Do you believe in personality types?

[smallprint]

What i mean is, do you believe that at least some aspects of people's personality are fixed at birth? If so, do you have a system you ascribe to (i.e astrology, myers-briggs, enneagram)?

Me-- i was skeptical until i read a somewhat cheesy book called The Color Code, by Taylor Hartman, that was freakishly accurate. It's based on four basic types, with elaboration... I'm the "white" type-- peace-loving and independent!

So... tell me about it!

[KCDem]

1. I'm a bitch, I'm a lover

I'm a child, I'm a mother
I'm a sinner I'm a saint....

I don't really ascribe to any system, but I definitely believe that aspects of personality are fixed at birth. I think personality is more nature than nurture.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

12. I love that tune...

especially when Mel Gibson's trying on pantyhose to it. }(

And I agree, it's more nature than nurture. Though nurture plays an important role, it can't change your brain chemistry.

[deutsey]

2. I don't know about "fixed at birth"

but I believe in the ability of a test like Meyers-Briggs to give an accurate snapshot of your personality type.

For anyone knows Meyers-Briggs code, I'm INFP. When I first read this assessment after I took the test, I was amazed at its accuracy.

[GreenArrow]

10. INFP

Me too. Interestingly, most of my family is also.

[gully]

3. I believe the myers briggs stuff as it's science...

Astrology is just 'fun' really. No accuracy as far as Im concerned.

Im an ENFP...
:D

[supernova]

4. I think they're an interesting way to describe

personalities. I enjoy the M-B stuff myself. And they can give a person some insight as to how they come across to other people.

I don't consider them ultimate authorities though, we all have free will. As to the nature/nurture thing, some tendencies we are born with, but I think it's our environment that we grow up in, esp care when we are babies, toddlers that determines how those tendencies get expressed or controlled.

I'm INTJ on the M-B scale if anyone's interested.

edit: M-B is useful b/c knowing your type, you can learn to develop/pay attention to your weaker traits to further enhance relationships.

[davidinalameda]

5. I am a classic Scorpio

and I don't know if reading the characteristics of Scorpio fixed those aspects stronger in my personality or they were already fixed there because of me being a Scoripo.

I'm going to look for that book.

[northzax]

6. test post. please ignore me

thank you for your kind support

[trotsky]

7. Anyone who has had more than one child...

...knows that some personality traits are fixed at birth. Two (or more) kids, same parents, yet completely different in how they react.

I don't know how much of someone's personality is genetic, but I am positive at least some of it is. I don't have any "system" I believe in, as I think "personality" is far too complex to categorize, much like "intelligence". Maybe someday we'll figure it out but we don't have the knowledge or technology yet.

[sangha]

8. I believe in "dispositions", not "types"

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[smallprint]

9. what kind of dispositions? i'm curious...

[DemExpat]

11. INFJ.....Pisces with Cancer rising here.

I love the stuff!

Very entertaining, very amazing at times.

DemEx