Jung

It's time, in Psych 311a, for Jung. Here are the resources I used last Spring in Intro, plus Jung's own (1921) description of The Psychological Types. There are two linked versions of my Intro lecture on Jung, of which you might try one if this is all new to you.

The lecture ('02)

D2 Freud and Jung

Intro'/Extraversion

Anima/Animus

Jung's Dream

A case study in "Individuation"
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Notes on Adler and Jung (Spencer)

Marc Fonda Jung site

Jung Web resources

Jung's own (1921) description of The Psychological Types
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I'm looking for convenient, interesting, and free versions of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and related Jungian typing tools. Several are linked along with articles and other resources at The Enneagram and the MBTI - an Electronic Journal

There is interesting background information at The Fundamental Nature of the MBTI

A straightforward explanation of the types and opportunity to select one's four-letter code is available at PersonalityPathways.
The Kiersey Temperament Sort, formerly free, now seems to provide only a basic score and to sell the profile. Other suggestins welcome.
My ususal type, BTW, is INFP, and these websites offer me lots of advice about what this means.
So, what's your type? Did you learn something from the description? How stable do you think your type will be across days, months, years?
Could we infer one's type from the content of their IM logs, RPG logs, weblogs?

Comments

[biz]

i'm an ESFP, extrovertion, sensing, feeling, perceiving. interesting.

[Jillian]

I'm an INTP, but I don't really feel like that describes me. I think I'm on the borderline with regards to several of the categories (especially the thinker/feeler one).

[Emily]

I took the small test and found out that I was an ESFJ. I looked at it again and I was an ESFP. I think it's really hard to place myself in one of the two categories. I can see how these tests apply to Jung's view on personalities but I don’t agree with it. Does he say anything about being part of both categories at the same time or switching between the categories?

[Nicolette]

I'm an ESTP.
This seems to describe me pretty well except I keep ending up being referred to as impulsive which I really don't feel describes me at all. This is probably because for most of the categories there are a few things on each opposing list that I feel describe me and I am just forced to pick one of them.
I tried this on a few friends and they had the same sorts of problems with it.
I feel as though these categories assume too much and make too many generalizations about personality traits that can be grouped together.

[Liz]

I am INFJ introversion/intuition/feeling/judging...i guess this fits me. but then again, i can see myself fitting into all of the categories depending on the circumstance that i am placed in and the stage of life that i am in.
there is something fun about taking personality tests like this one though...

[Jeremy]

My problem with these tests is that for anyone who has any idea what the test is about (i.e. what the difference is between, say, thinking and feeling), then it is impossible to objectively take the test without easily figuring out what questions such as "Which do you prefer: thinking or feeling?" are trying to do. I think a better test, though it uses slightly differenc categories, is the personality test one can find at www.thespark.com . That one I can take more than once and not end up as something completely different (whether I'm an ENTP or an ENFP seems to be completely up in the air...).

[biz]

this is the test that i was telling you all about in class ...http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp. it is the test that i am using in my paper.

[Ronald Douché]

Apparently, I'm am Native American (INTP)!!

See y'all bitches on the flip side. Stay up, do right, chin up, chest out and shut that face.
One.

P.S. It's pronounced [Doo'shay']