ARTISTIC – The “Creators”

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ARE YOU: / CAN YOU: / LIKE TO:
creative
intuitive
imaginative
innovative
unconventional
emotional
independent
expressive
original
introspective
impulsive
sensitive
courageous
open
complicated
idealistic
nonconforming / -sketch, draw, paint
-play a musical instrument
-write stories, poetry, music
-sing, act, dance
-design fashions or interiors / -attend concerts, theatres, art exhibits
-read fiction, plays, and poetry
-work on crafts
-take photographs
-express yourself creatively
-deal with ambiguous ideas

Potential Career Options:

Actor/Actress (AES) Photographer (AES)
Advertising Art Director (AES) Writers/Editors (ASI)
Advertising Manager (ASE) Music Teacher (AES)
Architect (AIR)
Clothing/Fashion Designer (ASR)
Copywriter (ASI)
Dancer (AES)
Choreographer (AER)
Drama Teacher (ASE)
English Teacher (ASE)
Fashion Illustrator (ASR)
Furniture Designer (AES)
Graphic Designer (AES)
Interior Designer (AES)
Journalist/Reporter (ASE)
Landscape Architect (AIR)
Medical Illustrator (AIE)
Museum Curator (AES)

CONVENTIONAL – The “Organizers”

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ARE YOU: / CAN YOU: / LIKE TO:
well-organized
accurate
numerically inclined
methodical
conscientious
efficient
conforming
orderly
practical
thrifty
systematic
structured
polite
ambitious
obedient
persistent / -work well within a system
-do a lot of paper work in a short time
-keep accurate records
-use a computer terminal
-write effective business letters / -follow clearly defined
procedures
-use data processing
equipment
-work with numbers
-type or take shorthand
-be responsible for details
-collect or organize things

Potential Career Options:

Abstractor (CSI)Internal Auditor (ICR)
Accountant (CSE)Key Punch Operator (CSE)
Accounting Clerk and Bookkeeper (CSR)Kindergarten Teacher (CSE)
Administrative Assistant (ESC)Legal Secretary (CSA)
Bank Teller (CSE)Library Assistant (CSE)
Budget Analyst (CER)Medical Records Technician (CSE)
Building Inspector (CSE)Medical Secretary (CES)
Business Teacher (CSE)Safety Inspector (RCS)
Cashier (CSE)Service Station Attendant (CER)
Catalog Librarian (CSE)Tax Consultant (CES)
Clerk (CSE)Telephone Operator (CSE)
Computer Operator (CSR)Typist (CES)
Cost Accountant (CES)
Court Reporter (CSE)
Customs Inspector (CEI)
Data processing worker (CRI)
Electronic Mail Technician (CSR)
File Clerk (CSE)
Financial Analyst (CSI)
Insurance Adjuster (CSE)
Insurance Underwriter (CSE)

ENTERPRISING – The “Persuaders”

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ARE YOU: / CAN YOU: / LIKE TO:
self-confident
assertive
sociable
persuasive
enthusiastic
energetic
adventurous
popular
impulsive
ambitious
inquisitive
agreeable
talkative
extroverted
spontaneous
optimistic / -initiate projects
-convince people to do things your
way
-sell things or promote ideas
-give talks or speeches
-organize activities
-lead a group
-persuade others / -make decisions affecting others
-be elected to office
-win a leadership or sales award
-start your own service or business
-campaign politically
-meet important people
-have power

Potential Career Options:

Advertising, marketing, and public relations managers (ESA)
Advertising Sales Representative (ESR)Hotel Manager (ESR)
Automobile Sales Worker (ESR)Housekeeper (ESR)
Financial Planner (ESR)Industrial Engineer (EIR)
Barber/Hairdresser (ESR)Insurance Adjuster (ESR)
Bartender (ERC)Insurance Agent (ECS)
Benefits Manager (ESA)Interpreter (ESA)
Financial Manager (ESA)Journalism (EAS)
Buyer (ESA)Lawyer/Attorney (ESA)
Computer Operator (ESI)Manufacturer’s Representative (ESA)
Cook/Chef (ESR)Office Manager (ESR)
Credit Analyst (EAS)Public Relations Representative (EAS)
Credit Manager (ERS)Real Estate Agent (ESR)
Dental Assistant (E)Restaurant Manager (EAS)
Educational - Training Manager (EIS)Retail Sales Person (ESR)
Educational Administrator (ESA)Retail Store Manager (ESR)
Emergency Medical Technician (ESI)Sales Manager (ESA)
Flight Attendant (ESA)Sales Representative (ERS)
Food Service Manager (ESI)Social Service Director (ESA)
Foreign Service Officer (ESA)Stockbroker (ESI)
Funeral Director (ESR)Tax Accountant (ECS)

