Profiling AASV Personalities

March 14, 2016 — 

During the recent AASV Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Dr. Peggy Anne Hawkins asked attendees to place a sticker representing their 4-letter personality profile on a chart located near the AASV registration desk. The results of that exercise are available at www.aasv.org/documents/Personality.pdf, and a brief discussion follows.

There were 191 participants. Visual inspection and counting stickers on the chart shows the top four personality types come from the corners of the square. They all have TJ (Thinking and Judging) in common. In fact, 50% (95/191) of our group was TJ types. TJ’s are considered to be logical; they want fast rational closure to situations. Looking at the top two rows versus the bottom two rows shows Introvert versus Extrovert. Our group was 55% (104/191) Extrovert. Looking at the left two columns versus the right two columns shows Sensing versus Intuition. Our group was 52% (100/191) Intuition. The lower right corner represents Extrovert-Intuition (EN). Our group was 25% (50/191) in this area. EN’s are considered idealistic; they strive for growth and improvement.