Emotional Personality Test
Have you been described as caring, compassionate, warm and/or sensitive? Have you been told that you are friendly and fun to be with? Then it is very possible you are one of the gentle folks. Emotive Personalities genuinely like people and they tend to be optimistic, expecting good things from situations and people. They are at their best when communicating or socializing with others. They leave such interactions feeling good about themselves and humankind in general. EPs seldom have anything critical to say about anyone. If they do, it is laced with genuine concern.
Here in the South, elderly ladies have taken this "virtue" and elevated it to a science. They show their compassion and solicitude by adding the words "bless her heart" to their "descriptive" statements. For example, one of our dear ladies might say, "Honey, I know you have noticed that Betty waddles when she walks. She looks like a great, flabby duck . . . bless her heart." Or, if one is quite proficient, one can get a "double," such as "Darlin', did you notice John at the church social? He looks as old as Methuselah . . . bless his heart. Didn't you go to school with him? Bless your heart . . ." They can say anything they wish about anyone, as long as they affix the magic words. Regretfully, these gentle ladies are gradually fading from the South. Many have gone on to that great church social in the sky, taking this quaint custom with them. We will miss the ladies, bless their hearts.
The Tin Man in The Wizard of Oz was a feeling "person." Having a heart was immensely important to him. Mother Teresa was known throughout the world for her good works and benevolent nature. She received a number of awards and distinctions, including the Pope John XXIII Peace Prize (1971) and the Nehru Prize for her promotion of international peace and understanding (1972). She personifies the Emotive Personality. If you watch the perennial Christmas movie, Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, you know that the young fiancée whom Scrooge lost was a feeling person. Scrooge was a thinker. He was egocentrically cognitive until his miraculous reclamation. Did he become an Emotive Personality then? No. However, he became more balanced and had a stronger mix of the two personalities.
Some people believe that emotions are unhealthy. Don't believe them. Emotions are not only healthy, they add spice and variety to life. Even negative emotions such as anger, sorrow and anxiety have their appropriate place. If one has suffered a loss, sorrow is appropriate and part of the healing process. Moderate anger cleanses and energizes. Anxiety reminds us to be prepared. Slight anxiety gives us the little push we need to study for a test, get started on that project at work, slow down to avoid a ticket, and take our vitamins rather than face gloomy consequences. Emotive Personalities have a wide range of emotions, which they experience and display. The extremes of either Emotive or Cognitive Personalities, as with all extremes, lack balance and stability. I have been testing clients for twelve years and I have only found four people who are 100% one personality trait. The extremes are rare.
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