Daniel Porter
PSYC
11/25/11


Personality Test Essay

	According to a short personality test taken during my General Psychology class, I'm under the label of an ISTP, acronym for Introvert, Sensing, Thinking, Perceiving. The general rule for them is that they like to work alone and keep small talk to a minimum, from what I have seen. By 'what I've seen', I mean a combination of the ISTP summary paper you gave me, opinions from my parents, and further introspection of myself.
	The first aspect of an ISTP, the I, is the Introversion area, the word 'introvert' meaning shy or concerning more with his or her own feelings; a loner, perhaps. I know I've been shy, quiet, reserved, and <insert synonym here> ever since I could walk on my own two feet, so no mystery there. I probably didn't even need to ask about any peculiar or distinctive examples of me showing any shyness, but I probably need some anyway, otherwise this paper might feel incomplete, and I aim to overachieve whenever one would deem appropriate or convenient. For example, whenever I receive homework, like this assignment, I spend most of my time working on it by myself, in my bedroom. Whenever I practice my musicianship on an electric guitar, I'm by myself in my bedroom. The list goes on, and I'm not sure it can all fit on this piece of paper.
	The next aspect, Sensing, is described as in the moment, narrow-focused, the outside world even seems blocked off as hours pass while working on something, possibly something school-related and not browsing around the internet when I should be doing my homework. Yup, school-related. Anyway, what was I talking about? Oh, right, Sensors! This also comes back to staying inside my room for the better part of the day, whether it be a video game, homework, or watching marathons of My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. This takes an odd twist whenever I play a round of chess though, since a typical chess-player, a decent one anyway, thinks his moves through and is always three steps ahead of his opponent, who by turn is probably two steps ahead of said player's three steps, making five steps, but perhaps the first player is already four steps ahead of those five, making nine steps, a partridge, and a pear tree. Wow, this game is more complicated than I thought. Furthermore, the S in ISTP makes it so that I have trouble thinking ahead, pondering only what I can do in the present.
	The third interval in ISTP, Thinking, meaning any thoughts or conclusions are purely objective, with little or no emotional value attached to them. This doesn't mean I'm a robot with no human emotions, questioning his existence with a thirst for what it's like to feel and love, though. At least I hope not. It just means I think more like a scientist than anything, really. Like, whenever I try to decide what my favorite color is, or who's currently the hottest woman in Hollywood, I think I have trouble forming an opinion since these thoughts appeal to more aesthetics and emotional value rather than reason or logic. When I meet people for the first time, I look for personality first over physical appearance, which is a close third; the second being common interests. Seriously though, I'm not a robot.
	The final letter in ISTP, Perceiving, elicits my spontaneity and flexibility with a turn of events. Since I don't plan things ahead that often, as seen two paragraphs ago, the things I do are spur-of-the-moment, at least for the most part. For example, whenever I want to go to an arcade or a movie, I manage to drop whatever I'm currently doing, in the best way possible, and without further hindsight I do just that, then worry about what I was doing before later. I just drew a picture in MSPaint and snacked on a bagel right before typing this sentence just to show how spontaneous I am. See what I did there? Then again I could be lying to you and pulled that statement right out of thin air, but why would I lie to you? You trust me, right? I'm still not a emotionless robot, by the way.
	In conclusion, I believe from this summary paper of what an ISTP is almost perfectly fits my persona, except for the part about women with ISTP personality-types, because frankly I'm not a woman. I can hardly comprehend how females think and perceive, quite honestly. That doesn't mean I don't like them, though. Only a robot would hate women; that or a misogynistic wife-beater from Arkansas. And that's how Equestria was made.