SCENARIO 1
Your significant other just ended your 2 year relationship quite suddenly and with no apparent explanation. Up until this point you had both been talking about marriage and last week you even went to look at rings together. Now he/she won't even return your phone calls or texts. After talking with his/her family you find out that he/she has just been diagnosed with terminal stage 4 cancer.
- Describe how this scenario would make you feel as well as what sort of influences and motivations lie behind those feelings. Why do you feel the way you do?
First of all, I find it hard to imagine myself getting into that long and passionate of a romantic relationship with someone. This whole situation sounds unlikely to me.
If that actually somehow happened, I think that I would initially feel relieved that my significant other broke up our relationship. Marriage seems like too much of a scary commitment to me, something in which I do not want to participate.
I would, however, definitely desire an explanation. When I finally got the news from his family, learning about his terminal cancer, I would be sad. If I loved someone, I certainly would not want him or her to suffer from something like cancer.
Other than that, I would not know what to do about the whole situation. I would give my ex some space and time for sure. If he, for some reason, wanted to talk to me about something, I would be there for him (although if he dated me for two years he would know that I suck at contributing advice).
SCENARIO 2
You are in college and this semester both you and your roommate end up in the same class together. You and your roommate get along fairly well and the living situation works but you aren't particularly close. You both typically do your own thing and are rather indifferent to each other. As the semester progresses you excel and become one of the top students in the class whereas your roommate is struggling significantly to grasp the material. The professor assigns a fairly challenging take home test that is a significant portion of your grade. He/she makes it clear that while it is open book, students are to work alone. Later your roommate comes to you begging for help after struggling with the test most of the weekend. You have already completed the assignment and he/she isn't asking to copy your answers, just to help tutor and mentor them as they struggle to complete the test, so there is no way your professor would ever know. However, this is the first time your roommate has asked you for help this semester. He/she makes it clear that how they do on this test could mean the difference between passing and failing this class.
- How do you respond to your roommate’s request and why? What sort of things in this scenario stand out to you as far as having a strong influence on your decision making and why? Describe the flow of your decision making process.
Honestly, I would be very reluctant. I do not care about how other people perform in class, so her making it clear that she might fail the class would not make me want to help her.
It depends on what her “begging†is like. If she only asked me once or a couple of times, I would tell her no. I would probably say to read the book more carefully, even check the Internet for more help. But if she were adamant about it, I would probably give in after a while. Partially because I would be tired of hearing this, and partially because I would not want to live with someone mad at me.
I suck at explaining concepts to other people, so I would probably ask her if she just wants to compare answers or something. If she really wanted me to mentor her, I guess I would give it a try.
SCENARIO 3
Your boss calls you into his/her office in order to assign you to a new project. He/she gives you a choice between two.
Project 1 is a rather broad, expansive project covering multiple areas of company operations. It has the potential to have a very significant impact on company operations but it would require a collective effort and an extensive amount of group work where you would be logically thinking through the project together with the group of individuals your boss has also assigned to it.
Project 2 has a much more specific and narrow focus and would require a significant amount of in depth individual analysis to work through the problem. You would be working alone and the completion of the project may or may not have much impact on company operations. However, after complete the process and problem you were working on will be streamlined and fundamentally understood.
- Which project appeals to you the most, as it relates to the way you prefer to logically process information? Why? What sort of things in this scenario, across either project, stood out to you as having a strong influence on your decision? Why?
Project 2 appeals to me more, I like the idea of it being more specific with a narrow focus. The required collective effort of Project 1 turns me off. I probably would not be able to contribute much since I do not stand out in group work settings. I would rather analyze the problem on my own.
SCENARIO 4
Your college professor has assigned you to a group project with 3 other individuals. All 3 of these individuals have a good strong work ethic and desire to contribute to the overall success of this project. You are at the first meeting of your group and the other members are tossing around valuable ideas as to the nature and direction of this project.
- Describe your behavior in this situation as you process and think about the ideas they are presenting. Describe what major influences drive this behavior.
If nobody else asked, I would question the other members of the group how we would like to execute the project. Who will be doing what? What will we be making? How will we accomplish it?
I would listen to all their ideas before sharing any of my own. This is because I am normally passive and I find it difficult to talk out of turn, especially around strangers. However, if I thought of an idea that I am really passionate about, I would probably announce it right away as soon as I got the opportunity.
If I disagreed with an idea, I would probably wait to see if someone else had anything else to say about it. If nobody ended up saying anything, I would then state my problems with the idea.
A major influence driving my behavior would be me wanting the project to be done well, the perfectionist behavior inside of me, but also my reserved demeanor stopping me from becoming too bossy.
SCENARIO 5
It has been a very long week and you feel mentally and emotionally drained, but good news! It is Saturday and you have nothing significant that needs to be done. You FINALLY have some free time to yourself to recharge your batteries and do whatever you want.
- Describe what sort of activities would help you to recharge. What would you enjoy doing after a long week and why?
Surely I would sleep in, and probably wake up at eleven in the morning. I think that I would enjoy a nice brunch. For the rest of the day, I would spend my time listening to music and posting online, maybe do some reading. I would have a lot of snacks for sure.
- What sort of things do you feel you draw non-physical energy from doing?
Listening to music for sure. I also get energy from driving, but it takes willpower to leave my house on a day off.
SCENARIO 6
You have a meeting with your college career counselor to discuss potential careers that interest you. He/she offers you a list of the following careers and asks you to pick your TOP 3. He/she asks you to take money out of the equation. Imagine all of these careers received equal compensation. Focus instead on where you would truly feel most happy and fulfilled.
Artist, Scientist, Actor, Engineer, Musician, Lawyer, Counselor, Entrepreneur, Teacher, Manager, Psychologist, Computer Programmer / Analyst, Clergy, Child Care, Medical Doctor
- What were your top 3 choices and what aspects of these careers appeal to you? Prioritize the aspects of your career choices that influenced your decision, what things mattered most to you, where do you imagine finding the most fulfillment and why?
Engineer: I am naturally pretty good at mathematics, and if I have talent in something I tend to like it more. This career seems like the best mixture of something that I can do proficiently, and enjoy at the same time. It would probably still require some hard work to learn how to do the job, though.
Musician: I think that this would be the most fun career, and I would be doing something for which I have a passion. If I actually had an adequate amount of musical talent, this would definitely be the career where I would feel most fulfilled. But since I don’t, I would probably have to work really hard and therefore not be satisfied.
Manager: I often fantasize about being in
control charge of others, so this career would probably be exciting for me. In real life, I’m just too shy to actually take a step forward as a leader, most of the time. If I’m like that, I guess I wouldn’t be too good at this job.
While thinking of careers that I might enjoy, I considered my personality, interests, and skills to come to these three selections. Money definitely would have been a huge factor if I were allowed to put that into consideration.
- Was it difficult or easy to pick only 3 and why?
I found it difficult to even pick one. I kept on thinking of the negative aspects of each job. I eventually had to settle with choosing the ones that I found to be the “least of the evils.â€
Hm. I sense Fi and a high Te. And I do think you're an introvert. I have too little information for Ne or Ni and Si or Se.
