Myers-Briggs: Are You Sensing Or Intuitive?

Lifestyle · Myers-Briggs · Personal Discovery

By BrainFall Staff - Updated: March 20, 2024

Part two of our four-part Myers-Briggs personality quiz series will help you discover how you process information. Are you sensing or intuitive?

Sensing vs Intuition Test

Sensing is paying attention to physical reality, what I see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. I'm concerned with what is actual, present, current, and real. I notice facts and I remember details that are important to me. Intuition is Paying the most attention to impressions or the meaning and patterns of the information I get. I would rather learn by thinking a problem through than by hands-on experience

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Question 1/10

How do you tend to remember events from your past?

Very well, I can even remember the clothes that people were wearing!
Pretty well, but usually I need some sort of trigger, like the same feeling, smell, or taste
I don't do very well with events unless they are big ones, like weddings or graduations
I can't even remember where I met my best friend or my mom's birthday

Question 2/10

When you see a wishing well do you throw a penny in and make a wish?

No way! I have thought about fishing the quarters out though...
Sure, I like to believe in luck.
If I have a few spare coins on me. It can't hurt, right?
Always. I have a pair of lucky underwear too!

Question 3/10

Which is your biggest pet peeve when driving?

Drivers that insist on going the speed limit in the fast lane
Cars that cannot stay in their own lane
People who speed
People who do not use their turn signal

Question 4/10

Pick a job:

Lawyer or Judge
Artist
Engineer
Therapist

Question 5/10

Which statement do you most relate to?

Sometimes I have trouble focusing on the task at hand
I wish it were easier for me to go with the flow of things
I wish I took more chances
Sometimes I have a hard time seeing the big picture

Question 6/10

When you cook do you use a recipe?

Sometimes, most of the dishes I make have been in my family for years
Not usually, I cook by taste and smell
I don't like to cook
Usually, I would feel lost without a list of ingredients

Question 7/10

Which of these words best describe you?

Romantic
Organized
Realistic
Optimistic

Question 8/10

If you were starting a new project, which of the following would be your first step?

I'd make a to-do list of everything that needs to get done
Begin by working on the aspects that I'm naturally good at
Write down my top goals for the project
Establish milestones so I can measure my progress

Question 9/10

When someone around you is upset can you easily tell why?

Usually, I'm pretty good at reading people
Not really, unless they tell me directly
Only close friends and family
Most of the time, but sometimes I miss the signs

Question 10/10

You are offered a job at an unproven startup company, how do you feel?

Cautiously optimistic
Concerned, I prefer something with more stability
Excited, think of all the possibilities!
No thanks, those things rarely succeed

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