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 Jung’s
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
Thinkin -------------- iNtuition
g -------------- Feeling
Judging -------------- Perception
Extravert :-action oriented
Introvert :-contemplative
Sensing :-pragmatic
Intuition :-visionary
Thinking :-logical
Feeling :-compassionate
Judging :-planful
Perceiving :-adaptable
 E-I DICHOTOMY
EXTRAVERSION INTROVERSION
 Attention focused outward:  Attention focused inward:
people, things, action concepts, ideas, feelings
 Using trial and errors with
 Considering deeply
before acting
confidence  Reserved and
 Relaxed and confident questioning
 Scanning the environment  Probing inwardly for
for stimulation stimulation
 Seeks quiet for
 Seeks variety and action concentration
 Wants to be with others  Wants time to
 Live it, then understand it 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
 Uses cause and effect  Guided by personal
reasoning values
 Strive for an objective
 Strive for harmony
and
standard of truth
positive interaction
 Can be tough-minded  May appear tender
 Fair- want everyone hearted
treated equally  Fair-want
everyone
treated as an
J-P DICHOTOMY
JUDGING
 Focuses on completing
task
 Deciding and planning
 Organizing and
scheduling
 Controlling and regulating
 Goal oriented
 Wanting closure even
when data are incomplete
 Wants only the essentials
of the job
PERCEIVING
 Focuses on starting
task
 Taking in information
 Adapting and changing
 Curious and interested
 Open minded
 Resisting closure in
order to obtain more
data
 Wants to find out
about
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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