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After a short break we are back at University, this time talking and developing teams around a group project. The main focus in week one is team building and an introduction to co creativity.
PERSONALITY TEST: This wee we were asked the following.
For this activity, you are to take a personality test, reflect on the results and introduce yourself.
If you have your doubts about the process, that is fine. Try and put them to one side for a moment and commit to honest participation. Once the test is complete, reflect on how accurately the results align with your own sense of self. You are encouraged to explore the tests on Truity but feel free to find an alternative, if you so wish.
When you have completed the test, create a post (250 words) in the forum below, including:
The test you took and your results.
Your thoughts and follow-up reflection.
A few words about yourself. As this is the ‘ice breaker’ activity for this module, you should use this as an opportunity to introduce yourself to the rest of the cohort. Here are some suggestions for what to include in your response:
The test I have decided to go with is the Myers Briggs personality test. In my previous occupation before changing career paths, I spent a weekend away for work completing a Myers Briggs profile that was hosted by someone who works at the Myers Briggs foundation. I have chosen this test because, even though I am somehwt of a sceptic on these things, there are parts of the personality tests that hit the nail on the head, and this has always interested me.
The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator is an introspective self-report questionnaire indicating differing psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions. The test attempts to assign four categories: introversion or extraversion, sensing or intuition, thinking or feeling, judging or perceiving. The test was based off of the theories by Carl Jung’s and Isabel Briggs Myers.
The test I used can be found at http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
Myers Briggs Test completed on June 2nd 2021
OVERVIEW OF RESULTS: INTJ stands for Introvert, iNtuitive, Thinking, Judging and represents individual's preferences in four dimensions characterising personality type, according to Jung's and Briggs Myers' theories of personality type.
To outsiders, INTJs may appear to project an aura of "definiteness", of self-confidence. This self-confidence, sometimes mistaken for simple arrogance by the less decisive, is actually of a very specific rather than a general nature; its source lies in the specialized knowledge systems that most people of this type start building at an early age. When it comes to their own areas of expertise -- and INTJs can have several -- they will be able to tell you almost immediately whether or not they can help you, and if so, how. INTJs know what they know, and perhaps still more importantly, they know what they don't know.
People of this type are perfectionists, with a seemingly endless capacity for improving upon anything that takes their interest. What prevents them from becoming chronically bogged down in this pursuit of perfection is the pragmatism so characteristic of the type: INTJs apply (often ruthlessly) the criterion "Does it work?" to everything from their own research efforts to the prevailing social norms. This in turn produces an unusual independence of mind, freeing them from the constraints of authority, convention, or sentiment for its own sake.
INTJs are known as the "Systems Builders" of the types, perhaps in part because they possess the unusual trait combination of imagination and reliability. Whatever system this type happens to be working on is for them the equivalent of a moral cause to an INFJ; both perfectionism and disregard for authority may come into play, as INTJs can be unsparing of both themselves and the others on the project. Anyone considered to be "slacking," including superiors, will lose their respect -- and will generally be made aware of this; INTJs have also been known to take it upon themselves to implement critical decisions without consulting their supervisors or co-workers. On the other hand, they do tend to be scrupulous and even-handed about recognizing the individual contributions that have gone into a project, and have a gift for seizing opportunities which others might not even notice.
In the broadest terms, what INTJs "do" tends to be what they "know". Typical INTJ career choices are in the sciences and engineering, but they can be found wherever a combination of intellect and incisiveness are required (e.g., law, some areas of academia). People of this type can rise to management positions when they are willing to invest time in marketing their abilities as well as enhancing them, and (whether for the sake of ambition or the desire for privacy) many also find it useful to learn to simulate some degree of surface conformism in order to mask their inherent unconventionality.
Personal relationships, particularly romantic ones, can be the INTJ's Achilles heel. While they are capable of caring deeply for others (usually a select few), and are willing to spend a great deal of time and effort on a relationship, the knowledge and self-confidence that make them so successful in other areas can suddenly abandon or mislead them in interpersonal situations.
This happens in part because many INTJs do not readily grasp the social rituals; for instance, they tend to have little patience and less understanding of such things as small talk and flirtation (which most types consider half the fun of a relationship). To complicate matters, people of this type are usually extremely private, and can often be naturally impassive as well, which makes them easy to misread and misunderstand. Perhaps the most fundamental problem, however, is that INTJs really want people to make sense. :-) This sometimes results in a peculiar naivete', paralleling that of many Fs -- only instead of expecting inexhaustible affection and empathy from a romantic relationship, the INTJ will expect inexhaustible reasonability and directness.
Probably the strongest INTJ assets in the interpersonal area are their intuitive abilities and their willingness to "work at" a relationship. Although as T's they do not always have the kind of natural empathy that many Fs do, the Intuitive function can often act as a good substitute by synthesizing the probable meanings behind such things as tone of voice, turn of phrase, and facial expression. This ability can then be honed and directed by consistent, repeated efforts to understand and support those they care about, and those relationships which ultimately do become established with an INTJ tend to be characterized by their robustness, stability, and good communications.
Image Source: People photo created by rawpixel.com - www.freepik.com 10 days from now, we have to have a fully completed team and put our group together on the people section of the forum. Miranda has graciously done this for the team and added everyone so we are all set. Here is the team and a quick couple of sentences to show you where we are currently. TEAM A.M.P.M.B
- Aaron Wise (IGD)
- Pedro Silva - (IGD)
- Miranda - (IGD)
- Michael Heard (IGD)
- Bartosz (IGD)
The team was formed pretty early on after the end of the first module & we have already been hard at work brainstorming on Miro.
We also have 1 concept idea which we have already explored & built in Unreal Engine.
REFRENCES:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.asp
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