Health Services Manager (ECR)Traffic Clerks (ESC)

INVESTIGATIVE- The “Thinkers”

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ARE YOU: / CAN YOU: / LIKE TO:
inquisitive
analytical
scientific
observant
precise
scholarly
cautious
intellectually self-confident
introspective
reserved
broad-minded
independent
logical
complex
curious / -think abstractly
-solve math problems
understand scientific
theories
-do complex calculations
-use a microscope or
computer
-interpret formulas / -explore a variety of ideas
-use computers
-work independently
-perform lab experiments
-read scientific or technical
journals
-analyze data
-deal with abstractions
-do research
be challenged

Potential Career Options:

Actuary (ISE)Geologist (IRE)
Agronomist (IRS)Hazardous Waste Technician (IRS)
Anesthesiologist (IRS)Horticulturist (IRS)
Anthropologist (IRE)Industrial Arts Teacher (IER)
Archeologist (IRE)Management Consultant (ICR)
Biochemist (IRE)Marketing Research Analyst (IAS)
Biologist (ISR)Mathematician (IER)
Cardiopulmonary Technician (IRE)Medical Lab Technologist (IRE)
Cartographer (IRE)Medical Technologist (ISA)
Chemical Engineer (IRE)Meteorologist (IRS)
Chemical Technician (IRE)Nurse Practitioner (ISA)
Chemist (IRE)Pharmacist (IES)
Chiropractor (ISR)Physician, General Practice (ISE)
Civil Engineer (IRS)Physician Assistant (ISA)
Computer Engineer (IRC)Psychologist (ISA)
Computer Programmer (IRC)Research Analyst (IRC)
Computer Systems Analyst (IER)Software Engineer (IRE)
Dentist (ISR)Statistician (IRE)
Ecologist (IRE)Technical Writer (IRS)
Economist (ISA)Veterinarian (IRS)
Electrical Engineer (IRE)Web Site Developer (IRS)
Geographer (IRE

REALISTIC - The “Do-ers”

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ARE YOU: / CAN YOU: / LIKE TO:
practical
athletic
straightforward/frank
mechanically inclined
a nature lover
thrifty
curious about the physical world
stable
concrete
reserved
self-controlled
independent
ambitious
systematic
persistent / -fix electrical things
-solve electrical
problems
-pitch a tent
-play a sport
-read a blueprint
-plant a garden
-operate tools and
machinery / -tinker with machines/vehicles
-work outdoors
-use your hands
-be physically active
-build things
-tend/train animals
-work on electronic equipment

Potential Career Options:

