AdvisorTeam's Temperament Sorter is the leading personality assessment tool available online. Created to help people gain new understanding of their traits, motivations, and behaviors, the Temperament Sorter analyzes one particular aspect of personality: temperament.
Temperament is a set of inclinations that each of us is born with; it's a predisposition to certain attitudes and actions. The Temperament Sorter examines these innate facets of personality to arrive at an integrated picture of an individual. AdvisorTeam then generates two customized reports that focus on different perspectives of personality type.
Today, the Temperament Sorter and AdvisorTeam's reports are used by corporations, educators, and individuals for a broad spectrum of purposes including:
Artisans value freedom and spontaneity. They want to be without constraint, at liberty to act on their impulses, play, and create.
Guardians value belonging to a group or community. They maintain stability through responsible, conservative, traditional behavior.
Idealists value personal growth, authenticity, and integrity. They yearn to develop themselves fully as individuals and to facilitate growth in others.
Rationals value competence and intelligence. They strive to learn, know, predict, and control the resources in their environment.
| Performer (ESFP) | Supervisor (ESTJ) | Field Marshal (ENTJ) | Teacher (ENFJ) |
| Composer (ISFP) | Inspector (ISTJ) | Mastermind (INTJ) | Counselor (INFJ) |
| Promoter (ESTP) | Provider (ESFJ) | Inventor (ENTP) | Champion (ENFP) |
| Crafter (ISTP) | Protector (ISFJ) | Architect (INTP) | Healer (INFP) |
The letter names of the sixteen types ("ENFJ," for example) are based on four pairs of letters -- E-I, S-N, T-F, and J-P -- that represent the four Keirsian dimensions of personality. Each pair of letters forms a spectrum, and thus no single letter should be taken as naming a type of person. A personality is a complex unity of behavioral preferences, attitudes and traits, and these letters merely suggest stronger or weaker tendencies in a person's overall makeup. The pairs of letters stand for the following behavioral concepts:
| E = Expressive | I = Reserved |
| S = Observant | N = Introspective |
| T = Tough-Minded | F = Friendly |
| J = Scheduling | P = Probing |
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