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Myers Briggs Type Indicator® Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung proposed a model of psychological type in his book Psychological Type. His observation was that we only have two psychological functions. From these two functions all experience and behavior are derived and manifested. The two functions are perception and judgment. We perceive our experience in the world. We judge or draw conclusions about our experience. In addition to these two functions, there are two characteristic ways of relating to energy. We either generate energy externally or internally. We also have an attitude or life style preference related to preferring closure or open endedness. Psychological type can be determined orally by a trained and attentive individual. This is how Dr. Jung formulated his observations. The Myers Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI®) is a tool that provides a facility for self-reporting psychological type preferences. The MBTI® was developed by Katherine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers. The mother Katherine Briggs was very interested in characteristic and typological differences in people. Dr. Jung's book crystallized her ideas. Besides the MBTI® instrument itself, another significant contribution by Katherine Briggs was explicating the life style preference that Jung implied and wove into the perceiving and judging functions. The value of the MBTI® is as tool for giving us insight into how we are in the world and how we experience the world. The MBTI® is an inventory reporting tool that summarizes our reported preferences for engaging the world. The model is dichotomous. Energy Attitude E – Extroversion: Energy is gained by engagement with the external I – Introversion: Energy is gained by engagement with the internal Perception S – Sensing: Perception is through the five senses N – Intuition:Perception is through the sixth sense Judgment T – Thinking: Objective orientation to judging perception F – Feeling:Subjective orientation to judging perception Orientation to Life Events J – Judging: Need for closure and specifics P – Perceiving:Need for open endedness and possibilities One of the chief values of the MBTI® is that it can give us insight into our unique experience of living our singular life. Although Dr. Jung begins Psychological Type with the observation almost all conflict (war, heresy, feud, divorce, etc.) can be explained through the fact that different psychological types see the world, see issues and see threats profoundly different. Knowing your psychological type preference is the groundwork for improving your decisions.
How do I learn my psychological type?
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