A common means of categorizing personality was developed by Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Meyers and is called the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI. The MBTI categorizes personality types in four ways.
To determine MBTI type, a person takes a test that assigns one letter from each of the four categories, resulting in a designation such as ISTJ or ENTJ. These letters indicate an individual's personality tendencies or preferences. They don't necessarily indicate how a person will react in specific circumstances. A person might naturally prefer to be an I, but might have developed her E to be more comfortable in a business setting, for example. Such a person might test as an I even though most business associates would classify her as an extrovert. |