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Learning Record A1 9/7/2004 I took the psychological type test found at www.humanmetrics.com. After reading the results of the test I found that the test was fairly accurate in describing my personality. However, I was somewhat disappointed in what the results had to say about how my personality type affects my reading and writing skills. Because of this, I searched for the learning style for my personality type, INFJ, which gave me some useful information. Beginning with the initial results of the test, from Joe Butt and Marina Margaret Heiss, I found that there were three segments that were directly related to my reading and writing. The first is from Butt: “The INFJ under stress may fall prey to various forms of immediate gratification.” This really struck me when I read it as something very true of myself. When under stress, especially that of a large project, I tend to find other smaller things to tackle that give me a quick sense of accomplishment. These things can range from other types of school work to cleaning up around the house. The second segment I found relevant was from Heiss: “…There can sometimes be a “tug-of-war” between NF vision and idealism and the J practicality that urges compromise for the sake of achieving the highest priority goals.” This seemed to accurately describe the inner conflict I go through when choosing projects. I often end up leaving behind the topics I really find interesting for those that have information more readily available. While alleviating some of the stress associated with research I think my writing begins to suffer for the lack of passion on the topic. The third segment is also from Heiss: “…Self expression comes more easily to INFJs on paper…” This I found to be true in myself. When trying to express emotions or topics that are hard for me to deal with, it is often easier to write it down. When trying to express these things verbally I sometimes clam-up and can’t get myself to speak the things out loud. This aspect hopefully will be a good thing in my writing, though I don’t really know how this aspect affects my reading. The print out on Learning Style gave a list of traits many of which I think are accurate in describing me. A few of them are “INFJs: …are motivated to learn in order to further their own and other people’s development…benefit from allowing their creativity and inspiration free reign… may need to be encouraged to share their insights.” Some of the descriptions of the INFJ’s comfortable learning situations seemed to be accurate as well. These are “…when: …allowed to generate ideas without constraints…feeling it is appropriate to ‘have a go’... able to stand back from events and listen/ observe…” Lastly on being least comfortable I think a few of the items on the list represent me. I am least comfortable “when:…asked to repeat essentially the same activity over and over again… having to carry out painstaking research… asked to act or decide without a basis in policy, principle or concept…”
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