Aerospace Physiologist (RSE)Farm Equipment Manager (RES)Property Manager (RES)
Air-Conditioning Mechanics (RIE)Farmer (RIS)Quality Control Manager (RSE)
Aircraft Mechanic (RIE)Farm Manager (RES)Radio/T.V. Repair (REI)
Appliance Mechanics (RIE)Firefighter (RES)Radio chemist (IRE)
Aqua culturist (REI)Fish Hatchery Manager (RES)Sailor (REC)
Architectural Drafter (RCI)Floral Designer (RAE)Sheet Metal Worker (R)
Automobile Body Repairer (RIE)Forester (RIS)Structural Steelworker (REI)
Automotive Engineer (RIE)Furnace Installer (RES)Tailor (RES)
Automobile Mechanic (RIE)Geodetic Surveyor (RIE)Tool and Die Maker (RIE)
Baker/Chef (RSE)Glazier (RES)Truck Driver (RSE)
Bookbinder (RES)Groundskeeper (RCE)Upholsterer (RCS)
Bricklayer (RSE)Instrument Repair/Maintenance (RIE)Watchmaker (REC)
Butcher (RSE)Jeweler (REC)Water Quality Specialist (REI)
Carpenter (RCI)Laboratory Technician (RIE)Welder (RES)
Cement and Terrazzo Worker (REC)Line Installer (RSE)Woodworking (RAE)
Compositor (RSI)Logger (RES)
Construction Worker (REC)Machinist (RIE)
Corrections Officer (RES)Maintenance Repairer (RES)
Dental Assistant (RES)Mechanical Engineer (RIS)
Dental Laboratory Technician (REC)Metallurgical Technician (RIS)
Dental Technician (REI)Oceanographer (RIE)
Diesel Mechanic (REI)Optician (REI)
Drafter (RCI)Painter (RES)
Electrical Engineer (RIE)Petroleum Engineer (RIE)
Electrician (REI)Plumber (REI)
Electroplater (R)Practical Nurse (RSE)
Exercise Careers (RES)Printing Press Operator (REI)

SOCIAL – The “Helpers”

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friendly
helpful
idealistic
insightful
outgoing
understanding
cooperative
generous
responsible
forgiving
patient
empathic
kind
persuasive / -teach/train others
-express yourself clearly
-lead a group discussion
mediate disputes
-plan and supervise an activity
-cooperate well with others / -work in groups
-help people with problems
-participate in meetings
-do volunteer work
-work with young people
-play team sports
-serve others

Potential Career Options:

Air Traffic Controller (SER)Personnel Recruiter (SEC)
Athletic Trainer (SRE)Personnel, Training, and Labor Relations Specialist(SEC)
Chaplain (SAI)Physical Therapist (SIE)
City Manager (SEC)Physical Therapy Aide (SIR)
College Professor (SEI) Police Officer (SER)
Community Planner (SEA)Preschool Worker (SEA)
Counseling Psychologist (SIA)Professional Athlete (SRC)
Counselor/Therapist (SAE)Probation and Parole Officer (SIE)
Cosmetologist (SEA)Public Health Educator (SEA)
Cruise Director (SAE)Radiological Technologist (SRI)
Dental Hygienist (SAI)Real Estate Appraiser (SCE)
Detective (SER)Recreation Director (SER)
Dietician (SIE)Recreational Therapist (SEC)
Elementary School Teacher (SEC)Registered Nurse (SIA)
Executive House Keeper (SCE)Relocation Counselor (SAE)
Family and Consumer Scientist (SAE)Retirement Counselor (SAE)
Hairstylist (SER)School Counselor (SAE)
High School Teacher (SAE)School Principal-Administrator(SEI)
Historian (SEI)Secondary School Teacher(SAE)
Home Economist (SEA)Social Worker (SEA)
Home Economics Teacher (SAE)Sociologist(SIA)
Homemaker (S)Special Education Teacher (SEC)
Hospital Administrator (SER)Speech Pathologist (SAI)
Ind./Organizational Psychologist (SEI)Teacher's Aid (SIC)
Insurance Claims Examiner (SIE)Business Teacher(SAE)
Librarian (SAI)Ticket Agent (SCE)
Mail Carrier (SRC)Vocational Agricultural Teacher(SEC)
Medical Assistant (SCR)Vocational-Rehab. Counselor (SEC)
Medical Record Administrator (SIE)X-Ray Technician (SRI)
Minister (SAI)
Priest(SAI)
Rabbi(SAI)
Nurse/Midwife (SIR)
Occupational Therapist (SRE)
Paralegal (SCE)
Park Naturalist (SEI)

Learning Styles

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Auditory
Learners
/ Learning Strengths:
  • Remember what they hear and say
  • Enjoy class discussions
  • Can remember oral instructions
/ Teaching Strategies:
  • Structure classroom to minimize noise/distractions
  • Repeat key points and summarize lessons
  • Write down key words to avoid confusion due to pronunciation

Teaching with Technology:
  • Incorporate multimedia applications utilizing sounds, music, or speech.
  • Have students use sound or voice recorders on the computer.

