1. Bishop Stang High School
Grade 9
Personality Assessment

2. What is Naviance? A web-based software that allows you to:
Explore Careers
Research Colleges
Research Scholarships
Communicate with your counselors
Discuss computer guidelines; respect, focus, attention

3. Do What You Are… How did this activity help me…
Learn about careers that are matched to you, your personal strengths and blind spots, how you negotiate in your daily life, and a host of other useful information.
Remember that this assessment is subjective and there is no right or wrong “Type.” 

4. Myers Briggs Type Indicator
Personality test is a measurement of preference.
Most people are a MIX of the pair.
While the names of the pairs are familiar words, the meaning of the preferences is not the same as everyday use.
There are 4 pairs:
Introvert (I) - Extravert (E)
Sensing (S) - Intuition (N)
Thinking (T) - Feeling (F)
Judging (J) - Perceiving (P)
“Extravert” ≠ talkative or loud
“Introvert” ≠ shy or inhibited
“Feeling” ≠ emotional
“Judging” ≠ judgmental
“Perceiving” ≠ perceptive
Pass out
MBTI Chart and student specific MBTI results. Have them complete 2nd part of Results sheet.

5. Where do you prefer to focus your attention
Where do you prefer to focus your attention? Where do you get your energy?
Introvert
Extravert
Focus more on internal environment
Work out ideas by reflecting on them
Learn best by mental “practice”
Private and contained
Take initiative when the situation is very important to them
Focus more on external environment
Work out ideas by talking them through
Learn best by doing or discussing
Sociable and expressive
Ready to take initiative in work and relationships

6. How do you prefer to take in information?
Sensing
Intuition
Observe what is real and tangible – what is actually happening
Factual and Concrete
Observe and remember specifics
Understand ideas and theories through practical applications
Trust experience
Observe the “Big Picture” – focus on relationships and connections between the facts
Concerned with future possibilities
Imaginative and verbally creative
Focus on patterns and meanings in data
Trust inspiration

7. How do you make decisions?
Feeling
Thinking
Empathetic
Guided by personal values
Assess impacts of decisions on people
Strive for harmony and positive interactions
Compassionate
Fair – wants everyone treated as an individual
Analytical
Use cause –and-effect reasoning
Solve problems with logic
Strive for an objective standard of truth
Reasonable
Fair – wants everyone treated equally

8. How do you interact with the world around you?
Judging
Perceiving
Scheduled
Organized
Systematic
Methodical
Make both short-term and long-term plans
Like to have things decided
Try to avoid last minute stresses
Spontaneous
Flexible
Casual
Open-ended
Adapt, change course
Like things loose and open to change
Feel energized by last minute pressures

9. What’s Next?
Keep exploring Naviance Family Connection! You will be using this a lot in the next four years 
Grade 10: We will explore the Career Assessments together.
Grade 11: We will look at all of the college search features.
Grade 12: Apply to college!