his time in his room tinkering with robots. In reality, the INTP always breaks out a secret device that saves the day when everyone else is least expecting it. Way to go INTP baby genius.

ESFP

The ESFP accidentally murders an innocent party early on in the horror movie and later sacrifices themselves out of guilt. You were only doing what you thought was right at the time, ESFP.

INFP

The INFP knows that the killer isn’t really a bad person, they’re just misunderstood and in need of human connection. Problematically, the killer actually is a bad person and the INFP gets murdered by them almost immediately.

ESFJ

The ESFJ dies protecting their INTP son when everyone else thinks he’s the killer. Everyone knows that all movie moms are ESFJs.

ESTJ

The ESTJ doesn’t die immediately in a horror movie but their ego does get the best of them eventually. After scraping through a few near-death scenarios they start getting cocky – and die showing off their lack of caution.

ENTJ

The ENTJ is always the twisted authority figure in the horror movie. They aren’t the actual killer but they’re nonetheless shot in the name of justice by a vigilante ISTJ who’s had enough.

ENTP

An ENTP seems like everyone’s best chance at survival for at least the first 45 minutes of the movie, until they get overly confident and die in a scheme of their own making. You tried, ENTP, you tried.

ISFP

The ISFP survives the horror movie ironically. Despite their timid nature, their relationship with the no-nonsense ISTJ turns out to be beneficial. And of course they have a moment of blazing courage near the end of the film, because we all want to root for the underdog.

INFJ

The INFJ fares surprisingly well in a horror movie, until the story needs a martyr. And then the INFJ is volunteering themselves to die faster than Katniss Everdeen at a Hunger Games reaping.

ISTP

If anyone can survive a horror movie it’s the ISTP. They’re secretive, cunning, reactive and agile. Too bad they often turn out to be the killer’s accomplice. If only they’d use their powers for good.

ISTJ

The ISTJ always survives the horror movie. They’re cautious to a fault, they trust no one and they aren’t afraid to do what needs to be done in the name of self-preservation. They’re the one holding the traumatized group together years after the horror has passed.

ISFJ (oops...sorry guys)

The ISFJ is the killer in every horror movie, because it’s always the well-meaning character you’d never suspect. They usually developed an alter-ego to deal with their spouse’s cheating or something to that effect. Never trust the ISFJ in a horror movie.* You’ve been warned. 

*You can continue to trust ISFJs in real life.

What is your personality type? And how would you fare in a horror movie? 

~ Katie

Song of the day: I heard Unsteady by X Ambassadors the other day and had forgotten how much I liked it.