Visual
Learners
/ Learning Strengths:
  • Remember what they see
  • Enjoy visual projects and presentations
  • Can remember diagrams, charts, maps
/ Teaching Strategies:
  • Provide interesting visuals to look at
  • Make sure visual presentations (notes, etc.) are organized
  • Make sure handouts are clearly readable

Teaching with Technology:
  • Incorporate multimedia applications utilizing videos, images, or diagrams.
  • Have students take digital images or videos for use on the computer.

Tactile
Learners
/ Learning Strengths:
  • Remember what they experience with their hands or bodies (movement)
  • Enjoy using tools or active lessons
  • Can remember procedures after having done them
/ Teaching Strategies:
  • Incorporate creative or out-of-seat activities into lessons
  • Encourage students to take their own notes
  • Incorporate computers into student lessons

Teaching with Technology:
  • Incorporate interactive multimedia applications, such as simulations.
  • Have students create their own multimedia presentations.

Learning Preferences/Multiple Intelligences

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  • Verbal-Linguistic: This intelligence relates to language, spoken and written.
  • Logical-Mathematical: This intelligence relates to numbers, patterns, and inductive and deductive thinking.
  • Visual-Spatial: This intelligence relates to sight and visualization, and internal mental images.
  • Bodily-Kinesthetic: This intelligence relates to knowledge and awareness of the body and its movement and abilities.
  • Musical: This intelligence relates to recognizing sound and rhythm patterns.
  • Interpersonal: This intelligence relates to communication and relation to other people.
  • Intrapersonal: This intelligence relates to inner reflection and awareness, and metacognition.
  • Naturalist: This intelligence relates to recognition of order and patterns in nature, such as in plants and animals. (NOTE: The previous seven intelligences comprise Gardner's original theory of MI. This intelligence is the eighth, recognized later by Gardner.)

Musical
/ Suitable Careers:
  • Composer
  • Orchestral Performer
  • Singer
  • Music Critic
/ Behaviors:
  • can sing or play an instrument
  • enjoys musical or rhythmic games
  • appreciates classical music and music of other cultures

Famous Musicians:
  • Eric Clapton, guitarist
  • John Williams, orchestral composer and director
/ Ways to improve this intelligence:
  • listen for the rhythm of natural sounds
  • practice playing an instrument
  • sing along with the radio

Visual-Spatial
/ Suitable Careers:
  • Illustrator
  • Artist
  • Architect
  • Craftsman
/ Behaviors:
  • draws or builds models
  • enjoys picture puzzles
  • is able to visualize things easily

Famous Visualists:
  • Frank Lloyd Wright, architect
  • Gary Larson, cartoonist
/ Ways to improve this intelligence:
  • draw a picture of something from memory
  • illustrate a story
  • build a model of someplace

Logical-Mathematical
/ Suitable Careers:
  • Accountant
  • Computer Programmer
  • Engineer
  • Scientist
/ Behaviors:
  • often asks questions
  • enjoys number/logic games
  • organizes

Famous Logicians:
  • Albert Einstein, physicist and mathematician
  • John Maynard Keynes, economist
/ Ways to improve this intelligence:
  • predict the ending to movies/stories
  • play games involving patterns
  • practice math word problems

Naturalistic
/ Suitable Careers:
  • Zoologist
  • Conservationist
  • Park Ranger
/ Behaviors:
  • likes animals
  • enjoys outdoor games
  • likes being outside

Famous Naturalists:
  • Charles Darwin, biologist
  • Diane Fossey, primate researcher
/ Ways to improve this intelligence:
  • start a collection of bugs or leaves
  • go camping or hiking for a weekend
  • get a pet

Intrapersonal
/ Suitable Careers:
  • Counselor
  • Social Worker
  • Religious Leader
/ Behaviors:
  • follows hunches or instincts
  • enjoys individual games
  • expresses confidence in self

Famous Intrapersonalists:
  • Mother Teresa, missionary
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., minister and human rights activist
/ Ways to improve this intelligence:
  • start a diary
  • concentrate on your feelings during the day

