Which aspect of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator indicates whether a person based their decision on logic and reason or emotions?
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According to Carl G. Jung's theory of psychological types [Jung, 1971], people can be characterized by their preference of general attitude:
their preference of one of the two functions of perception:
and their preference of one of the two functions of judging:
The three areas of preferences introduced by Jung are dichotomies (i.e. bipolar dimensions where each pole represents a different preference). Jung also proposed that in a person one of the four functions above is dominant – either a function of perception or a function of judging. Isabel Briggs Myers, a researcher and practitioner of Jung’s theory, proposed to see the judging-perceiving relationship as a fourth dichotomy influencing personality type [Briggs Myers, 1980]:
The first criterion, Extraversion – Introversion, signifies the source and direction of a person’s energy expression. An extravert’s source and direction of energy expression is mainly in the external world, while an introvert has a source of energy mainly in their own internal world. Continue reading... What is your personality type? Take the Test! Personality Types
Suggest a new Definition Proposed definitions will be considered for inclusion in the Economictimes.com 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 categorises 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. Similarly, you can like dealing with facts and information with a preference for sensing or you may want to explore the unknown which makes you an intuitive person. The third preference relates to how you make decisions. You either decide objectively or based on gut feelings. Lastly, your lifestyle might be planned and organised or flexible and haphazard. When you put these preference or types together, it turns into your MBTI personality code which is the output of the MBTI test. It is the world’s most widely used personality assessment test.
What is the MyersIn 1943, the MBTI was developed by the mother-daughter pair Catherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers. The test is based on Carl Jung's theory of personality types, with the goal of making his ideas accessible to a broader audience.
What are the 4 MyersThe four categories are introversion/extraversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, judging/perceiving.
Which pair of traits in the MyersThinking and feeling are the decision-making (judging) functions. The thinking and feeling functions are both used to make rational decisions, based on the data received from their information-gathering functions (sensing or intuition).
What does the MyersThe MBTI has been developed to measure the assignment of individuals into one of 16 personality types (derived from the combination of four dichotomous attitudes or functioning styles: Extraversion–Introversion, Judgment–Perception, Thinking–Feeling, and Sensing–Intuition) inspired from Jung's (1921/1971) theory.
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