Understanding
Personality
The following
is adapted from Linda V. Berens and Dario
Nardi, The
16 Personality Types: Descriptions for
Self-Discovery (Telos Publications,
1999) *Used with permission.
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Personality typing has been around for
over twenty-five centuries. It seems we
have a natural tendency to categorize
so that we can understand and remember.
When we were infants learning to talk,
we called every furry animal a dog or
a cat, depending on which name we happened
to learn first. Later, we were able to
see the differences between a dog, a cat
and a bunny. These categories and names
became our models for the world and shape
our perception and thus our expectations.
We make assumptions and inferences about
the nature of things based on these prior
learnings.
The following graphics
can help you understand important principles
of personality type;
Look
at the three ovals below.
What do they represent?
Ovals or manholes or shadows or ???
If
we tell you they are shadows,
what are they shadows of?
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The
following is adapted
from Linda V. Berens and Dario Nardi,
The
16 Personality Types: Descriptions for
Self-Discovery (Telos Publications,
1999) *Used with permission.
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