Can you tell my personality type/major in college?

[WhatTheFunction]

Here's a picture of the books I'm leisurely reading through on my iPad.

By looking at these list of books, can you tell which personality type I am? Or which cognitive functions I use the most?

Also... can you guess my major in college?

(Bonus if you can guess my career field.)

I'm just bored really, but it's interesting to think about. What if this didn't just work on me, but others? Being able to guess a person's type by their library (or the absence of one).

 

[Chad]

I think that someone said this in another forum but it really makes since. You really can't tell what someone personality type/ Cognitive function is bases of there interests alone.

These things describe your reasoning behind your interested. Also a bunch of college course work doesn't even really describe your interests fully. Most college student have to take classes they are not interested in or maybe not even good at. Even if it course work for a major/career field you are interested in.

For example I was a Forensic Chemistry major at one point and I had to take classes in Biology and Lost prevention even though these are really not major interests of mine. I still don't even see what Lost prevention as to do with Forensics either besides the fact that all criminal justices fields at my school had to take a lest 2 lost prevention courses. This is because the private sector is hiring more criminal justice majors now a days then the public sector and the private sector need you to understand laws as they relate to protecting private property. Forensics Chemistry was classified as both a criminal justice major and a Chemistry major so you need to meet the basics for both majors.

 

[WhatTheFunction]

This is more along the answer I was looking for. I posted this on the INTJf to see what type of responses I would get but I was mainly looking forward to seeing an answer similar to yours seeing as it correlates with my own thoughts on the matter. I don't believe a persons's type can be gauged by their interests. There might be a strong correlation (if that) but downright determining someone's specific type would be difficult if not impossible. And as you've pointed out (also applying to myself), biology is a class that I'm taking because I have to, not because it's relevant to my major so it throws off my list of interests a bit.

 

[The Gopher]

Well assuming it is you your blog has a lot of web stuff and your forum spring says you like maths and using your last fm account to psycho-analise your music tastes I conclude that!

I don't really care and it was cheating anyway.

(also really bored and too tired to work out if it is the right person)

 

[Absurdity]

Since you posted this in the INTP subsection on an INTP forum, I think INTP is a safe bet.

 

[ejomby]

I'll be the brave one and actually hazard a guess.

If these are your leisurely reads, you're doing a lot of things that aren't purely theoretical,but mostly have a good number of practical applications. Various computer programming and Driver's Ed. Also Biology-- the sciences in general-- require a lot of hands on observations and definite responses. Which would indicate INTJ.

But-- Ayn Rand, Mathematics, Tao te Ching-- some of this indicates a more theoretical bent.

So much depends on why you are reading these. There's no definite teller books. Like "How to be efficient!" would sway the results so that you were definitely INTJ. Or Plato's dialogues would make you INTP. But this just sounds like you are immersed in college work.

As for major-- again, can't tell. But I'd assume you were reading these books for your major. Do you want to be an actuary? You could get your degree in actuary science, economics, mathematics, statistics. Impossible to tell though-- not enough data.

 

[WhatTheFunction]

@ejomby - yes! I'm studying to become an Actuary. My major is math with statistical emphasis. The biology book is required for a class I have to take and not really something I'm reading for fun. That's cool you knew the actuary thing though.

 

[BigApplePi]

I'm studying to become an Actuary.

Damn! I was going to guess dance instructor, but I was wrong.