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MBTI stands for Myers Briggs Type Indicator, a tool used to understand communication preferences and how individuals interact. It is based on Carl Jung's work on psychological types and was developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Briggs. MBTI uses four scales - Extraversion vs Introversion, Sensing vs Intuition, Thinking vs Feeling, and Judging vs Perceiving - to determine an individual's preferences in how they gather information and make decisions. The purpose is to increase self-awareness of one's preferences and recognize how other styles could provide value.

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Mbti

MBTI stands for Myers Briggs Type Indicator, a tool used to understand communication preferences and how individuals interact. It is based on Carl Jung's work on psychological types and was developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Briggs. MBTI uses four scales - Extraversion vs Introversion, Sensing vs Intuition, Thinking vs Feeling, and Judging vs Perceiving - to determine an individual's preferences in how they gather information and make decisions. The purpose is to increase self-awareness of one's preferences and recognize how other styles could provide value.

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M B T I

What is MBIT?
MBTI stands for Myers Briggs Type Indicator. This is a tool which is
frequently used to help individuals understand their own communication
preference and how they interact with others. Having an awareness of what
MBTI is can help you adapt your interpersonal approach to different
situations and audiences. MBTI is derives its underpinning theory from the
work of Carl Jung and “Psychological Type”. Isabel Briggs Myers and her
mother Katharine Briggs developed the system to make Jung’s work more
accessible and useful in people’s everyday lives.
MBTI talks about an individuals
preference not their capability. This is an
important distinction. Everyone has the
capability to use all styles, however they
will have a preferred style which they will
use most of the time.
The purpose of MBTI is to raise
awareness of your own preference and
recognise where the other styles could add
value, thinking about how you could do this.
No one style is better than the others. An
understanding of all increases flexibility and
adaptability.
MBTI uses four scales to talk about preference, each with two opposing preferences. These are
called the four dimensions of type and they are:

E I
S N
T F
J P
Extraversion vs Introversion – where you get your energy from
Extraversion (E) •Introversion (I)

• Tend to act before thinking • Tend to think before acting


Extraversion
• Prefer to get into action
and introversion aren’t to do
• Prefer to spend time on reflection
with sociability or social confidence, it is
• Talk things through • Think things through
all to do with where someone gets their
• More expressive when interacting • More contained when interacting
energy from.
• Gain energy from interaction • Gain energy from concentration

• Have a breadth of interests • Have a depth of interests


Sensing v iNtuition – what kind of information you prefer to
gather
Sensing (S) •Intuition (N)

• Want to know the facts • Seek out new ideas

• Look at specifics • Look at the bigger picture

• Adopt a realistic approach • Adopt an imaginative


approach
• Focus on the here and now
• Anticipate the future
• Ensure things work in practice
• Ensure things work in theory
• Collect observations about the
world. • Use conceptual frameworks
Thinking v Feeling – how you make decisions
Thinking (T) Feeling (F)

• Apply logical reasoning • Apply individual values

• Use cause-and-effect analysis • Understand others’


viewpoints
• Seek objective truth
• Seek harmony
• Decide using impersonal criteria
• Decide according to personal
• Focus on tasks circumstance

• Provide a critique • Focus on relationships

• Offer praise
Judging v Perceiving – how you deal with the world around
you Perceiving (P)
Judging (J)

• Like to come to closure • Like to keep a range of


choices available
• Make plans
• Remain flexible
• Act in a controlled way
• Respond to emerging
• Prefer to act within a structure information

• Prefer to schedule activities • Prefer to go with the flow

• Prefer to be spontaneous

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