Personality Tests and Interests

I went to a 3 hour class this week on the Neurophysics of Human Behavior. It was taught by a cognitive neuroscientist. This is a new field of Science: came on the horizon around 1999. Absolutely fascinating! I'm not always a big talker but when I got home I couldn't contain myself. I went on and on about what I had learned to my husband for what probably seemed to him like 3 hours. It is a topic he is able to listen to for awhile, but barely interested in. On the other hand he can be quite the talker when it comes to utility transformers, switchgear, remote meter reading, the yard, the car, the house being built down the street..."things."

Do personality tests determine our interests? Not really. Most teachers are SJ's, but there are quite a few NF's and some of the other types that become teachers. Actors can be just about any personality type but an NF is the one that will actually "become" (for awhile) the person they're portraying. Many personality tests are used as a basis for determining the right profession for you. Certain personality types do gravitate more to one thing than another but you can usually find at least a little of every personality in most professions. That's probably a really good thing if you think about it.

Each personality has strengths that add to any arena. It could become a real "us against them" mentality if "like" people always flocked together. There couldn't be much progress if we didn't have some that are great leaders, and some that are great followers in the different areas of life. So where do our interests come from? Maybe I'll get closer to that answer as I dig deeper into the neurophysics of human behavior!