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UNDERSTANDING YOUR PERSONALITY PROFILE SCORES
This Is Additional Information To Help You Understand Your
Your Personality Profile Scores And What Different Combinations
Of Personalities Might Tell You About Yourself.
You Can Use the Pg-Up And Pg-Down Keys Or Your Mouse (left button)
To Move Through This File. When You Are Finished You Can Press The
ESC Key or The X Key To Return To The Program.
NORMAL HEALTHY PATTERNS
Natural combinations of birth personalities are:
Sanguine / Choleric
Choleric / Melancholy
Phlegmatic / Sanguine
Melancholy / Phlegmatic
One of the two will be your dominant and the other will be your secondary.
Most everyone has a dominant and a secondary, but the numbers may very
greatly. For example 32 Choleric, with 8 Melancholy would be described
as a very strong Choleric with some Melancholy traits.
However, it is also quite possible to have more evenly balanced scores
in two columns. One or two checks in the remaining two columns can
generally be ignored as insignificant. Any test such as this can be
assumed to have a ten percent margin of error, for the words simply
represent how you perceive yourself. Normal healthy patterns are
usually characterized by similar and balancing scores of strengths and
weaknesses in any single column.
UNNATURAL COMBINATIONS
There are two combinations, though often seen, that are not natural:
Sanguine / Melancholy
Choleric / Phlegmatic
Either of these two appearing on the scoring sheet in significant
numbers is evidence of a "personality mask" as they are diametrically
opposite and are not natural birth personality combinations. They are
inevitably (1) the result of outside forces working in our life to
make us conform to someone else's concept of who we should be or
(2) "put on" in childhood to survive in a difficult or dysfunctional
family living situation.
CAUSES OF MASKING
1) A DOMINEERING PARENT in childhood, constantly requiring the child
to conform to the personality they want the child to have. A
Melancholy / Choleric parent, for example, tries to make a spontan-
eous Sanguine child into a meticulously neat Melancholy.
2) An ALCOHOLIC PARENT in childhood, forcing unnatural pressures for
the child to perform, or contribute to the household, often
assuming parental roles not natural for a child or his God-given
birth personality.
3) Strong REJECTION FEELINGS in childhood. A child who does not feel
the love of one parent, or especially true if it is both parents.
Child will often try to "be perfect" for the unloving parent in
order to win the love, attention, and approval so eagerly craved
and needed by every child.
4) Any form of EMOTIONAL OR PHYSICAL ABUSE will quickly teach the child
that the only way to hope to stop the harsh treatment is to conform
to the demands of the abusing parent.
5) CHILDHOOD SEXUAL INTERFERENCE or violence is inevitably a cause of
masking, particularly when perpetrated by a parent or a person
playing the parental role. The child sub-consciously rationalizes
that maybe if I would just be good enough, they would leave me
alone. This is especially true when the knowledge of these
childhood experiences has been completely suppressed and unknown in
adult life. This mask may be seen in a person with a high score in
Melancholy weaknesses, without a comparable number of strengths; or
in a person with high numbers of Sanguine strengths without
balancing weaknesses.
6) SINGLE PARENT HOME. A child raised in a single parent home,
especially a first born, may often be required to fulfill some of
the roles of the absent parent. When these functions are not
consistent with the child's natural personality, he is apt to put
on a mask which he generally continues wearing in adult life.
7) BIRTH ORDER. Young parents frequently pour on their first child an
overzealous energy to make that child conform to their concept of
what he/she should be. When this does not coincide with the
natural personality, masking may result.
8) LEGALISTIC RELIGIOUS HOME. Intensely regulatory standards where
appearance and conformance are required will often throttle a
child's natural personality and zest for living, as the child
learns to conform to legalism rather than respond to love.
9) A DOMINEERING AND CONTROLLING SPOUSE, in adult life can have a
similar affect as a domineering parent in childhood. This is most
often seen, for example, when a strong Melancholy/Choleric husband
tries to change a Sanguine wife into his concept of what his wife
should be, and how she should act. After a period of such control
she may perceive herself to be Melancholy/Phlegmatic, when in fact
it is nothing more than a mask to cope or survive in the marriage.
10) ADULT ABUSE OR REJECTION in marriage will often have the same
affect in distorting the natural personality, as the lonely or
hurting person puts on a mask and simply gives up.
