- MBTI is the most widely used personality test in the world today, and it is also one of the most popular vocational personality assessment tools in the world. It can guide students to be able to correctly understand their own potential, choose the direction of development that suits them, truly mobilize students' motivation to learn, and guide them to establish a correct view of career development (Radisavljević et al., 2023).
To my surprise, in the second week, Dr. Lina had us take the MBTI 16 Personalities Test. For me at that time, MBTI was just a tool used for entertainment. Although I had a basic knowledge of psychology, I didn't know much about the MBTI, so I was amused to see that the "MBTI Test" was a class assignment. I had taken the MBTI test once before, and my result was ESTP-A (Entrepreneur), although I knew that the MBTI is calculated according to the percentage of four letters, which means that the four letters may change in different situations, I still didn't realize that I became ENFP-A (Campaigner).
ENFP is a campaigner. We enjoy a true free spirit - extroverted, open and enlightened. They stand out in any crowd with their lively, optimistic lifestyle. But even though their lives are full of booze, campaigners don't just care about having a good time. These personality types have a deeper quest - a desire to make meaningful emotional connections with others.
ENFP isn't really talkative and highly emotional, but highly sensitive, empathizes a lot yet outputs a lot and doesn't want to socialize at all. I'm super versatile and interested in everything, but nothing lasts long because in-depth research and boring exercises don't suit me and end up giving the illusion of erudition. When it comes to learning, ENFPs are generally very motivated but don't fit well with traditional learning methods as well as self-study because of less self-discipline and lack of focus (Randall et al., 2017).
- During the third week, I was given the learning styles test, VARK, again in class, which was my first exposure to this test.
The first time I didn't look at the options carefully, which made me a "versatile talent". The second time I did it seriously, the result was the same as my cognition of myself: I am a visual learner. Visual learners have strong observation and imagination, are good at learning through visual charts, and prefer charts, models and colors (Daoruang et al., 2019). I like books with illustrations and pictures; When I read a book, I like to imagine the scene described in every sentence, and even imitate the role in my mind; I don't like reading a lot of words. The dominant roles are designers, engineers, architects and psychologists. Yes, I am keen on observing human beings , appreciating the beauty of all kinds of buildings and I like psychology very much.
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