The Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator

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.

Extroversion (E) or Introversion (I). Extroverts are oriented toward the outside world of people and things. Introverts are more interested in the inner world of ideas.

Sensing (S) or Intuition (N). This category refers to how a person prefers to receive decision-making data. The sensing person focuses on known facts, concrete data, and experience. The intuitive person looks for possibilities and focuses on concepts and theories.

Thinking (T) or Feeling (F). This mode refers to a person's decision-making style. The thinker makes decisions based on objective analysis and logic; the feeler relies on subjective feelings and emotions.

Perceiving (P) or Judging (J). The perceiving person prefers flexibility and open-ended possibility, whereas the judging person prefers order and control.

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.



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