Trait TheorY
Over the years, trait theory has been increasingly used by
corporations in hiring and in career counseling. Research has shown
that certain combinations of personality traits fit well with
different career paths. Thus, personality trait tests for specific
jobs can be predictive of both success and satisfaction. Understanding
your own personality-trait combinations can give you great insight
into your own strengths and weaknesses. With this understanding, you
can work to grow your strengths and minimize your weaknesses.
In this assignment, you will explore your personality using a
personality test and then analyze the results.
Part 1
First, explore your personality preferences by completing Myers-Briggs
Type Indicator (MTBI). The full version of the test can only be
administered by a trained professional; however, there are many online
informal versions of the test which you can find on the Internet. You
can search for the test using any one of the following keywords:
Personality test + Myers-Briggs typology
Myers-Briggs test
Record your four-lettered personality type after completion of the
test and use the Internet to interpret your personality type.
Part 2
In this part of the assignment, you will write a research paper that
analyses your results. Do the following:
Mention your four-letter type and the URL of the Web site where
you took the test.
Discuss whether this type accurately represents what you know
about yourself. Examine the four spectrums and explain your answer
thoroughly. Substantiate your agreement or disagreement with real-life
behavioral examples.
Analyze what you consider the strengths and the weaknesses or
challenges of this type. List three strengths and three weaknesses and
provide a rationale for each.
Evaluate why this test could be a valuable tool for an employer.
Analyze how a clinician may use this test as a tool for promoting
meaningful interventions in treatment.
Summarize what you have learned about yourself through this exercise.
Write a 3–4-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation
of sources. Use the following file naming convention:
LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc.
By Wednesday, June 4, 2014, deliver your assignment to the M4:
Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Evaluated if the four-letter type identified by the test was accurate
and was justified with real-life behavioral examples.
20
Identified three strengths and three weaknesses of this type and
substantiated answers with a rationale for each showing analysis of
strengths and weaknesses of this type.
20
Analyzed why this test may be a valuable tool for an employer and a
clinician with appropriate justification.
20
Evaluated what you have learned about yourself through this exercise.
20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical
scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources;
displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
20
Total:
100
…….Answer Preview……My four letter types include: Sensing-Intuition, Introversion-Extroversion, Judging-Perceiving, and Thinking-Feeling. I have retrieved them from personality-testing.info/tests/JUNG.php. These four letter types talks more about what I know about myself. For instance, my thinking and feeling are almost similar with what I know about myself. This is because my thinking capacity is almost equal to the percentage represented in MBTI personality. The main purpose of Myer-Briggs Type Indicator personality is to make different types of personality to be understandable……….
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