MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE

INDICATOR
(MBTI)
THE MBTI IS
A self report instrument
Non judgmental
An indicator of preferences
Well researched
Rich in theory
Professionally interpreted
Used internationally
A way to sort, not to measure
HISTORY OF MBTI
Based on Swiss psychologist Carl G Jungs
type theory (1920s)
Behaviour is individual and predictable
Developed by Katherine Briggs (mother)
and Isabel Myers (daughter) 1940s
The most widely used personality indicator
in the world
Approximately 1 to 3 million people are
administered by MBTI each year
THE MBTI DOES NOT MEASURE
IQ
Psychiatric disturbances
Emotions
Trauma
Stress
Learning
Normalcy
Maturity
Illness
Affluence
ASSUMPTIONS OF TYPE THEORY
Preferences are inborn
We use both poles at different times, but
not with equal confidence
All of the types are equally valuable
 PREFERENCE SCALES
Extraversion -------------- Introversion
Sensing -------------- iNtuition
Thinking -------------- Feeling
Judging -------------- Perception
Extravert :-action oriented
Introvert :-contemplative
Sensing :-pragmatic
Intuition :-visionary
Thinking :-logical
Feeling :-compassionate
Judging :-planful
Perceiving :-adaptable
 E-I DICHOTOMY
EXTRAVERSION
Attention focused outward:
people, things, action
Using trial and errors with
confidence
Relaxed and confident
Scanning the environment
for stimulation
Seeks variety and action
Wants to be with others
Live it, then understand it
INTROVERSION
Attention focused inward:
concepts, ideas, feelings
Considering deeply
before acting
Reserved and questioning
Probing inwardly for
stimulation
Seeks quiet for
concentration
Wants time to be alone
Understand it before, live
it
 S-N DICHOTOMY
SENSING
Perceiving with the 5 senses
Reliance on experience and
actual data
Practical
In touch with physical realities
Attending to the present
moment
Live life as it is
Prefer using learned skills
Pay attention to details
Make few factual errors
INTUITION
Perceiving with memory and
association (6th sense)
Seeing patterns and
meanings
Innovation
Seeing possibilities
Future achivement
Projecting possibilities for
the future
Change, rearrange life
Prefers adding new skills
Look at big picture
Identifies complex pattern
 T-F DICHOTOMY

THINKING FEELING
Decision based on the Decisions based on

logic of the situation impact on people

Guided by personal
Uses cause and effect
values
reasoning Strive for harmony and
Strive for an objective positive interaction
standard of truth May appear tender
Can be tough-minded hearted
Fair-want everyone
Fair- want everyone
treated as an individual
treated equally
J-P DICHOTOMY
JUDGING PERCEIVING

Focuses on completing Focuses on starting task

task Taking in information
Deciding and planning
Adapting and changing
Organizing and
Curious and interested
scheduling
Open minded
Controlling and regulating
Goal oriented Resisting closure in
Wanting closure even order to obtain more
when data are incomplete data
Wants only the essentials Wants to find out about
of the job the job
TYPE TABLE
ADVANTAGES OF MBTI
Self awareness for better self-
management
Identification of behaviour trends that
have positive outcomes
Identification of behaviour trends that
have less desirable outcomes
Link trends with other data points to
clarify personal or professional
developmental opportunities
DISADVANTAGES OF MBTI
Trying to predict others behaviour
Trying to estimate another individual type
(eg. You must be an extravert because you
are so gregarious)
Assuming that how a preference plays for
you is exactly how it would play out for
someone else
Justifying behavior (eg. Declaring that the
individual must be P because he is always
late)
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