Interpersonal
/ Suitable Careers:
  • Politician
  • Teacher
  • Psychologist
  • Evangelist
/ Behaviors:
  • makes friends easily
  • enjoys interaction games
  • shows leadership

Famous Interpersonalists:
  • Sigmund Freud, psychologist
  • John F. Kennedy, U.S. president
/ Ways to improve this intelligence:
  • concentrate on people's body language
  • play role-playing games

Bodily-Kinesthetic
/ Suitable Careers:
  • Dancer
  • Actor
  • Sculptor
  • Athlete/Coach
/ Behaviors:
  • plays sports
  • enjoys physical games
  • uses hands or body while talking

Famous Kinesthetists:
  • Michael Jordan, professional basketball player
  • Alvin Ailey, choreographer
/ Ways to improve this intelligence:
  • take a dance class
  • play a sport
  • exercise

Verbal-Linguistic
/ Suitable Careers:
  • Author
  • Journalist
  • Lawyer
  • Public Speaker
/ Behaviors:
  • writes/tells stories
  • enjoys word games
  • effective speaker

Famous Linguists:
  • Abraham Lincoln, 5th U.S. President
  • Tom Clancy, novelist
/ Ways to improve this intelligence:
  • read...a lot!
  • practice speaking in public
  • write a poem or story

Keirsey Temperament Sorter

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ARTISAN SPs, being CONCRETE in communicating and UTILITARIAN in implementing goals, can become highly skilled in TACTICAL VARIATION. Thus their most practiced and developed intelligent operations are usually promoting and operating (SPT expediting), or displaying and composing (SPF improvising). And they would, if they could, be virtuosos of one of these forms of artistic operation. Artisans are proud of themselves in the degree they are graceful in action, respect themselves in the degree they are daring, and feel confident of themselves in the degree they are adaptable. This is the "Sensation Seeking Personality" -- trusting in spontaneity and hungering for impact on others. They are usually hedonic about the present, optimistic about the future, cynical about the past, and their preferred time and place is the here and now. Educationally they go for arts and crafts, avocationally for techniques, and vocationally for operations work. They tend to be permissive as parents, playmates as spouses, and play oriented as children. There are many Artisans to be found in many places where the action is, at least 35% and as many as 40% of the population.

GUARDIAN SJs, being CONCRETE in communicating and COOPERATIVE in implementing goals, can become highly skilled in LOGISTICS. Thus their most practiced and developed intelligent operations are often supervising and inspecting (SJT administering), or supplying and protecting (SJF conserving). And they would if they could be magistrates watching over these forms of social facilitation. They are proud of themselves in the degree they are reliable in action, respect themselves in the degree they do good deeds, and feel confident of themselves in the degree they are respectable. In search of security as they are the "Security Seeking Personality" -- trusting in legitimacy and hungering for membership. They are usually stoical about the present, pessimistic about the future, fatalistic about the past, and their preferred time and place is the past and the gateway. Educationally they go for commerce, avocationally for regulations, and vocationally for material work. They tend to be enculturating as parents, helpmates as spouses, and conformity oriented as children. There are even more Guardians than Artisans around, at least 40% and as many as 45% of the population.

IDEALIST NFs, being ABSTRACT in communicating and COOPERATIVE in implementing goals, can become highly skilled in DIPLOMATIC INTEGRATION. Thus their most practiced and developed intelligent operations are usually teaching and counseling (NFJ mentoring), or conferring and tutoring (NFP advocating). And they would if they could be sages in one of these forms of social development. The Idealist temperament have an instinct for interpersonal integration, learn ethics with ever increasing zeal, sometimes become diplomatic leaders, and often speak interpretively and metaphorically of the abstract world of their imagination. They are proud of themselves in the degree they are empathic in action, respect themselves in the degree they are benevolent, and feel confident of themselves in the degree they are authentic. Idealist types search for their unique identity, hunger for deep and meaningful relationships, wish for a little romance each day, trust their intuitive feelings implicitly, aspire for profundity. This is the "Identity Seeking Personality" -- credulous about the future, mystical about the past, and their preferred time and place are the future and the pathway. Educationally they go for the humanities, avocationally for ethics, and vocationally for personnel work.