COMBINATION OF THREE
Any combination of three personalities indicates one must be a mask,
for the reasons described above. Generally, the "center" of the three
is the natural, and one of the "ends" is a mask. For example, for a
person scoring relatively evenly in Sanguine/Choleric/Melancholy, the
Choleric is generally the natural and either the Sanguine or the
Melancholy is the mask, as you were not born with both. You can, and
should, try to determine which is the real and which is the mask.
Frequently a person who knows you well can objectively review your two
columns in question and help you select the word that they feel
describes you better. Or, you can think back to how you felt or would
have answered as a child before life's experiences distorted your
perception of yourself. Such a review of the words you selected will
frequently transfer enough of them to another column to clearly define
your correct and natural birth personalities.
COMBINATION OF FOUR
When your profile scores are fairly even across, there are two
possibilities. One, you really don't know yourself, and probably
don't care; or you are Phlegmatic, it doesn't matter, and you have
trouble making choices. Or, two, you are "double masked". The way
you perceive yourself has been so distorted by life's experiences that
you really don't know who you are. Refer to the Causes of Masking
to see if any apply to you.
Remember, it takes a great deal of energy to wear a mask and live in
a personality role that is not naturally yours. Our goal should be
to take off the mask and live life to the fullest for which God
created us.
Personalities In The Workplace - POPULAR SANGUINE
PLACE IN THE PUZZLE:
Creative Person
BEST AT:
Making initial contact with people
Creating enthusiasm and excitement
Encouraging & uplifting others
Insuring that the group has fun
IS APT TO BE:
Too easily distracted & forgetful
PRESENTATION STYLE:
Humorous & with a light touch
WARNING:
Can come on too happy or cute
Not considered serious or believable
Don't let them handle money
* * * Realize they need fun & adventure! * * *
Personalities In The Workplace - POWERFUL CHOLERIC
PLACE IN THE PUZZLE:
Leadership person
BEST AT:
Motivating people to action
Controlling the plans and productivity
Giving quick & clear instructions
Making sure the group sees the immediate gain
IS APT TO BE:
Too impulsive & intimidating
PRESENTATION STYLE:
Authoritative & Convincing
WARNING:
May come on too overpowering
Seems to look down on others
Often intimidates less confident people
* * * Realize they need action & excitement! * * *
Personalities In The Workplace - PERFECT MELANCHOLY
PLACE IN THE PUZZLE:
Detail Person
BEST AT:
Planning and explaining the details
Keeping the financial records straight
Being sensitive to the needs of others
Making sure the group sees the long range goal
IS APT TO BE:
Too easily distracted & critical
PRESENTATION STYLE:
Accurate & sincere
WARNING:
Might come across too intellectual & remote
May make others feel less intelligent
Can get lost in the details
* * * Realize they need order & understanding! * * *
Personalities In The Workplace - PEACEFUL PHLEGMATIC
PLACE IN THE PUZZLE:
Support Person
BEST AT:
Making sure the group is relaxed and comfortable
Always finding a middle ground
Staying calm & functional amidst chaos
Not over reacting to a negative situation
IS APT TO BE:
Too undisciplined & indecisive
PRESENTATION STYLE:
Believable
WARNING:
May come across as too low-key, dull or lazy
Appears too unenthusiastic & unconvinced
Don't count on them for motivation
* * * Realize they need rest & some quiet time! * * *
RESOURCES FOR FURTHER STUDY
1) To Understand Personality Strengths and Weaknesses:
PERSONALITY PLUS, Florence Littauer, Fleming H. Revell Co.
2) To Understand Masking:
YOUR PERSONALITY TREE, Florence Littauer, Word Books.
3) To Understand Effects of Childhood Trauma:
FREEING YOUR MIND FROM MEMORIES THAT BIND, Fred & Florence
Littauer, Thomas Nelson Publishers.
THE PROMISE OF HEALING, Fred Littauer, Thomas Nelson
Publishers.
4) To Understand Children's Personalities:
RAISING CHRISTIANS, NOT JUST CHILDREN, Florence Littauer, Word
Books.
5) To Understand Your Leadership Potential:
PERSONALITIES IN POWER, Florence Littauer, Huntington House
6) To Understand Personalities in the Workplace:
PERSONALITY PUZZLE, Florence Littauer & Marita Littauer, Fleming
H. Revell Co.
These invaluable books are available at your Christian bookstore, or
can be ordered directly by calling CLASS Book Services, 1-800-433-6633.