# What personality type are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 7, 2004, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536 "2004-12-07T14:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/61 "2004-12-08T02:51:39Z")
Another Resolver here. The discussion on the site for this type is fairly accurate for me, with the exception, like **Lsura** , of liking to take risks. I definitely don’t seek them out at all. The comment on the site about Resolver careers is pretty much dead on for what I am doing. ---
**Author:** ![sleeping](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@sleeping](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeping)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/62 "2004-12-08T02:55:01Z")
Peacemaker Spontaneous/Facts/Hearts/Introvert > [@](#): > > Value personal freedom > Particularly sensitive to the feelings of others > Think of themselves as steady, gentle and sympathetic > Others may mistake their quiet nature for weakness The first is dead on, the second and third are mostly true, and I obviously have no clue about the fourth. The (full) description is pretty accurate, although I haven’t looked at other personality types. ---
**Author:** ![Bob55](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Bob55](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bob55)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/63 "2004-12-08T03:35:39Z")
Resolver. Very accurate description. ---
**Author:** ![Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bites_when_provoked/32/18073_2.png) [@Bites\_When\_Provoked](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bites_When_Provoked)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/64 "2004-12-08T04:01:00Z")
> [@Priam](#): > > Idealist. I always get Idealist. Why? Because it’s always a Myers-Briggs test. Yup, Idealist here, too. Always an idealist. Not sure what this Myers-Briggs thing is, but every.single.time I do a test like that, I end up as an Idealist. For those who didn’t get this result, it’s reached through the following: Spontaneous - Ideas - Hearts - Introvert Okay, sure, I’m an introvert… and I am reasonably good with ideas, though not a super-creative brain. However, I’m \*not \* spontaneous, not by a long shot. And I’m definitely far more logical than I am emotional. I think the problem with the tests is they assess you on \*\*what \*\* you’d do, not \*\*why \*\* you’d do it. I keep getting hearts’n’flowers responses because I don’t like conflict and work to minimise it. Nevermind that it’s not because I give a toss how it affects anyone else - it ruins _my_ day if there’s conflict, and I don’t like having to struggle with the urge to knock some heads together. I’d rather just smooth it over fast and get away from that point. Not so much warm and fuzzy as borderline personality disorder, probably! ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/65 "2004-12-08T04:45:24Z")
Silly: Enchanter. There are some who call me… Tim! Serious: Leader. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/66 "2004-12-08T05:12:16Z")
Another Mastermind here. Actually, I do have some fairly visionary ideas that could help at work, and due to some recent changes in management, and possible changes in other related departments, I may get the chance to implement some of them. ---
**Author:** ![drm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a88e57/32.png) [@drm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drm)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 5:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/67 "2004-12-08T05:30:47Z")
One of the few counsellors. - Search for meaning in their life and develop powerful insights - Are dedicated to helping others reach their potential - Think of themselves as gentle, peaceable and cautious - Others may find it difficult to get to know them not bad really. ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/68 "2004-12-08T05:38:19Z")
Excellent. I’m a **mastermind**. 🙂 Yeah, babeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![harmless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/2acd7d/32.png) [@harmless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmless)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/69 "2004-12-08T19:17:29Z")
Realist ---
**Author:** ![Absolute](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b2d939/32.png) [@Absolute](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Absolute)\ **Post date:** [December 8, 2004, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/70 "2004-12-08T20:07:02Z")
> [@](#): > > Resolvers are independent people who quietly learn how things work by analysing large amounts of information. Should a problem arise, they solve it with as little fuss as possible. Resolvers are only interested in abstract ideas, if they can be used to solve a problem quickly. > > Resolvers like to take risks: Many of them seek jobs and pastimes that put them in harms way and guarantee an adrenaline rush. > > Resolvers have changed jobs most frequently since leaving full-time education, according to a UK survey. > > Resolvers are often tolerant of behaviour different to their own as long as their values aren’t compromised. They sometimes give the impression that they agree with other peoples’ viewpoints because they don’t actively disagree. > > In situations where they can’t use their talents or are unappreciated, Resolvers may become cynical, negatively critical or put off decisions. Under extreme stress, Resolvers could be prone to inappropriate, tearful outbursts. > > Resolvers are quiet and sometimes it is difficult to get to know them; however, they often talk freely about subjects they understand well. It pegged me dead-on, except for the “inapropriate, tearful outbursts”. ---
**Author:** ![aeropl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f05b48/32.png) [@aeropl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aeropl)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/71 "2004-12-09T02:07:49Z")
Warning – all those quizzes on that site can be addicting! Try the Disgust survey under “Emotions & Instincts.” ---
**Author:** ![gooti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/eb8c5e/32.png) [@gooti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gooti)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/72 "2004-12-09T03:10:19Z")
Another counsellor here: \*\* Search for meaning in their life and develop powerful insights \* Are dedicated to helping others reach their potential \* Think of themselves as gentle, peaceable and cautious \* Others may find it difficult to get to know them\* Yup. ---
**Author:** ![kevja](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@kevja](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kevja)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/73 "2004-12-09T03:34:24Z")
Realist planner/facts/heads/introvert A real Mr. Excitement, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/74 "2004-12-09T04:19:52Z")
> [@kevja](#): > > Realist > > planner/facts/heads/introvert > > A real Mr. Excitement, huh? You and me both. I know! I’ll do something wacky and spontaneous, like not end this sentence with a period ---
**Author:** ![Shagnasty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9dc877/32.png) [@Shagnasty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shagnasty)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/75 "2004-12-09T04:27:42Z")
Strategist ---
**Author:** ![Nightime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Nightime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nightime)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/76 "2004-12-09T04:49:13Z")
Mastermind. Is this sort of like fortune telling in a way, though? I mean, for Mastermind it said something about how under extreme stress you seek sensory distractions like eating or watching too much TV… but isn’t that common to just about anyone? Some of it seemed to be pretty accurate and less general though. ---
**Author:** ![lezlers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@lezlers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lezlers)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/77 "2004-12-09T05:46:22Z")
Another realist here. Tell me something I _don’t_ know. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/78 "2004-12-09T06:15:15Z")
Strategist. Spontaneous, ideas, head, introvert. I figured “mad scientist” would be a better description. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/79 "2004-12-09T06:22:26Z")
Resolver. Which I think is another word for ‘loser’. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [December 9, 2004, 6:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536/80 "2004-12-09T06:29:30Z")
It’s says “mentor,” but I’m not an extrovert, so this designation is null and void. I am willing to say that I would be a mentor if I were not slightly agoraphobic. I wanna be a _peacemaker_\* dammit!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-personality-type-are-you/278536.md?page=5)