Transcript The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

The Myers-Briggs Type
Indicator (MBTI)
Will B. Goode
University of Iowa
Ground-Rules
• Share your thoughts and listen to others
• Stay positive
• Keep it in the room
• Will = ENTJ ?
Overview
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Self-Report Instrument
Nonjudgmental Instrument
Preference Indicator
Well Researched Instrument
Based on Jung’s Theory
Built for the “normal” population
Four Dimensions
of Personality Type
• How we interact with the world and where
we direct our energy
• The kind of information we naturally notice
• How we make decisions
• Whether we prefer to live in a more
structured way or a more spontaneous
way
Extraversion
Introversion
Interest Orientation
E
Outer world
of actions,
objects, and
people
Inner world of
ideas and
concepts
I
Sensing
iNtuition
Perception
S
Immediate
reality and
direct
experience
Inferred
meanings
and
relationships
N
Thinking
Feeling
Judgment
T
Reliability of
logical order
– cause and
effect
Priorities
based on
personal
importance
and values
F
Judgment
Perception
Environment Orientation
J
Judging
attitude –
Control of
events and
systematic
planning
Spontaneity –
Curious,
awaiting
events and
adapting to
them
P
ISTJ
ISFJ
INFJ
INTJ
“Take Your
Time and Do It
Right”
“On My Honor,
to Do My
Duty…”
“Catalyst for
Positive
Change”
“Competence +
Independence =
Perfection”
ISTP
ISFP
INFP
INTP
“Doing the Best
I Can With
What I’ve Got”
“It’s the
Thought That
Counts”
“Still Waters
Run Deep”
“Ingenious
Problem
Solvers”
ENFP
ENTP
“Anything’s
Possible”
“Life’s
Entrepreneurs”
ENFJ
ENTJ
“The Public
Relations
Specialist”
“Everything’s
Fine – I’m in
Charge”
ESTP
ESFP
“Let’s Get
Busy!”
“Don’t Worry,
Be Happy”
ESTJ
ESFJ
“Taking Care of “What Can I Do
Business”
For You?”
Questions
• What do you want your peers to know
about you that would help in group work or
discussion?
• What is a great strength that you have to
offer your peers when working in group
projects or in discussions?
Thank You
- Please fill out the evaluations.
Will B. Goode
[email protected]