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What type are you?
Helper- Concrete Cooperative
Player- Concrete Utilitarian
Feeler- Abstract Cooperative
Thinker- Abstract Utilitarian
If you don't feel this test was accurate or would like a more detailed test, you can go to the Keirsey website.
*They use different terms than I do on the Keisey website. Guardians= Helpers, Artisans= Players, Idealists= Feelers, and Rationals= Thinkers.
Read this chart and see which sounds the most like your child. There is also extra situational questions to help you if the chart is not enough.
| Helpers (Guardians) | Players (Artisans) | Feelers (Idealists) | Thinkers(Rationals) |
Have clean, picked up rooms and
clothes, busy beavers
|
Always collecting things, always
have something in their hands
|
Love to read, especially about
fantasy or heroes
|
Wants to know the reasons for
doing anything, a lot of “why”
questions
|
Like to please parents and
teachers
|
Bodies are always in motion,
running, dancing
|
Make a drawing and tell you about
it in detail
|
Likes to take things apart and put
them back together, want to know
how things work
|
Often titled a “Good Boy” or
“Good Girl”
|
May make something just to
destroy it
|
Enthusiastic, like to share
thoughts and feelings
|
Has a hard time with routine
|
Can be called “Worry Warts”
|
Dress up, dramatic play
|
Helps to meet people’s needs
|
Calm, tranquil, collected
|
Can take on the role of being in
charge of friends and family
activities and events
|
When working with art materials
or other things, can often make
messes
|
When playing, they use dolls or
figures and have complex story
lines and relationships
|
Erratic about bedroom and
clothes, sometimes clean, other
times not, ordered chaos, they
know where everything is
|
Proud when they show they can
be trustworthy and counted on
|
Easily wound up and easily bored,
look for things to interest them
|
Like to act out stories from books
or imagination
|
Stickers, stamps, charts, don’t
incentivize them
|
Great helpers, like to serve
|
Very excitable
|
Want to be unique
|
Sometimes seems distant
|
Like to do chores (take out the
trash, sweep, set table...)
|
Curious, tend to test limits and
jump into things, impulsive
|
Look forward to learning
|
What to learn as much as they
can
|
Feels guilt easily
|
Skilled with motor skills early on
|
Peacemaker with family and
friends, relationships are
important
|
Like to be independent, self
sufficient
|
Likes routine, bothered by change
|
Good eater
|
Genuine, innocent, warm hearted
|
Feels proud when they feel smart
|
Is rewarded by stickers, charts,
stamps
|
Tests limits
|
Big vocabulary early on, but can
still misuse words, uses feeling
words
|
Has a hard time being governed
or told what to do
|
Look to feel safe and secure, not
impulsive. Stay to play in the
house or yard
|
Like coloring, music, dancing,
anything with wheels, can often
brag or show off with these
|
Upset by disharmony in the family
or with friends. Will be personally
bothered till resolved
|
Has to investigate and logically
figure things out, experiment
|
Does crafts, cooking, sewing...
|
Likes animals
|
Feels guilt if deceitful
|
Vivid imagination, can cause
nightmares
|
Likes to obey rules and feels
comfortable doing that
|
Can turn on the charm, can often
get their way
|
Very trusting, use their intuition
about people and things
|
Think before acting, very
deliberate
|
*The first name is what I have named the type; the second is the name that Keirsey gave the type.
** Your child may not be all of one column, just pick which is the best fit.
Situations to help if you still don't know
A's-Helpers B's- Players C's- Feelers D's- Thinkers
1. Favorite area in classroom or schooling area of the home:
A) desk B) dress-up/ art center C) theater/figurines/things to act out with D) science/building
2. If they are playing with dolls or figurines they:
A) sort them/act out a normal day B) dramatic/adventure play/throwing them C)intricate
story-lines and character development D) putting the into something they engineered/daydreaming
3. How they express themselves:
A) explain themselves concisely B) often seems like they have ants in their pants/not a lot of
eye contact because they're ready to go C) bigger vocabulary/feeling words D) large vocabulary/technical and well thought out
4. When using art materials:
A) draw something that is familiar B) makes a mess/large movements/process not product
C) create a drawing and tell about it in detail D) a design of something to build or engineer
5. If they are carrying something:
A) a part of their collection/ figurine of an animal B) sports equipment/art materials/
something random C) book/ stuffed animal D) part of an experiment or project
6. When you need them to understand you:
A) tell them and they usually do it B) get on their level and touch their arm/do something
physical (who's the fastest at...) C) make sure they're listening and explain what you want
D) explain reasoning behind what you are doing and why
7. Working on math:
A) demonstrate/explain/catch on pretty quick B) manipulatives/movement to remember/
visuals C) explain and use examples D) explain reasoning behind algorithm
8. If you peeked on them in the backyard:
A) playing a game with friends B) darting/dashing/racing C) walking around/acting out a
story they made up D) investigating dirt or leaves
Some situations from www.scholastic.com
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