The MBTI Comes Calling ...

[chomiji]

Courtesy of blue-hobbit (I already knew that she and I have the same MB type ... chances are, most of you won't get the same result):

The trouble is, it's hard for me to answer these quizzes objectively ... I am a keen amateur student of the MBTI and own several books on the subject, even. But the display on this one is nice because it reflects the fact that my perceiving-judging axis (basically, how organized I am and how much I prefer routine) doesn't show as strong a preference as the other axes.

ETA: It had a "Multiple Intelligences" section too ... so I subbed in a combo results box.

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[chomiji]

Ah, well, so much for that idea!

In any case, it was only meant to be an example (although it quickly ran away from me, as you can see).

With me, my memory for lyrics reminds me of my memory for getting to places I have been before (which I think they decided came under "visual/spatial") - as I see each bit of scenery before me, the next bit sort of "cues up" in my head. Similarly, when I hear one line of a song, the next line shows up ready to go.

I struggled frantically with math all through high school and college (at first I thought I wanted to major in chemistry ... ). I didn't really nail the concept of how percentages related to fractions until I started working as a copy editor and learned how to re-size figures. Suddenly, with a physical model before me, in started making sense.

Then I went back to school for my computer degree, and made myself re-take calculus - and got an A. This is because my mother-in-law, who is a very talented adult education teacher, ran a series of diagnostic tests on me beforehand, and concluded that to do math, I needed to work though multiple example problems, and that if the text didn't break out the examples clearly enough, with plenty of white space around them so I could really concentrate on them, then I would need to outline the material myself so it looked like that.

(To be truthful, I doubt I now recall any of that calculus course ... it's more than a decade ago, at this point, and I haven't used it since ... but I did it!)

[chomiji]

You with cooking sound somewhat like me ... also I've seen people giving me odd looks when I'm selecting citrus fruit: I do it by weight for size (by hefting it in my hand) and by smell. Works pretty well, actually, but it's hard to explain, especially the heft thing.

Yes, I hated team sports. Paradoxically, perhaps, I like working as part of a team: I like having others to bounce ideas off, and I feel good in meetings when I help facilitate discussion by clarifying what the tongue-tied are trying to say, or helping the shy get their word in by interrupting the "floor" monopolizers on their behalf (I can't do it on my own behalf, but Lord how I love championing someone else ... part of the reason I love Gojyo so much, and Yukimura in SDK).