DETERMINING YOUR TEMPERAMENT

ON-LINE EXERCISE

The purpose of this exercise is to provide you with an opportunity to assess your temperament or personality style. This assessment to does not make a judgment of good/bad or adjusted/well adjusted. It focuses on determining your gifts and inclinations to act in certain ways. We will discuss how to use this data, but please understand that this exercise is designed to expand you awareness and understanding, not limit you to a specific category. This exercise will require you to do five steps.

STEP 1: Go on-line and type in the website: www.keirsey.com and take the Keirsey Temperament II Sorter. Please be sure to take this assessment there are several offered at this website.

STEP 2: Score the test and print the results.

STEP 3: Click on a description of your temperament (the two letter category either described as: artisan, guardian, idealist or rational) and print the results.

STEP 4: Click on your variant temperament (the four letter category such as ISTJ or ENFP) and print the results.

STEP 5: Write a 1-2 paragraph reaction to the results. Do you agree/disagree? Explain your opinion and use examples. Bring all four pages: the results, temperament description, variant temperament description and your reaction to class on Friday, April 11 to discuss the results.