MBTIMyers Briggs Type Indicator

What does it all mean?

• You will be completing the “Do What You Are” - Self Discovery Personality Type assessment. The official name for this assessment is the Myers Briggs Type Indicator.

• When you complete the assessment the program will generate a report that will provide you with important information about your personal characteristics. You will learn about careers that are matched to you, your personal strengths and blind-spots (weaknesses), how you negotiate in your daily life, and lots of interesting information about yourself.

• It is important to remember that the study of personality type is not an exact science. However, an understanding of your type can guide you in making better decisions for your future.

• At the top of each page, a progress bar will indicate how much of the survey you have completed. Please follow the instructions carefully so your results reflect who you are as accurately as possible. Also, remember you can stop the survey at any time by clicking the stop sign. The next time you return to this section, you will pick up where you left off.

Basic Info

A very brief historyThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment is a questionnaire designed to measure preferences in how people perceive the world and make decisions.

These preferences were adapted from the theories proposed by the famous psychologists Carl Jung and were first published in his 1921 book Psychological Types.

The original developers of the personality inventory were Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. Briggs and Myers dedicated their lives to studying the work of Carl Jung and developing practical uses for personality theories.

Carl Jung

Four Dimensions of Personality

The MBTI will measure your preference on four dimensions of personality.

Extraversion – IntroversionWhere do we focus our energy and where do we get energy

Sensing – IntuitionHow we gather information

Thinking – FeelingHow we make decisions

Judging – PerceivingHow we live our life

There are several charts on the following pages that explain the four dimensions of personality in a graphic format.

Four Dimensions of Personality

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Four Dimensions of Personality

Preferences• You have both dimensions as part of your personality –

but you PREFER certain aspects over others.

• Example - You can write your name with both hands but you have a preference for your dominate hand

• Terms are somewhat misleading. Don’t think about the words in the manner you may see them in other environments. The meanings are different and specific to this topic.

Four Dimensions of Personality Type

Extraversion (E) – Introversion (I)What does this mean?

• Where do we focus our attention and what experiences energize us?

• How do we relate to the world?

Extraversion (E)People with a preference for Extraversion…• seek out other people• understand the world by experiencing it• get their energy from being with people in groups

or individually• enjoy lots of interactions• are naturally pulled to the outer world

Breadth of knowledge

Introversion (I)People with a preference for Introversion…• like to interact with people one to one• focus on the world inside of themselves,

thoughts, ideas, impressions• try to understand the world before they

experience it• need time to themselves to recharge

Depth of knowledge

Four Dimensions of Personality Type

Sensing (S) – Intuition (N)What does this mean?• The kind of information we naturally notice• What kind of information do we take in – one

focuses on what is and the other what could be?

Sensing (S)People who are sensors prefer to…• take in information through their senses. • pay attention to the facts• focus on what actually exists what can they see• notice what is right in front of them and rely on

what could be measured.

Good at remembering factsWhat is – practical

Intuition (N)People who have a preference for intuition..• are better at recognizing patterns• read between the lines• perceive the relationships between things• focus on what might be

Four Dimensions of Personality Type

Thinking (T) – Feeling (F)What does this mean?• How do they make decisions

ThinkingPeople who have a thinking preference…• Like to make logical decisions• appear to be more analytical• carefully review the evidence

FeelingPeople with a feeling preference…• make decisions based on what they feel is

right.• consider how will others be affected by their

decisions

Four Dimensions of Personality Type

Judging (J) – Perceiving (P)What does this mean?• How do you prefer to live your life – structured or

spontaneous? How do you deal with the word around you?

JudgingPeople with a judging preference…• Tend to live in an orderly manner• Happy when their lives are structured• Like to make decisions• Prefer to regulate / control life– Judgers are not necessarily judgmental, the prfer

to have things resolved.

PerceivingPeople with a perceiving preference…• Prefer to be spontaneous and are happy when

their lives are unstructured.• Like to stay open to possibilities• Prefer to understand life rather then control it– Perceivers are not necessarily perceptive, they like

to perceive their options.

When you complete the personality type assessment you will have a four letter code. This code demonstrates your unique mixture of preferences along the four personality dimensions.

There are 16 different personality types.

Review the charts on the following pages to gain anunderstanding of the 16 types.

Once you have finished reviewing the information here go to the Family Connections portal and begin the Survey.

16 Personality Types

ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJISTP ISFP INFP INTPESTP ESFP ENFP ENTPESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