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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Description of the MBTI. Based on Jung’s theory of types People are classified as one of 16 types (does not use dimensions) Easy to administer; people like feedback Used in a variety of settings: counseling, marital, business, vocational, education.
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Description of the MBTI • Based on Jung’s theory of types • People are classified as one of 16 types (does not use dimensions) • Easy to administer; people like feedback • Used in a variety of settings: counseling, marital, business, vocational, education
Description of MBTI (continued) • Pretty good psychometrics for the four dimensions • Little support for Jung’s theory or typology • Interpretation is relatively simple
MBTI Scales • Extraversion-Introversion • Where do you prefer to focus attention? • Sensing-Intuition • How do you take in information, find out about things? • Thinking-Feeling • How do you make decisions • Judging-Perceiving • How do orient to the outside world?
Jung’s Theory • Typological • Importance of EI • Unique interpretation of I • Dominant and auxiliary functions • Naming conventions (e.g., INTJ= introverted intuition with extraverted thinking) • Evaluation
Counseling Student Types (n= 118) ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ 3.4 1.7 9.3 2.5 ISTP ISFP INFP INTP .8 1.7 23.8 2.5 ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP 0 2.5 31.4 1.7 ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ 1.7 3.4 11.9 1.7
MBTI and the NEO-PI-R N E O A C E-I .74 .69 S-N .72 .69 T-F .44 .46 J-P .49 .46 (top correlation is males, bottom is females)