Is it fair to say we can take the results of the Jung Typology Test and decide if it is right or wrong? It all depends on how well we know ourselves and how honest we can be with ourselves. I am still discovering many things about me that I didn’t know, but I think that at this point in my life, the results of my test represent me very well. After reading about the different learning styles and writing styles for each type, I was not only able to understand myself better, but also see how I can become the person I would like to be. But for now, I am an ESFJ. 
Martin Luther King is also an ESFJ and I am very honored to be the same as him!
Most know me well enough to easily assume I’m an extravert. As my test results concluded, I am an extravert, but naturally I am a little introverted at times. I really enjoy socializing; even if I am not talking to someone, I like to be around people. But when it comes to learning styles, I found that I am much more introverted. Although I do volunteer to talk during class, I like to do my own independent work, and I usually “need to think about ideas, then write and plan” them out (X1002). The writing styles of an extravert match my writing styles more closely, but when it comes to social settings, I’m definitely extraverted.
I was unsure, at first, whether or not sensing fit me. While answering the questions for the test, I constantly found myself asking whether or not my answers reflected how I truly am or how I want to be. It made me want to take the test twice: one time to answer how I am, and a second to how I want to be. In psychology my professor told us that people become who they are pretending to be. It would be interesting to keep the second test to see if it became more accurate. After reading the learning styles I realized I was definitely the sensing type, but I would love to have more intuition qualities. A lot of the styles listed for intuition are things I just don’t have the ability to do well, such as having a “high tolerance for theory, reading, verbal fluency, interpreting meaning” and “looking “beneath [the] surface to find hidden meaning” (X1000). Some of these things may not ever be a part of me, but I would love to develop more intuition styles in the future.
When it comes to feeling versus thinking, I’m a feeler. Ever since I was little, I’ve been very sensitive, and I am still very sensitive to this day. Joe Butt explains, “ESFJ’s are easily wounded”, and that describes me very well (Butt). The writing styles of a feeler fit be better than most, and I do tend to “prefer topics that [I] care about” (1009). David Keirsey said a feeling person “tends to make his emotional reactions more visible”, and this is very true for me (Keirsey 21).
The last letter is the only one I question. For this test, my type came out to be judging rather than perceiving, yet on the Myers-Briggs test I had perceiving rather than judging. Once again, the learning and writing styles were the most useful information and it helped me understand what type I fit best. Although I agree with my other test in that I am pressure-prompted, I definitely agree with the judging styles for learning, and I prefer structure when it comes to schoolwork.
It is so interesting to read all the different learning and writing styles. It helped me to not only understand but also recognize what styles are the most efficient for me. It might not be fair to say we can label the results of the Jung Typology Test right or wrong, but for me, I can say that the results of this test accurately describe my personality and have helped me to be more understanding and honest with myself.
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