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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. HCOP University of Hawaii at Manoa June 7, 2005. PURPOSE. It identifies a person’s natural tendencies or preferred ways of doing things. It reports your preferences on four scales . Each scale represents two opposite preferences on a continuum.

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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

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  1. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator HCOP University of Hawaii at Manoa June 7, 2005

  2. PURPOSE • It identifies a person’s natural tendencies or preferred ways of doing things. • It reports your preferences on fourscales. • Each scale represents two opposite preferences on a continuum. • It is primarily concerned with the valuable differences in people that result from where they like to focus their attention, the way they like to take in information, the way they like to make decisions, and the kind of lifestyle they adopt.

  3. HISTORY/DEVELOPMENT • Based on Jung’s typology. • Modified and elaborated by Isabel Meyers and her mother, Katharine Briggs. • Katharine become intrigued by the similarities and differences in human personality about the time of World War I and began to develop her own typology. She later discovered that Jung had developed a similar system. • The sufferings and tragedies of the war stirred Meyer’s desire to do something that would help people understand each other and avoid destructive conflicts. This resulted in the creation of the “type indicator.”

  4. HISTORY/DEVELOPMENT • Published forms have been in existence since 1956. • Since 1975, over 30 million people have taken the Indicator. • Today, the MBTI is one of the largest selling tools for self-awareness. It has been translated into more than 30 languages and is used to help people in career choices, marriage and family counseling, communication, leadership, learning, etc.

  5. WARM UP ACTIVITY: • WRITING WITH YOUR DOMINANT AND • NON-DOMINANT HAND • How did it feel? • Description of your writing? • Grade?

  6. TYPE VERFICATION AND BIAS

  7. CAN WE CHANGE OUR TYPE?

  8. Concepts for Understanding TypeVerifying Your Type Preference VC C M S S M C VC E Extravert Introvert I Directing energy toward Directing energy toward the outer world of the inner world of people & objects experience & ideas VC C M S S M C VC S Sensing Intuition N Focusing on what Focusing on perceiving can be perceived by patterns & the five senses relationships

  9. Concepts for Understanding TypeVerifying Your Type Preference VC C M S S M C VC T Thinking Feeling F Decisions based on Decisions based on logical analysis with personal or social values objectivity & detachment with understanding & harmony VC C M S S M C VC J Judgment Perception P Prefer a planned, Prefer a flexible, decisive, orderly spontaneous way way of life of life

  10. 16 Myers-Briggs Types

  11. Preference Clarity Dichotomy Greatest Preferences Raw Pts. Clarity Category E-I 11-13 Slight 14-16 Moderate 17-19 Clear 20-21 Very Clear

  12. Preference Clarity Dichotomy Greatest Preferences Raw Pts. Clarity Category S-N 13-15 Slight 16-20 Moderate 21-24 Clear 25-26 Very Clear

  13. Preference Clarity Dichotomy Greatest Preferences Raw Pts. Clarity Category T-F 12-14 Slight 15-18 Moderate 19-22 Clear 23-24 Very Clear

  14. Preference Clarity Dichotomy Greatest Preferences Raw Pts. Clarity Category J-P 11-13 Slight 14-16 Moderate 17-20 Clear 21-22 Very Clear

  15. TYPE DESCRIPTIONS

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