Four Personality Type Preference Scales

Four Personality Type Preferences

(1) Our preference for energizing ourselves, recharging our batteries when we're exhausted. [Extraversion/Introversion].

(2) Our preference for gathering information, Perceiving the world. [Sensing/iNtuition].

(3) Our preference for making decisions, for Judging. [Thinking/Feeling].

(4) Our lifestyle preference – more structure [Judging] or less structure [Perceiving].


Extraversion / Introversion

The E/I scale tells us where we prefer to focus our attention and get our energy:
E: We prefer to focus on the outer world of people, things and experiences.
I: We prefer to focus on the inner world of ideas, memories, dreams and reflections.


Sensing / iNtuition

The S/N scale tells us how we prefer to look at things, how we gather information:
S: We prefer to focus on the present and the past, and on the concrete information we gain through our five senses.
N: We prefer to focus on the future, relying on our intuition or sixth sense, with an interest in patterns, symbols and possibilities.


Thinking / Feeling

The T/F scale tells us how we prefer to go about making decisions:
T: We prefer to make cool, impersonal, principle-based decisions, using logic and objective analysis of cause and effect. Justice and fairness are important.
F: We prefer to make warm, personal, value-based decisions, using subjective evaluation of person-centered concerns. Kindness and mercy are important.


Judging / Perceiving

The J/P scale is a lifestyle scale; it tells us how we deal with the outer world:
J: We prefer a planned, organized approach to life. We like structure, schedules and orderliness. We are happiest after the decision is made.
P: We prefer a spontaneous, flexible approach to life. We like to go with the flow and keep our options open. We are happiest before the decision is made.