By now, I hope that you have a very
clear understanding about the Myerss-Briggs personality test. You know what it
means, and what the four dichotomies are.
(If you want a recap, look at the
picture that accompanies this post)
I will now, try to explain what
each dichotonomies mean, and what each preference is like.
Introvert-Extrovert
The terms Introvert and Extravert
(sometimes spelled 'extrovert') are sometimes referred to as attitudes. An
introvert is more interested in the inner world of ideas; an extravert prefers
the outer world of people and things.
Sensing-Intuition
Sensing and Intuition are the
perceiving functions. Jung called them the irrational functions (as a technical
term, not as a pejorative), as a person does not necessarily have control over
receiving data, but only how to process it once they have it.
Sensing people
tend to focus on the present and on concrete information gained from their
senses. Sensing prefers to receive data primarily from the five senses.
Intuitives tend to focus on the future, with a view toward patterns and
possibilities.
These people prefer to receive data from the subconscious, or
seeing relationships via insights.
Thinking-Feeling
Thinking and Feeling are the
decision making (judging) calculus functions. They both strive to make rational
choices, using the data received from their perceiving functions, above.
Thinking people tend to base their decisions on logic "true or false,
if-then" connections and on objective analysis of cause and effect.
Feeling people tend to base their decisions primarily on values and on
subjective evaluation of person centered concerns. Feelings use "more or
less, better-worse" evaluations.
It could be said that thinkers decide
with their heads, while feelers decide with their hearts.
When Thinking or Feeling is
extraverted, decisions tend to rely on external sources and the generally
accepted rules and procedures. When introverted, Thinking and Feeling decisions
tend to be subjective, relying on internally generated ideas for logical
organization and evaluation.
Judging-Perceiving
The terminology may be misleading
for some—the term "Judging" does not necessarily imply
"judgmental", and "Perceiving" does not necessarily imply
"perceptive" in the usual sense of the word
Judging and perceiving refer to the
S/N and T/F dichotomies just described. J or P records which of the two
dichotomies is used for dealing with the external world. J types tend to like a
planned and organized approach to life and prefer to have things settled. P
types tend to like a flexible and spontaneous approach to life and prefer to
keep their options open
This concludes the educational piece regarding the Myers-Briggs personality type indicator. If you want to know what your Myerss-Briggs personality profile is, please do this test : http://www.truity.com/test/type-finder-research-edition
Until next time!
Sincerely
Personality girl
