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New version of MBTIonline launched. The MBTI® questionnaire, which is 70 years old in 2013, is a personality type indicator developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, who were inspired by the theories of Carl Jung. It measures the concepts of Extraversion, Introversion, Sensing, iNtuition, Thinking, Feeling, Judging and ...
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Contrary to what one may expect, Jung’s personality types (or typology) isn’t a horoscope-like system for character analysis. It isn’t a system to label people. It wasn’t invented to simplify our understanding of people and personality types. Instead, it was invented to demonstrate the complexity of human typology and its consequences.
Jung’s theory of psychological types is perhaps the most influential creation in personality typology, and it has inspired a number of different theories. One of Jung’s key contributions was the development of the concept of Introversion and Extraversion – he theorized that each of us falls into one of these two categories, either focusing on the internal world (Introvert) or the outside ...
The most widely influential development of Jung's theory was done by Myers when she created the original MBTI assessment and theory in the 1950s and 60s. Isabel was influenced by her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs, who had already begun developing her own personality system when Jung's book, Psychological Types, was translated into English in 1923.
- ISTJ – The Logistician. These individuals tend to be serious, matter-of-fact, and reserved. They appreciate order and organization and pay a great deal of attention to detail.
- ISFJ – The Defender. These individuals are friendly, responsible, and reserved. They are service and work-oriented, committing to meeting their obligations and duties.
- INFJ – The Advocate. People with this personality type are serious, logical and hardworking. They are also compassionate, conscientious, and reserved. They value close, deep connections and are sensitive to the needs of others, but also need time and space alone to recharge.
- INTJ The Architect. These people are highly independent, self-confident and prefer to work alone. They are analytical, creative, logical, and driven. They place an emphasis on logic and fact rather than emotion and can be viewed as perfectionist.
How the MBTI® Assessment Was Created. The Myers Briggs Type Indicator® personality assessment began with Katharine Briggs’ fascination with Carl Jung’s “theory of typology,” which categorized people based on how they process information. Katharine began applying Jung’s theory by observing people in her community and working on ...
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Myers–Briggs Type Indicator. A chart with descriptions of each Myers–Briggs personality type and the four dichotomies central to the theory. The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a self-report questionnaire that makes pseudoscientific claims [6] to categorize individuals into sixteen distinct "psychological types" or "personality types".
