JS/jQuery - get the type of element

Question

If for the sake of argument I'm applying a class to a <p> and an <a> and I then want to determine whether it was an <a> or a <p> that was clicked, is there a way to do it?

Example of intended use:

$(".selector").click(function(){
    element = $(this).whatElementWasClicked(); // return "a" or "p"
}

Answer 1

Use something like this:

$(".selector").click(function(event){ 
    var element = event.target.nodeName }