Keirsey Temperament Keirsey Temperament SorterSorter

Keirsey Temperament Keirsey Temperament SorterSorter

Keirsey Temperament Sorter

• Based on work done by Myers and Briggs who created a personality inventory that listed 16 different types of personalities.

16 Personality Types• Based on four combinations of two

characteristics– Extravert vs Introvert– Sensing vs Intuitive– Thinking vs Feeling– Judging vs Perceiving

Types

• First we look at the most natural energy orientation– Extravert

• Directed towards outer world of activities, excitements, people and things

– Introvert• Directed inward to world of thoughts,

interests, ideas and imagination

Types continued• Look at way of perceiving or

understanding that is most natural– Sensing

• Notices sights, sounds, smells and all sensory details of present, looks at here and now

– Intuitive• Seeks to understand, interpret and form

overall patterns, looks at possibilities & future

Types continued• Look at which way of forming

judgments and making choices is most natural– Thinking

• Analyzes information in detached, objective fashion from factual principles, logical nature

– Feeling• Forms conclusions in attached and global

manner, based on impact of others and values

Types continued• Look at what is action orientation

towards outside world– Judging

• Looks at outside world with a plan to organize surroundings, being prepared, making decisions & reaching closure

– Perceiving• Looks at outside world as it comes and is

adopting and adapting, flexible, open-ended to new opportunities and changing game plans

16 types• ESTJ ISTJ• ESFJ ISFJ• ESTP ISTP• ESFP ISFP• ENFJ INFJ• ENFP INFP• ENTJ INTJ• ENTP INTP

Keirsey’s Interpretation• Formed Four Temperaments

– Guardian– Artisans– Idealists– Rationals

Subdivisions• Guardian

– Supervisors (ESTJ)– Inspectors (ISTJ)– Providers (ESFJ)– Protectors (ISFJ)

Subdivisions continued• Artisans

– Promoters (ESTP)– Crafters (STP)– Performers (ESFP)– Composers (ISFP)

Subdivisions continued

• Idealists– Teachers (ENFJ)– Counselors (INFJ)– Champions (ENFP)– Healers (INFP)

Subdivisions continued

• Rationals– Field Marshals (ENTJ)– Masterinds (INTJ)– Inventors (ENTP)– Architects (INTP)

Websites• www.keirsey.com• http://www.personalitypathways.c

om/type_inventory.html• http://www.inventory101.com/s/m

yers_briggs_inventory• http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi

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