Jeffster
veteran attention whore
- Joined
- Jun 7, 2008
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- MBTI Type
- ESFP
- Enneagram
- 7w6
- Instinctual Variant
- sx
Why is it called personality type if it's about how people act rather than how they think?
I never understood that about Kiersey. All of his descriptions aren't really about how people think; it's not really "personality."
That's probably why he prefers to use the word temperament, rather than personality. His contention is that temperament is what we are born with, and character and personality are developed over time based on a number of factors. Two people of the same temperament can have very different personalities.