Lesson 5.

According to Myers- briggs personality test I am an INFJ;

introverted, intuitive, feeling, and judgement. It says I sway between
introversion and extroversion, sometimes I am INFJ, other times I am
more INFP. Factor 1, says I am in the 54th percentile for Extroversion,
Factor 2 says I am in the 87th percentile for Emotional Stability, Factor 3
states that I am in the 93rd percentile for agreeableness, Factor 4 says
that I am in the 72nd percentile for conscientiousness, and lastly, factor
5 states that I am in the 96th percentile for imagination. I think this
accurately describes my personality. In terms of art preferences, Scale
1 says that I am in the 87th percentile for intolerance for abstraction,
80th percentile for the preference of photo realism, and in the 64th
percentile for feminism. The reasons the INFJ type personality matches
my art preference test is because it states that In the workplace, the
INFJ usually shows up in areas where they can be creative and
somewhat independent. They have a natural affinity for art, and many
excel in the sciences, where they make use of their intuition
(Furnham, 2004). I personally have never resonated with a personality
type until I read about INFJ. I dont think it could be any more accurate.
It states that INFJs are conscientious and value driven. They are
sensitive, complex and tend to be easily hurt, and instead of
expressing the hurt they slowly withdrawal themselves. Which is
something that my family has always said I do (withdrawal myself
when Im hurt). And if that wasnt accurate enough, it also mentions
how we have a natural affinity for art and that we are creative and
easily inspired! Since I was a child I have had a passion for the arts and
have always loved challenging my creativity so having this test confirm
that is pretty cool. Another study, conducted several years later, found
that Openness to Experience to be a major contributing factor in a
persons art interests, activities, and knowledge (Furnham, 2004). My
test scores reflect this; I am consistently high in Openness on the Big
Five test.
I was surprised to find out that on my Artistic Preference Scale
my highest score wasn't Expressionism because my own art is very
expressionistic and abstract. Impressionism was
my highest art preference from the test and Expressionism was tied
with Romanticism for second place. In the reading it states that high
neuroticism leads to a preference of Romanticism over Classicism
which was true in my scoring.
In 2008 a study was published that asserted the importance of
Openness a person has in regard to the role art plays in their lives and
how they react to it. Chamorro-Premuzic puts forth that "more open
individuals engage in more general art and visual art activities, identify
more with art and have greater preference for general visual arts"

(2008). The main take away from this entire essay is the fact that
"Openness to Experience [is] the strongest and only consistent
personality predictor of artistic preferences" (Chamorro-Premuzic,
2008). To experience art in any way you must first be open to the
experience, and your degree of Openness can effect what you are
willing to look at or enjoy. Outside of this there is no real way to predict
what a complex human consciousness will visually prefer. Not only can
more general and obvious factors like age and gender have an effect,
but also smaller things as well. A weekend vacation with friend can
create a fondness for a particular color or object that wouldn't show up
in a standardized test. Our tastes and preferences are nuanced, just
like the paintings we admire.
Overall, the Art Preference Scale test was a little iffy but I agree
with most of it. I definitely resonated most with the INFJ personality
type. I really enjoyed this assignment! I felt like I learned little more
about myself and confirmed many characteristics that I have been told
by friends and family as well as some that I never even thought about.
References:
Chamorro-Premuzic, T., Reimers, S., Hsu, A., & Ahmetoglu, G. (2008). Who art
thou? Personality predictors of artistic preferences in a large
UK sample: the importance of openness. British Journal of Psychology, 00,
1-16.
Furnham, A., & Chamorro-Premuzic, T. (2004). Personality, intelligence, and art.
Personality and Individual Differences, 36, 705-715.