Personality typing is a method to classify people based on how they function, derived mostly from Carl Jung's theories. There are eight different temperaments and sixteen types in total. Each type consists of four temperaments. The most popular methods for personality typing are MBTI and Socionics. Socionics is similar to MBTI but includes a process called "Visual Identification," where one attempts to idenfity a person based on their appearance (facial structure, body movement, etc), and may differ slightly when typing people.

Introverts and Extraverts

Extraverts (E) are described as those who feel more "energized" around people. They're known to speak their mind, be more outgoing—they're people people, if you will. Introverts (I) are basically the opposite, spending most (or a lot) of their time inside their mind; that is, they feel at their best within their own world. Introverts are usually labeled as the "quiet types" by others. They aren't naturally outgoing and may be seen as distant or reserved by others.

Sensing and Intuition

Sensing (S) types are those who receive information via their senses. These types tend to be in the "present," reacting to or dealing with things as they happen or arrive. They are interested in things that are pleasing to the senses and can be quite realistic; they're generally not interested in abstract things (like theory) but concrete things; they're are generally interested in the practice of things. Intuitive (N) types take in information via their intuition, often trying to deal with things before they happen; they tend to be in the "past" or "future" (mostly future). They are into new and abstract things.

Thinking and Feeling

Thinking (T) is the process of handling or dealing with the information received (whether through their senses or intuition) through logical analysis. Thinking types are often seen as cold people, not naturally considering the feelings of others. They are into things logic (e.g. systems, structures and patterns). Feeling (F) is the process of handling or dealing with information through emotion; this does not mean that they aren't capable of using logic. Feeling types tend to be more into (care for) the people in a business over the business itself. They're known to easily pass their emotions onto others.

Perceiving and Judging

Perceiving (P) and Judging (J) is how one is motivated into situations. They basically control how the previous four temperaments work. Perceiving types tend to not fully confront things, they tend to flow with the situation. They can start a lot of projects, but finishing them isn't necessarily their main concern. Perceiving types tend to deal with constantly changing situations without much difficulty. Judging types do not like to leave things unfinished; they prefer to come to conclusions. Following rules come easy to them. Judging types work well in stable situations.

What Type Am I?

By many MBTI standards, i am considered to be an INTP; very few, INTJ. By Socionics, i am an INTj. I personally prefer Socionics method, as i have found it to be more accurate. I've found Socionics Visual Identification to be quite interesting, and helps me identify a person easier. Some say that if you want to convert from MBTI to Socionics, you just change the last temperament to the other. Though this may be true (like it was for me), it is mostly not always the case.

What Type Are You?

Psychological Type profiles.