{"id":3767,"date":"2009-12-04T07:05:51","date_gmt":"2009-12-04T13:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/?p=3767"},"modified":"2012-04-16T12:46:20","modified_gmt":"2012-04-16T17:46:20","slug":"whats-your-temperament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/archives\/3767","title":{"rendered":"What’s your temperament?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ah, tests abound, don’t they? IQ tests, communication style tests, personality tests, and of course all those tests in your classes! Well, here is a “free” personality\/temperament test you can take for Friday fun:<\/p>\n

The Keirsey Temperament Sorter\u00ae-II\"Keirsey.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Answer a few questions (be honest about yourself) and learn if you are a “guardian,” “artisan,” “idealist,” or “rational.” A brief report is free, but more detailed reports cost money. Good luck.<\/p>\n

Oh, and if you’re into this sort of thing, there are more resources in Andersen Library’s collections. Search the HALCat library catalog<\/a> (try the keyword search “typology psychology”<\/strong>) to find titles such as Please understand me: Character & temperament types<\/em><\/a> by David Keirsey and Marilyn Bates (3rd Floor Main Collection, BF698 .K357 1984) and Gifts differing: Understanding personality type<\/em><\/a> by the late Isabel Briggs Myers (3rd Floor Main Collection, BF698.3 .M94 1995).<\/p>\n

Search article databases<\/a> to find articles such as “The Influence of Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Profiles on Team Development Processes: An Empirical Study in the Manufacturing Industry<\/a>” (Small Group Research<\/em>, 2009, vol. 40, no. 4, pp. 436-464).<\/p>\n

Please ask a librarian<\/a> if you’d like assistance with finding materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ah, tests abound, don’t they? IQ tests, communication style tests, personality tests, and of course all those tests in your classes! Well, here is a “free” personality\/temperament test you can take for Friday fun: The Keirsey Temperament Sorter\u00ae-II Answer a … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[141,178,220,2405,2407,14,2406,2408],"class_list":["post-3767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-around-the-world","tag-articles","tag-books","tag-fun-stuff","tag-keirsey","tag-personality","tag-quizzes","tag-temperament","tag-tests"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3767"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3769,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3767\/revisions\/3769"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}