The Myers Briggs Type Indicator

In 1962 she published the MBTI strictly for research usage, it categorizes participants into one of 16 personality types (Ham,2016). In the 1970 the test increased in relevance and in 1975

A person’s personality is his or her essence. It is what guides decisions, emotions, and even thoughts. Some may wonder if it is possible to explore every nuance of such a complex part of a being, but there are ways to determine what type of personality a person has, and then branch off into a more detailed examination of that person specifically. Combined with other factors, such as personality disorders and the environment that someone has grown up in, the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI, test (Enrichment 1) and analysis can determine an accurate portrayal of a personality. Created in 1943 by Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, it is a system made up of four basic functions and sub functions that combine to make a personality type. The mother and daughter team constructed it off of Jung’s theories (History 2). Based on this system, one of the most common personality types in the US population is called an ESTJ, and one of the least common personality types is called an INFJ. There are many differences and similarities between these two types. An ESTJ personality, overall, is practical, fact-based, and outgoing, whereas an INFJ personality is more private and makes decisions based on feelings; however, both are organized people who make good leaders and are capable of great success in roles that involve helping others.

Type Talk is a primer on personality preference typing centered on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (“MBTI”). The MBTI is a widely-used “test” that helps a person begin to understand why people perceive situations differently, communicate different from others, and opt for different activities.

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) helps individuals realize their personalities hence learn their strengths and weaknesses in their field of work. The random behavior an individual conducts on daily basis is thought to be orderly and consistent and differs with personalities as people use their perception and judgment in different ways. The best way to conduct this test is through an experienced MBIT administrator, however, there are online tools than can help one achieve almost similar results. Our life experiences play an important role in this test as what we have done or have been doing is what determines the answer an individual gives.

I decided to talk about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) as my assessment tool. From a post-modern theoretical perspective I know that using this assessment is more a modern perspective at the beginning because you are labeling the client. However, knowing what their type is allows a client to learn more about why they do the things they do. For example when we did this activity in class, I had one letter change from the last time to take it. I am now a sensor instead of a instead of an intuition. As I read over all the papers that were given to me that day, I have learned more about myself in regards to the sensors area and it has reaffirmed what I did know about myself such as that I am an introvert. Looking at the knowledge I gain

The MBTI is conceptualized as a psychological instrument to functionally apply an adaptation of Jung 's theory of Psychological Types, which means that they would be attempting to measure the mind to a certain degree. The question then becomes, are the use of mathematics and statistical methods a valid means of measurement for attributes like intelligence or, in this case, personality. The word indicator, rather than test, was probably used in naming the MBTI in order to refrain from connotations of right or wrong, good or bad in completing the instrument. This fits in with Jung 's theory and philosophy that all of the types are good.

One of our first tasks in OB221 was to learn more about ourselves by taking the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test (MBTI for short). This test is widely accepted and is used to help people get a better understanding of their personal preferences, as well as get a better understanding of the preferences of others. The MBTI test helps to see things like whether you are an introvert or an extrovert, or whether you use your feelings or your rationalizations All in all there are

This the most widely administered personality test in the world. It is also a valuable tool for understanding communication style. The MBTI has 4 preferences, they are:

Carl Gustav Jung, a Swiss psychologist, is widely known for the archetypal personalities and ideas that the widely popular MBTI system was founded upon. However, his original findings were slightly, yet markedly, different from Myers' more simplified understandings and explanations, which focused more on one's abbreviated end type than the full stacking of a healthy psyche.

The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) enables an individual to gain a deeper insight into their inherent personality traits. For some people, they have had prior knowledge or underlying assumptions about their personality, but this test provides clearer information about each of their identifiable traits. According to the MBTI in Human-metric personality test, my scores were 22% (E) extroverted thinking more than introverted, 9% (N) intuitive as oppose to sensing, 16% (T) thinking more than feeling, and 12% (J) judging as compared to perceiving. Thus, my personality type is ENFJ. The ENFJ personality group is described as a minority group that consists of natural-born leaders, and people filled with passion, and charisma for example, Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey; they are notable members of this group, also known as the protagonists (16personalities, 2016). The protagonists apprehend pride in providing guidance for others to improve individually and to improve the community at large (16personalities, 2016). The protagonists find it naturally easy to communicate with others and excel at communicating with other people in person (16personalities, 2016).

The Myers-Briggs assessment revealed the same results through the handwritten assessment that was administered during class and electronic versions. Research states that the MBTI, on average, tends to yield scores with acceptable reliability across students (Capraro & Capraro, 2002) According to The Myers & Briggs Foundation, on retests people come out with three to four type preferences the same 75% to 90% of the time (The Myers & Briggs Foundation, n.d). Through many studies, the validity for the MBTI has been proven through the types or particular combinations of preferences, the preferences of dichotomies, and preferences of scales. (The Myers & Briggs Foundation, n.d).

As an interesting experiment, I thought it would be fun to compare the MBTI types between my siblings and me. MBTI stands for Myers-Briggs Type Inventory, and was created by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers, based on the research of by Carl Jung. People are grouped into sixteen different categories, based on if you are Introverted vs. Extroverted, Intuitive vs. Sensing, Feeling vs. Thinking, and Judging vs. Perceiving. To give a little insight on what these different types mean in terms of personality, I will use the description of my siblings and me, and then use that to explain why our relationships with each other are what they are.

The Myers-Briggs type indicator (MBTI) is a type of personality test to determine a person’s personality type and thus their learning style. The MBTI is based on the work of the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung and the American mother and daughter team of researchers; Katherine

The title of the test that will be critiqued throughout this paper is Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Assessment. The assessment was originally created by Katherine Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers based on the Jungian theory by Carl G. Jung. The Jungian theory says that people’s behaviors vary due to differences in the way people perceive things and judge the things perceived (Whiston, 2005). There are many editions of the test and they have different publishers. The first published manual form was in 1956 and published by Educational Testing Service then moving to Consulting Psychologists Press to be published in 1975

As far as my results in the evaluation, most of it resembles to who I am but some of it are new to me. This will help me to better plan on my future objectives to be a better person. MBTI enables me to realize who I am in the real world and the characteristics I have.