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MBTI Basics

The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI ) personality


® ®

inventory is to make the theory of psychological types described by C.


G. Jung understandable and useful in people’s lives. The essence of the
theory is that much seemingly random variation in the behavior is
actually quite orderly and consistent, being due to basic differences in
the ways individuals prefer to use their perception and judgment.

"Perception involves all the ways of becoming aware of things, people,


happenings, or ideas. Judgment involves all the ways of coming to
conclusions about what has been perceived. If people differ
systematically in what they perceive and in how they reach
conclusions, then it is only reasonable for them to differ
correspondingly in their interests, reactions, values, motivations, and
skills."

In developing the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator [instrument], the aim of


Isabel Briggs Myers, and her mother, Katharine Briggs, was to make
the insights of type theory accessible to individuals and groups. They
addressed the two related goals in the developments and application of
the MBTI instrument:

The identification of basic preferences of each of the four dichotomies


specified or implicit in Jung’s theory.

The identification and description of the 16 distinctive personality


types that result from the interactions among thepreferences.”

Excerpted with permission from the MBTI Manual: A Guide to the


®

Development and Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator ®

Favorite world: Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your


own inner world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I).

Information: Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take


in or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing
(S) or Intuition (N).

Decisions: When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic


and consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances?
This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).

Structure: In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get


things decided or do you prefer to stay open to new information and
options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).

Your Personality Type: When you decide on your preference in each


category, you have your own personality type, which can be expressed
as a code with four letters.

The 16 personality types of the Myers-Briggs Type


Indicator instrument are listed here as they are often shown in what is
®
called a “type table.”

ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ

ISTP ISFP INFP INTP

ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP

ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ

For a description of your MBTI type, place your cursor over the box
containing your four-letter type code. You may also wish to browse
through all of the 16 type descriptions.

If you do not know your MBTI type, you may wish to take the
instrument.

Type tables can also be used to gather and facilitate analysis of


information about teams or specific groups of people.

All types are equal: The goal of knowing about personality type is to
understand and appreciate differences between people. As all types are
equal, there is no best type.

The MBTI instrument sorts for preferences and does not measure trait,
ability, or character. The MBTI tool is different from many other
psychological instruments and also different from other personality
tests.

The best reason to choose the MBTI instrument to discover your


personality type is that hundreds of studies over the past 40 years have
proven the instrument to be both valid and reliable. In other words, it
measures what it says it does (validity) and produces the same results
when given more than once (reliability). When you want an accurate
profile of your personality type, ask if the instrument you plan to use
has been validated.

The theory of psychological type was introduced in the 1920s by Carl


G. Jung. The MBTI tool was developed in the 1940s by Isabel Briggs
Myers and the original research was done in the 1940s and '50s. This
research is ongoing, providing users with updated and new information
about psychological type and its applications. Millions of people
worldwide have taken the Indicator each year since its first publication
in 1962.

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