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The document discusses the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a personality assessment tool based on Carl Jung's theory of psychological types. The MBTI categorizes personalities into four dichotomies: Extraversion (E) vs Introversion (I), Sensing (S) vs Intuition (N), Thinking (T) vs Feeling (F), and Judging (J) vs Perceiving (P). Together these determine one's personality type. The document provides definitions and examples of each dichotomy and explains how the MBTI can provide insights into how people work, learn, and build relationships.

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MBTIin Personality

The document discusses the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), a personality assessment tool based on Carl Jung's theory of psychological types. The MBTI categorizes personalities into four dichotomies: Extraversion (E) vs Introversion (I), Sensing (S) vs Intuition (N), Thinking (T) vs Feeling (F), and Judging (J) vs Perceiving (P). Together these determine one's personality type. The document provides definitions and examples of each dichotomy and explains how the MBTI can provide insights into how people work, learn, and build relationships.

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Program Name- MBA

Course Name- Organizational Behavior Sem- I

Unit Number- 2 Unit Name- Personality & Attitudes


Topic Name- MBTI in Personality

Introduction:

Definition: The Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a self-help assessment test which helps
people gain insights about how they work and learn. It is a framework for relationship-building,
developing positivism, and achieving excellence.
Description: The MBTI was developed by Katherine Briggs and is based on the typological
theory of Carl Jung who had proposed that there are four essential psychological functions by
which we see this world.
These functions are sensation, intuition, feeling, and thinking. All of us rely on one function
more than others. The base of MBTI lies in identifying our preferences which are driven through
our interests, values, needs, and motivation. Carl Jung came up with this theory through
subjective clinical evaluations.
While the theory itself is quite complicated, it essentially categorizes you into four types based
on where you are most comfortable.
• You may be more comfortable dealing with people, things, ideas, and information

• You may be more comfortable dealing with facts, reality, possibilities, and potential

• You may be more comfortable dealing with logic, truth, values and relationship

• A well-managed life i.e. judgement or going with the flow, perception

In the MBTI theory, you combine your preferences to arrive at your personality type. You may
be an extrovert who likes dealing with people or you might be someone who likes dealing with
abstract ideas or information and in that case you would be an introvert. Following are the
categorizes according to MBTI
Extraversion (E) – Introversion (I)

The extraversion-introversion dichotomy was first explored by Jung in his theory of personality
types as a way to describe how people respond and interact with the world around them. While
these terms are familiar to most people, the way in which they are used in the MBTI differs
somewhat from their popular usage.

Extraverts (also often spelled extroverts) are "outward-turning" and tend to be action-oriented,
enjoy more frequent social interaction, and feel energized after spending time with other people.
Introverts are "inward-turning" and tend to be thought-oriented, enjoy deep and meaningful
social interactions, and feel recharged after spending time alone.

Sensing (S) – Intuition (N)

This scale involves looking at how people gather information from the world around them. Just
like with extraversion and introversion, all people spend some time sensing and intuiting
depending on the situation. According to the MBTI, people tend to be dominant in one area or
the other.

People who prefer sensing tend to pay a great deal of attention to reality, particularly to what
they can learn from their own senses. They tend to focus on facts and details and enjoy getting
hands-on experience. Those who prefer intuition pay more attention to things like patterns and
impressions. They enjoy thinking about possibilities, imagining the future, and abstract theories.

Thinking (T) – Feeling (F)

This scale focuses on how people make decisions based on the information that they gathered
from their sensing or intuition functions. People who prefer thinking place a greater emphasis on
facts and objective data.

They tend to be consistent, logical, and impersonal when weighing a decision. Those who prefer
feeling are more likely to consider people and emotions when arriving at a conclusion.

Judging (J) – Perceiving (P)

The final scale involves how people tend to deal with the outside world. Those who lean toward
judging prefer structure and firm decisions. People who lean toward perceiving are more open,
flexible, and adaptable. These two tendencies interact with the other scales.
Remember, all people at least spend some time engaged in extraverted activities. The judging-
perceiving scale helps describe whether you behave like an extravert when you are taking in new
information (sensing and intuiting) or when you are making decisions (thinking and feeling).

Summary

The Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is an instrument designed to evaluate people and
provide descriptive profiles of their personality types. Based on the theories of psychologist Carl
Jung, it is widely used in the fields of business, education, and psychology.

Four Pillars of MBTI

❖ Introversion / Extroversion-
Introverted are shy, quiet and retiring
Extroverted individual are outgoing, sociable individual , considerable interaction with
others.
❖ Sensitive V/S Intuitive.
Sensing types:- use organized structure to acquire factual & preferably quantitative
details, draw a quick conclusion.
Intuitive people are .:- non-systematic, subjective.

❖ Thinking v/s Feeling:-


Think(mind):- to use logic & scientific method to make decision.
Feel(heart):- it focus on personal values & emotions

❖ Judging v/s Perceiving:-


Judging type want control and prefer their world to be ordered and structured, to solve
problems quickly.
Perceiving type are more flexible, adapt spontaneously, to keep their options open

Self-Assessment Questions-

1. What are the 4 Myers Briggs personality types?


2. What is the best MBTI personality type?
3. Explain the Thinking vs Feeling type of Personality trait
4. What do you mean by Extroversion and introversion?
5. What do you understand by Personality? Relate which is your personality trait and give
reasons to validate your personality type.

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