2. What is personality?
• The totality of an individual's behavioral and emotional
characteristics (Webster’s).
• A dynamic and organized set of characteristics possessed by a
person that uniquely influences his or her cognitions,
motivations, and behaviors in various situations
(Ryckman 2004).
• The word "personality" originates from the Latin persona,
which means mask. Significantly, in the theatre of the ancient
Latin speaking world, the mask was not used as a plot device
to disguise the identity of a character, but rather was a
convention employed to represent or typify that character
(www.wikipedia.com).
4. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
• The purpose of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® is
to make the theory of psychological types described
by C. G. Jung understandable and useful in people’s
lives.
• The essence of the theory is what seems to be
random variation in behavior is actually quite orderly
and consistent, being due to basic differences in the
ways individuals prefer to use their perception and
judgment (www.myersbriggs.org).
5. What is the MBTI®?
• Most widely utilized personality preference
instrument in the world
• Based on Jung’s theory of personality types
• Benefits:
– Evaluate strengths and areas of development
– Helps to understand personality differences in
others and to use them constructively
– Supports our learning about how to be more
effective
6. What the MBTI® Reports
Innate preferences for:
– What energizes you
– How you gather data
– How you make decisions
– How you approach life
– Not ability, mental health, or
intelligence
8. The groups…
• Extravert or Introvert
• Sensing or Intuitive
• Feeler or Thinker
• Judger or Perceiver
16 different 4-letter combinations
Which one are you?
9. Where do you get your energy?
Extraversion Introversion
10. Extraverts versus Introverts
Extravert and Introvert
How do you get energy?
Extraverts
– energy flow is outward
– preferred focus is on other people & things
– prefer talking to communicate
– use expression to work through things
Introverts
– energy flow is inward
– preferred focus is on one's own thoughts, ideas & impressions
– prefer writing to communicate
– use thinking, imagining & reflecting to work through things
11. How do you gather
information?
Sensing Intuition
12. Sensing versus INtuition
Sensing and INtuition
How do you prefer to take in information?
Sensing
– tend to focus on the present
– prefer concrete, tangible information
– prefer to receive data primarily from the five senses
– like the details
Intuitives
– tend to focus on the future
– view towards patterns and possibilities
– prefer to receive data from the subconscious, or seeing relationships via
insights
– big picture people
13. How do you make decisions?
Thinking Feeling
Judging Function
14. Feeler versus Thinker
Feeler and Thinker
How do you make decisions?
Thinkers
– tend to base their decisions on logic
– use "true or false, if-then" connections
– objective analysis of cause and effect
– just the facts
Feelers
– tend to base their decisions primarily on values
– use "more or less & better-worse" evaluations
– subjective evaluation of person centered concerns
– take into account others.
• It could be said that thinkers decide with their heads, while feelers decide with
their hearts.
15. How do you live your life?
Judging Perceiving
When the world comes at you, how do
you deal with it?
16. Judging versus Perceiving
Judging and Perceiving
How do you deal with the outer world?
Judgers
– tend to like a planned and organized approach to life
– prefer to have things settled
– love structure
Perceivers
– tend to like a flexible and spontaneous approach to life
– prefer to keep their options open
– love freedom
• The terminology may be misleading for some—the term "Judging" does not
imply "judgmental", and "Perceiving" does not imply "perceptive".
17. Estimate of the preferences found
in the US population
Population Breakdown
ISTJ 11.6%
ISFJ 13.8%
INFJ 1.5%
INTJ 2.1%
ISTP 5.4%
ISFP 8.8%
INFP 4.4%
INTP 3.3%
ESTP 4.3%
ESFP 8.5%
ENFP 8.1%
ENTP 3.2%
ESTJ 8.7%
ESFJ 12.3%
ENFJ 2.4%
ENTJ 1.8%
19. Interpreting Results
• Bars on graph illustrate clarity of
preferences
– Longer bars suggest more clarity of
preference, shorter bars suggest less clarity
20. Does your type description sound
like you?
TONIGHT: Reflect in 200 WP blog
post about your MBTI & how it
does/does not reflect who you are.
