3.1: Your Psychological Preferences (MBTI)
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality assessment developed by Katherine Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers based on the framework of personality theory by psychologist Carl Jung. The MBTI is a personality assessment measuring the psychological preferences that influence how people perceive the world and make decisions. This assessment is used widely across the world and has been translated into more than two dozen languages. Many companies use the MBTI to help employees learn more about themselves and how they can strengthen their team efforts plus increase overall productivity for the company. Many colleges and universities use the MBTI to help students with career exploration.
The MBTI will help you gain a better understanding of your preferences and work environments that best fit you. The MBTI does not measure abilities, skills, values or interests and instead assesses your personality preferences. The MBTI instrument indicates preferences on four facets, or pairs, of opposites called dichotomies (Martinez & Shaker, 2021).
Please click on the following link to view a video with an introduction of four facets comprising the 16 possible personality types: Video 16 Personality Types [www.youtube.com] )
Personality Theory: The Four Facets
- Extraversion-Introversion (EI): how you get your energy and where you prefer to focus your attention
- Sensing-Intuition (SN): how you take in information about the world around you
- Thinking-Feeling (TF): how you make decisions
- Judging-Perceiving (JP): how you organize your life
What's Your Type?
Complete the following activity to identify your personality type based on your own self reflection. As part of this course, you will take the MBTI using instructions provided by your instructor, and your instructor will generate a report and interpret your results. Please complete the following quick activity to self-identify your personality type then compare these informal results with the actual MBTI results to look for similarities and/or differences.
Read the descriptions for the four facets. Pick which is more like you.
- E (Extraversion) or I (Introversion)?
- S (Sensing) or N ? (Intuition)?
- T (Thinking) or F ? (Feeling)?
- J (Judging) or P ? (Perceiving)?
Could be described as:
Then you prefer (E) Extraversion |
Could be described as:
Then you prefer (I) Introversion |
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Could be described as:
Then you prefer (S) Sensing |
Could be described as:
Then you prefer (N) Intuition |
Could be described as:
Then you prefer (T) Thinking |
Could be described as:
Then you prefer (F) Feeling |
Could be described as:
Then you prefer (J) Judging |
Could be described as:
Then you prefer (P) Perceiving |
What's your 4-letter personality type?
The following are brief descriptions of the 16 personality types from Humanmetrics . Click on your personality type or a similar type to see which describes you best.