Show I A test with no grades I Jerre Contributing Writer After a quarter of endless pop quizzes examinations and finals students may dream about a test which has no right or wrong answers The College Career Information Center has such a la test with an added bonus It will tell you what your personality type is and what type of work and people you most enjoy Using famed psychoanalyst Carl Jungs Jung's types proto-types the mother daughter team of Katherine Katherinc Briggs and Isabel Myers developed the theory and test which have become a standard in the fields of psychology and counseling since 1962 according to Tracy Harris Career Center counselor The tests test's questions deal with ways that people see things and go about making decisions The answers show a preference one way or the theother theother theother other between the she think think- ing feeling ju judging ging at at- perceptive attitude There arc are 16 differ different nt personality personality personality per per- types resulting from combinations of the above preferences This reporter for exam example pic showed these preferences extravert intuition intuition intuition tion thinking and perceptive perceptive perceptive tive attitude abbreviated To take the Briggs Myers-Briggs Type Indicator as the test is called students would first call or stop by College Center Center Center Cen Cen- ter to set up an appoint appoint- ment The fee for testing and evaluation is 6 Waivers are available for single parents and displaced homemakers The test is entered into a computer and takes about 45 minutes to I complete The up follow-up evaluation is set up for another day and also takes about 45 minutes Why is the indicator useful useful useful use use- ful to students It is one of the best first assessments someone can do for themselves themselves them them- selves says Harris It helps reinforce your career goals provide awareness as to why things haven't worked in inthe inthe the past and helps you understand understand understand un un- un- un the type of environment environment environment en en- you would want to work in Harris pointed to the growing number of corporations corporations corpora corpora- which use the Myers- Myers Briggs Indicator in their human resource departments departments departments depart depart- ments which include General Electric and ATT ATI The test can also shed light on a students student's communication communication com com- styles and those around him Harris said The test is also used by couples contemplating marriage marriage mar mar- to help them better understand each other r fV rIt It is interesting that the prospect of marriage served as the impetus for developing develop develop- ing the test In the according to tp Harris Katherine Katherinc Briggs Brigg's met Inet her daughters daughter's fiance and was intrigued by how different her future son-in-law's son personality personality personality per per- was from her daughters That sparked the interest to begin exhaustive research by both mother and daughter neither of whom were formally J educated educated educated edu edu- in psychology which resulted in the Briggs Myers-Briggs Indicator used today |