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Larissa J. Fuller

Professor Komm

Mid Col Exp Bridging

22 September 2019

Myers-Briggs Indicator Tool

In 1920, Carl G. Jung introduces the theory of psychological types. In the 1940s, the

MBIT was then created by Isabel Briggs Myers with original research done within the 1940s and

‘50s. The MBIT Basics article states that “This research is ongoing, providing users with updated

and new information about psychological types and applications.” (The Myer & Briggs

Foundation) Since 1962, the Meyer-Briggs Indicator tool first publication, millions of new

individuals all over the world have completed the indicator each year.

Based off Carl Gustav Jung theory, the Myer Briggs personality inventory was created to

identify and describe the different personality types based solely on personal preferences.

According to MBTI Basics, the “… personality inventory is to make the theory of psychological

types… understandable and useful in people’s lives.” (The Myer & Briggs Foundation) The

Meyer-Briggs personality tool is used to make sense of what people believe to be “…random

variation in behavior…” (The Myer and Briggs Foundation) to be considered normal behavior by

showing the differences and similarities in just individuals preferences and their judgments for

behavior and decision making.


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MBTI Basics article explains that “Perception involves all the ways of becoming aware of

things, people, happenings, or ideas.” (The Myer & Briggs Foundation) and that “Judgment

involves all the ways of coming to conclusions about what has been perceived.” (The Myer and

Briggs Foundation) The difference in people’s preferences and judgments ultimately changes the

way people research conclusions that are reasonable to them as an individual. They include “…

interest, reactions, values, motivations, and skills.” (The Myer & Briggs Foundation)

Isabel Briggs Myers, and her mother Kathrine Briggs, developed the Myers-Briggs Type

Indicator so that it was accessible to either a single person or a group of people. The Mother and

daughter had two goals. One goal being that “The identification of each of the four dichotomies

specified in Jung’s theory.” (The Myer & Briggs Foundation) The second goal was “The

identification and description of the sixteen distinctive personality types that result from the

interactions among the preferences.” (The Myer & Briggs Foundation) However, according to

Team Technologies article, Jung didn’t view the 16 types as personality types but as “…

stereotypes.” (Team Technologies)

Team Technology states that there are “…four preferences.” (Team Technologies), which

“…for each pair you prefer one style more than the other.” (Team Technologies) These include

your “Favorite world” or Extraversion/Introversion, “Information” or Sensing/Intuition,

“Decisions” or Thinking/Feeling, and Structure or Judgement/Perception. “Favorite world” is the

idea of if you are more involved with your inner or outer world, which then identifies if you

more outgoing or if you would rather keep to yourself. “Information” is the idea of either having

the preference of having all of the facts, getting told exactly what you need to know, or if you
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like to more open minded to guessing instead of just knowing. “Decisions” focuses in logic or

reason versus emotion when making choices. Lastly, “Structure” is the descriptions of one’s

lifestyle styles, meaning if you prefer to be more organized or have everything planned out of if

you are one to just go with the flow and play it by ear. (The Myer& Briggs Foundation/Team

Technologies)

After the Myer-Briggs Indicator has been completed, it then generates four letters that

represents your specific personality type based on the answers that you provided. MBTI Basics

claims that “All personality types are the same [and that] the goal of knowing about personality

type is to understand and appreciate differences between people.” (The Myer & Briggs

Foundation) This is to simply say that there is no individual type that is better than the rest and

that we are all the same regardless of what are personality types are.

The article stresses that the instrument that this tool does not measure your chrematistics

or your abilities but solely on your personality type as an individual. The MBTI is a credible

source to use to identify your personality type because in the past 40 years, hundreds of studies

had been conducted and have proven the instrument to be valid and reliable. In other words,

unlike other resources out there that claims to identify your personality type, this instrument will

provide you the same results with the same information every time.
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Works Cited

“MBTI Basics.” The Myers & Briggs Foundation - MBTI® Basics, The Myers & Briggs
Foundation, www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/.

“Myers Briggs Personality Types.” Myers Briggs Personality Types - Introduction and
Overview, Team Technology, www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/mb-simpl.htm.

Cherry, Kendra. “Myers-Briggs Type Indicator: The 16 Personality Types.” Verywell Mind,
Verywell Mind, 17 July 2019, www.verywellmind.com/the-myers-briggs-type-indicator-
2795583.

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