Artistic type, in vocational psychology dictionary

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Dictionary of Vocational Psychology

Artistic Type

One of six types of personality proposed by John Holland in his theory of vocational personalities and work environments (Holland, 1997). The other five are Realistic, Investigative, Social, Enterprising, and Conventional. Artistic types tend to prefer ambiguous, unsystematic, unconstrained activities involving play with or manipulation of human, physical, verbal, or auditory materials to create art forms or products. They tend to dislike activities that are orderly, systematic, and bureaucractic. Conventional business and bureaucratic activities are less valued. Artistic types perceive themselves as intuitive, original, independent, open, sensitive, idealistic, and expressive. Others may view them as nonconforming, impulsive, impractical, disorderly, complicated, and overly emotional. They often have skills in acting, music, the visual arts, speaking, and writing. They tend to value opportunities in which they may be creative and apply their aesthetic sensibilities and intuition.

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