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Chapter 2, Exploring Your Personality and Major
Learn more about your personality type
at this great website. If you know your personality type, you can find a description of
your type, matching careers, as well as information on relationships, communications,
parenting, friendships and personal growth. For a fee of $3 you can do an assessment of
your personality type for yourself or friends and family.
http://www.personalitypage.com/
Do you want to read different profiles of your
personality type? This site contains many different profiles that
describe each type.
http://www.bettycjung.net/Personality.htm
Here is an entertaining cartoon called "Type Cans"
that illustrates the different personality types:
http://www.typecan.com
Interested in more information about your personality
type? This site provides additional descriptions. The
introductory section is easy to understand, but the analysis that follows is
very technical and difficult to understand.
http://www.typelogic.com/
Do a quick assessment of your personality type by
answering a short questionnaire. The brief questionnaire is free.
There is a fee for a more in depth analysis:
www.typefocus.com
Take this free Jung Typology Test that
consists of 72 easy questions for results that are very similar to the Myers-Briggs
personality test. The site also contains information on marriage compatibility
and a simple test to help you understand how personality affects marriage.
http://www.humanmetrics.com/
This newsletter features articles on personality and related topics:
movie reviews, love life, finances, education, learning style and employment.
http://www.advisorteam.com
Here are four cartoons relating to temperament and
career choice:
http://www.advisorteam.com/cartoon.html
At this site you can take the Kiersey Temperament Sorter for free.
The results are similar to those on the Myers-Briggs Personality Type Indicator.
http://www.advisorteam.com/User/ktsintro.asp
This website has a free personality assessment, the Keirsey
Temperament Sorter. Find out the following information about your type:
famous people in history, favorite quotations, presidents with matching personality types
and information on relationships.
http://www.keirsey.com/cgi-bin/keirsey/newkts.cgi
Find additional sources of career assessment
including the world's fastest personality assessment at this site. It also has a
list of careers matching Holland's interest categories:
http://californiacolleges.edu/
This site contains many free online psychological tests useful for self-assessment and exploration. Tests include personality, career, intelligence, relationships, communications, emotional health, self-esteem, anxiety, depression, lifestyle, burnout and others. http://www.queendom.com/tests.html
Choosing your Major
What can I do with a major in
___? Find what careers match your major.
www.uncwil.edu/stuaff/career/Majors
Factors to consider when choosing a major are discussed at this
University of Pennsylvania site. Included are common misconceptions
about choosing a major and the five questions students should ask themselves
to make a good decision on a major:
http://www.psu.edu/dus/md/mdintro.htm
Most Lucrative Degrees for College Grads from CNN Money, 2007.