COM 320, History of Film

Fall 2017, Dr. NeuendorfNAME: ______

Class Activity: MBTI Profile

Worth: 5% of course grade (10 pts.)

Due: Thursday, Sept. 28via Blackboard (complete this form)

This assignment is derived from an exercise that was part of the WAC teacher workshop Dr. N completed. It is designed to help you understand your own preferences for taking in information, and thereby help your instructor better understand your approach to writing. Here’s what you need to do:

1. Complete an online version of the Myers-Briggs temperament inventory (MBTI), based on the work of Carl Jung. This free online instrument is a shortened version, at 70 items. When you are finished, you’ll have 4 letters with percentages. The instrument may be found at:

2. Enter your 4-letter code (“Your Type”) here: ______

And your types and percentages here:

Introvert or Extravert? ______Percentage? ______

Intuitive or Sensing? ______Percentage? ______

Feeling or Thinking? ______Percentage? ______

Perceiving or Judging? ______Percentage? ______

3. Some generalizations have been made about the different types of personalities and how individuals may approach a writing task. Read the following, and then provide a short assessment as to whether you think this holds true for you for a writing assignment, given your 4-letter type.

A. Introversion vs. Extraversion

Introverts appreciate silence, and tend to protect their own personal territory. They take their communication activity with others seriously. They gather their energy alone, rather than with others around. These students benefit from working alone.

Extraverts are all about energy, and enjoy talking, even to the point of interrupting others. They engage in a lot of phatic communication. They gather their energy with others around. These students may write too much, and may come off as not serious, even when they are. They benefit from working in groups.

B. Intuitive vs. Sensing

Intuitives see the big picture, the future, the abstract. They can state a brilliant synthesis with no evidence, and tend to ponder the future. These students can articulate a focus well, but can be weak in evidence.

People with a sensing preference like the here and now. They like practical details. They like rules to be followed well. These students may have all the evidence in writing with no focus; they sometimes fail to present the larger questions.

C. Thinking vs. Feeling

Thinkers are excellent at analysis, often logical without concern for feelings. These students might miss the morality of an issue while focusing on the technical analysis of a problem.

Feelers key in on values, and articulate larger societal values well. These students can leave out crucial reasoning even if they are quite capable of it. They might leave out important factual information that supports their point of view.

D. Perceiving vs. Judging

Perceivers are flexible in coming up with new solutions, new ideas. They tend not to impose judgment. These students can miss articulating a focus but find great new solutions to problems. They can also procrastinate.

People with a judging preference love order. They tend to impose judgment on just about everything. These students can articulate a strong focus but can miss flexibility. They can become stressed over too many tasks left unfinished.

Do these analyses fit, with regard to your own MBTI profile and, specifically, the task of writing a paper (e.g., for this class)? How do they fit, and/or not fit?

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