Speaker administers test on relationships
by April Ozuna, reporter

    Students wanting to know about power and relationships gathered on NW Campus recently to hear the coordinator of special services present Power, Attraction and Seduction, sponsored by the counseling center.

   Dr. Shelley Cavin administered a smaller version of the Myers-Briggs personality trait test, created by a mother-daughter team, to identify personality type.

   “The kind of power you hold or exercise is related to your psychological type,” she said.

   After students took and scored their tests, Cavin explained how to interpret the test and described 16 different personality types.

   For example, a person may be an extrovert or an introvert, a sensor or an intuitor, a feeler or a thinker, or a judger or a perceiver. The combination of these personality types, Cavin said, makes up who a person is.

   “Extroverts relate more easily to the outer world of people and things than to the inner world of ideas while introverts relate more easily to the inner world of ideas than to the outer world,” she said.

   The test looks for positive personality traits such as motivation, originality, imagination, communication and the ability to follow though.

   On the opposite end of the spectrum, an ISTJ (introvert, sensor, thinker, judger) will possess such qualities as community-mindedness, morality, punctuality, productivity, thriftiness and decisiveness.

   In Cavin’s presentation, she revealed what personality types famous people possess and also what types of personalities may or may not blend with others in romantic relationships.

   Grouping students who shared similar personality types, Cavin had the group members describe things they were attracted to in a mate and things they were not attracted to.

   Cavin said she plans to do more research of her own on the subject and was interested in the input of each group.

   According to Cavin, the test should help students appreciate themselves and appreciate others.

   To take the Myers-Briggs test, students can visit their campus’ counseling center. A counselor will administer the test at no charge and will help interpret results. The test will identify strengths and help students better understand who they are.