Abstract
The purpose of this study was to determine whether different personality types tend to gravitate with, or cluster about, particular types of art study. The investigation identified differences and similarities on four dimensions of personality in three groups of seniors in college preparing for careers: one group using art as a visual production in the fine arts, another using art as a teaching subject in the public schools, and the third using art as therapy. Preliminary observations of students in each of these career areas suggested prevalent patterns of personality types associated with these different types of art training. Personality characteristics of college seniors in the three art foci indicated a variety of behavioral preferences for relating with other people, for asserting themselves, for investing their energies, and for coping with various situations. For college art instructors it is important to discover personality processes which are relevant to learning styles: to better understand how students learn and how teachers teach. Identifying personality characteristics among students should be of considerable value in programming the most productive learning experiences and providing the most influential motivation. Personality type data could facilitate understanding, toleration, and even appreciation of one another among divergent personality types. Through measurement of differences in personality characteristics in four preferences (dimensions), (1) Extraversion-or-Introversion, (2) Sensing-or-Intuition, (3) Thinking-or-Feeling, (4) Judging-or-Perceiving, differences of personality among the three groups of career art students were indicated. The four dimensions of personality were measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (F) (Educational Testing Service, Princeton, New Jersey, 1962). Because the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a conventional objective research instrument, the investigation accepted the limitations of objective testing as it was recognized that other complex elements of personality may not be determined by objective testing. RELATED LITERATURE
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