HP & Personality Types

[bbennett at joymail.com]

Penny wrote: 

> I also relate very much to Hermione.  And, I don't relate well to 
Ron at all.  So, naturally, the idea of my favorite character pairing 
up romantically with a character I don't understand too well was not 
exactly pleasant.>

I also relate better to Hermione than to Ron  (I love Ron, but
he's less like me). I just took the Myers Brigg Personality Type 
Indicator for work, and I it made me wonder - what are Ron's, 
Hermione's, and Harry's personality types?

MB breaks personalities into 4 categories: 

Extrovert or Introvert
 Sensor or Intuitive
 Thinker of Feeler
Judger or Perceiver. 


Extrovert/Introvert: I see Ron as an Extrovert and Hermione as an 
Introvert. Ron isn't shy about saying exactly what's on his
mind; Hermione has very definite opinions, but she tends to be more 
reserved. I also see Harry as an Introvert (probably more so than 
Hermione, although it's difficult to tell since everything's
from his POV). Our instructor said a rule of thumb for determining E 
or I is "If you don't know what's on an Introvert's mind, then you
haven't asked, and if you don't know what's on an Extrovert's mind, 
then you haven't been listening". 

Thinking/Feeling: Feelers are very concerned about what's best
for the individual, and Thinkers are very concerned about what's
fair. I think this one is harder to pin down for Hermione (this seems 
to be one of the categories where people often "toe the line"), but
I think the House Elf Liberation Front is a good clue. Hermione is 
compassionate, but her initial reaction to the House Elf situation is 
that it's a wrong that must be righted. I see her as a Thinker. I 
think Harry probably is as well, but I think Ron may be a Feeler.

In a nutshell, the other two categories are:

iNtuitive/Sensor - how information is taken in: Sensors like to
use available information to formulate ideas and plans; Intuitives 
prefer flying by the seat of their pants and feeling their way along 
(Hermione - Sensor, Ron - Intuitive, Harry - Intuitive?).

Judger/Perceiver - how information is used: Judgers are very good
at taking in information and making an immediate decision. Perceivers 
like to wait until the last possible moment to gather as much 
information as possible. After making the decision, Judgers move on; 
Perceivers may re-think the decision. Perceivers also are big 
schedule makers; Perceivers are not. (Hermione - Judger, Harry -
Perceiver,  Ron - Perceiver)?

That would make Hermione an ISTJ, Ron as ENFP, and Harry as INTP. 
What do you think? How off base am I? :*)

B 

p.s. If this is right, that would make Hermione and Ron complete 
opposites.

p.p.s. There's an online personality type test at 
http://www.keirsey.com/. I whined about having to take the test, but 
I actually found it very insightful.