Personality Theory
In the early 20th century most of the psychological literature was focussed around explaining abnormality in human development and personality. The idea was that if abnormality could be explained then it could be treated. The ‘abnormality’ focus hugely helped the field of psychiatry and clinical psychology to develop. However, the differences which exist between “normal” people were still shrouded in mystery. Understanding differences between normal people is not only interesting but also has useful applications in the world of work. For instance, insight about personality differences can help pairs and groups of people co-exist more harmoniously and productively.
Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung (1971) developed the psychological …show more content…
Effectively, it is a self-report questionnaire designed to make Jung’s theory of psychological types more accessible, understandable and useful in everyday life (Briggs et al., 1998). The MBTI helps identify and explain differences between normal healthy people, which can be the source of much misunderstanding, by identifying their dominant type or preference. The mother and daughter team, Myers and Briggs, published the first MBTI edition in (1962) and over the next four decades it has been heavily investigated and researched (CAP, 2012).To date thousands of people have completed the MBTI and research has continued to the present day. Also, MBTI has been translated into thirty languages and it is arguably the most widely used instrument for understanding normal personality differences (McCrae & Costa, 1989; Francis & Jones, 2000).
Myers and Briggs’ solution for the problem of putting Jung’s dynamic theory fully into operation in a psychometric instrument was to design four separate preference scales. The MBTI preferences indicate the differences in people result from where they prefer to focus their attention and get their energy (introverted-extraverted); the way they prefer to take in information (sensing-intuition); the way they prefer to make decisions (thinking–feeling); and finally, how they orient themselves in the world (judging-perceiving) (Bess, Harvey & Swartz, …show more content…
Thinking people tend to base their decisions on logic and objective analysis. While the feeling people tend to base their decisions on values and subjective evaluation of what people are concerned about.
4. Judging – Perceiving
Judging and perceiving is around what people do with the information and how they orientate themselves in the world. A judging type likes to plan and organizes. While the perceiving types tends to be flexible and spontaneous. The main different between Jung’s and MBTI is the J-P scale.
From the above scales the 16 MBTI personality types were derived. They are illustrated below in a "type table”.
Introverted Sensing Introverted Sensing Introverted iNtuition Introverted iNtuition with Thinking with Feeling with Feeling with Thinking
ISTP
ISFP
INFP
INTP
Introverted Thinking Introverted Feeling Introverted Feeling Introverted Thinking with Sensing with Sensing with iNtuition with iNtuition
ESTP
ESFP
ENFP
ENTP
Extraverted Sensing Extraverted Sensing Extraverted iNtuition Extraverted iNtuition with Thinking with Feeling with Feeling with Thinking
ESTJ
ESFJ
ENFJ
ENTJ
Extraverted Thinking Extraverted Feeling Extraverted Feeling Extraverted
In the early 20th century most of the psychological literature was focussed around explaining abnormality in human development and personality. The idea was that if abnormality could be explained then it could be treated. The ‘abnormality’ focus hugely helped the field of psychiatry and clinical psychology to develop. However, the differences which exist between “normal” people were still shrouded in mystery. Understanding differences between normal people is not only interesting but also has useful applications in the world of work. For instance, insight about personality differences can help pairs and groups of people co-exist more harmoniously and productively.
Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung (1971) developed the psychological …show more content…
Effectively, it is a self-report questionnaire designed to make Jung’s theory of psychological types more accessible, understandable and useful in everyday life (Briggs et al., 1998). The MBTI helps identify and explain differences between normal healthy people, which can be the source of much misunderstanding, by identifying their dominant type or preference. The mother and daughter team, Myers and Briggs, published the first MBTI edition in (1962) and over the next four decades it has been heavily investigated and researched (CAP, 2012).To date thousands of people have completed the MBTI and research has continued to the present day. Also, MBTI has been translated into thirty languages and it is arguably the most widely used instrument for understanding normal personality differences (McCrae & Costa, 1989; Francis & Jones, 2000).
Myers and Briggs’ solution for the problem of putting Jung’s dynamic theory fully into operation in a psychometric instrument was to design four separate preference scales. The MBTI preferences indicate the differences in people result from where they prefer to focus their attention and get their energy (introverted-extraverted); the way they prefer to take in information (sensing-intuition); the way they prefer to make decisions (thinking–feeling); and finally, how they orient themselves in the world (judging-perceiving) (Bess, Harvey & Swartz, …show more content…
Thinking people tend to base their decisions on logic and objective analysis. While the feeling people tend to base their decisions on values and subjective evaluation of what people are concerned about.
4. Judging – Perceiving
Judging and perceiving is around what people do with the information and how they orientate themselves in the world. A judging type likes to plan and organizes. While the perceiving types tends to be flexible and spontaneous. The main different between Jung’s and MBTI is the J-P scale.
From the above scales the 16 MBTI personality types were derived. They are illustrated below in a "type table”.
Introverted Sensing Introverted Sensing Introverted iNtuition Introverted iNtuition with Thinking with Feeling with Feeling with Thinking
ISTP
ISFP
INFP
INTP
Introverted Thinking Introverted Feeling Introverted Feeling Introverted Thinking with Sensing with Sensing with iNtuition with iNtuition
ESTP
ESFP
ENFP
ENTP
Extraverted Sensing Extraverted Sensing Extraverted iNtuition Extraverted iNtuition with Thinking with Feeling with Feeling with Thinking
ESTJ
ESFJ
ENFJ
ENTJ
Extraverted Thinking Extraverted Feeling Extraverted Feeling Extraverted