Reflect on Keirsey Temperament Assessment. Describe how you see your temperament used in your personal life (relationships, family, friends, work style,
etc.) and in your vocation as a student. How does knowing about the different temperaments aid in developing your awareness of self and others? Do you
think your temperament results are an accurate portrayal of your personality? Why or why not? The paper should be 3-5 pages in length.
Guardian TM Portrait of the Provider (ESFJ)
BBN120 A
PLEASE
UNDERSTAND
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Adapted from Please Providers take it upon themselves to insure the health and welfare of
Understand Me II those in their care, but they are also the most sociable of all the
by Dr. David Keirsey. Guardians, and thus are the great nurturers of social institutions such as
schools, churches, social clubs, and civic groups. Providers are very likely
more than ten percent of the population, and this is fortunate for the rest
of us, because friendly social service is a key to their nature. Wherever
they go, Providers happily give their time and energy to make sure that
the needs of others are met, and that social functions are a success.
Highly cooperative themselves, Providers are skilled in maintaining
teamwork among their helpers, and are also tireless in their attention to
the details of furnishing goods and services. They make excellent chairpersons in charge of
dances, banquets, class reunions, charity fund-raisers, and the like. They are without peer as
masters of ceremonies, able to speak publicly with ease and confidence. And they are
outstanding hosts or hostesses, knowing everyone by name, and seemingly aware of what
everyone's been doing. Providers love to entertain, and are always concerned about the needs of
their guests, wanting to make sure that all are involved and provided for.
Friendly, outgoing, neighborly
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Providers are gregarious, so much so that
they can become restless when isolated
stability, service to others,
from people. They love to talk with others,
and sense of heritage and
and will often strike up a conversation with
tradition are profiled in
strangers and chat pleasantly about any
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topic that comes to mind. Friendships
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matter a great deal to Providers, and their
conversations with friends often touch on
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good times from years past. Family
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traditions are also sacred to them, and they carefully observe birthdays and anniversaries. In
addition, Providers show a delightful fascination with news of their friends and neighbors. If we
wish to know what's been going on in the local community, school, or church, they're happy to
fill us in on all the details.
Providers are extremely sensitive to the feelings of others, which makes them perhaps the most
sympathetic of all the types, but which also leaves them somewhat self-conscious, that is, highly
sensitive to what others think of them. Loving and affectionate themselves, they need to be
loved in return. In fact, Providers can be crushed by personal criticism, and are happiest when
given ample appreciation both for themselves personally and for the tireless service they give to
others.
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