Keirsey Temperament Sorter is quite commonly used as a tool for helping people learn more about their personality types. The test itself, commonly referred to as the KTS-II, is a list of about 70 questions. It gets its name from the book Please Understand Me, which was written by Dr. David Keirsey in 1978 and later updated in 1998 (Please Understand Me II) (Keirsey.com). It is widely respected and it is used all over the world by a variety of institutions, such as Fortune 500 companies, academic institutions, and the United States government and military department (Keirsey.com).
Guardian SJ
The Keirsey Temperament Theory divides people's personalities into four basic groups according to temperament. The four temperaments are Artisans, Guardians, Rationals, and Idealists. Each of these divisions has an additional series of subdivisions. After taking the test, my results showed that I fall into the Guardian SJ category. This means that I am considered to have the Guardian type of temperament. The letter "S" indicates that I am "sensing," or observant as opposed to the opposite category, introspective. The letter "J" stands for...
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