Josh Leu

JJL2527 9/15/14
Personality Test

INFJ
As the son of a practicing clinical and forensic psychologist, I have always been acutely
aware of emotional and psychological schema both surrounding me and concerning myself.
During my younger years, much due to the ease of access to psychological evaluation through
my mothers colleagues, I have undergone comprehensive testing. This includes the MMPI, ink-
blot associations, and of course the classic Myers-Briggs sixteen category personality type test.
While I am often skeptical of any attempt to generalize individuals into groups with overlapping
personality characteristics, I must admit there is some merit to such concrete generalization of
psychological archetypes. Upon completing the Myers-Briggs online evaluation, I was not
surprised to learn that I was categorized as INFJ (introverted feeling-oriented with a judgmental
tendency). This is as much due to my own introspection and understanding of my own psycho-
mental behavior and of course the simple fact that I had previous knowledge that I was
grouped INFJ.
Despite my previous statement touting my aversion to generalized personality grouping
I reminded of how acutely the INFJ personality schema describes my own personality, with of
course a few exceptions. Most notable among the links between the description and myself are
as follows: intuitive understanding of people and events surrounding them, strong internal
desire to constantly self-improve, and finally being possessed of a nurturing and protective
nature. As mentioned before, being raised in an environment where regular external and
internal psychoanalysis has garnered me with the ability to understand the driving forces and
most probable outcomes of people and their according actions. This is as much a combination
of personal observation of individuals as well as knowledge picked up through years of assisting
my mother with her work. I find people easy to read as a result. Adding onto the facets of
personality that the Myers-Briggs test has accurately paired me with is my intense need to
constantly improve myself. This manifests in several different ways. Physically I am heavily
involved in exercise and maintaining a healthy diet. However it should be noted that in
accordance with similar behavior noted among INFJ personality types that I often sacrifice my
personal health in attempts to internally eliminate conflict. Often this self-destructive behavior
is made apparent though over working my body through exercise. Finally we come to the last of
the major links between my own personality and that of the typical INFJ, protective nature. As a
result of being largely introverted and quite frankly, judgmental of character I often find those
around me to be of little importance to me. This however only applies to those I do not share
an intense emotional bond with, which is very difficult to achieve and departs from normal INFJ
behavior. Where the general public, to me, is viewed as disposable those who have connections
with me are of the upmost importance. This perspective often materializes as doing favors for
close personal friends or sub-consciously appointing myself as the guardian of a group when
out and about. For example, I frequently find myself either at the front of a group of friends or
the back, constantly scanning for things that would threaten the safety of those I consider
under my care.