Myers Briggs Type Theory

How is it that the world’s most popular personality test could have been created by two women who had no formal training in psychology, statistics, or psychometrics? The story of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, its creation, and its rise to popularity is a remarkable one, and a testament to the determination of its creators: Isabel Briggs Myers and her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs. Read More >>

A study conducted with Temple University medical students and led by Judith Katz found that personality preferences correlated with the students' choice of medical specialty. Read More >>

People with a preference for Sensing are more likely to be politically conservative, and are also more likely to be disinterested in politics, according to a study led by researcher Robert W. Boozer. Conversely, those with a preference for Intuition are more likely to be liberal and have more interest in politics. Read More >>

The diagnosis of Asperger's Syndrome may sometimes be a misinterpretation of a personality type of ISTP or INTP, according to researcher Robert G. Chester in an article published in the Journal of Psychological Type. Many of the symptoms of Asperger's syndrome, including a preference for solitude, visual and intuitive thinking, and a critical and objective communication style, are similar to characteristics of normal type development among ISTPs and INTPs. Read More >>

If you've been reading about the MBTI and Myers Briggs personality type, you may have come across discussions of functions. Often notated as Te, Si, Ne, and so on, the functions describe our basic mental processes. How we organize and prioritize these mental processes affects how we make decisions, solve problems, manage conflict, and approach the world. Read More >>

The Sensing/Intuition scale of the Myers Briggs describes how you take in and process information. Sensors and Intuitives have fundamental differences in how they see the world, describe the things around them, and communicate with others. Read More >>

The Thinking/Feeling scale of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator inventory fundamentally describes how you prefer to make decisions. This scale has powerful implications in career choice. Thinkers tend to prefer work that is logical and makes sense, where Feelers prefer work that seems personally meaningful. Read More >>

The Judging/Perceiving scale of the Myers Briggs describes how you prefer to organize your life. This preference has implications in how you structure your home life, as well as the sort of work environment you prefer. Read More >>

The Extroversion/Introversion preference is the most misunderstood of the four MBTI preference facets. We tend to use the words “introverted” and “extroverted” in everyday conversation to indicate whether a person is gregarious or shy. However, in Myers Briggs type theory, the Extroversion/Introversion describes a larger concept: how you get your energy and where you focus your attention. Whether a person is gregarious or reserved is just a small part of this facet. Read More >>

A national survey of real estate agents conducted by Douthit Communications, Inc., found that 75% of agents are Extraverted Judgers, three times the percentage of Extraverted Judgers in the population as a whole. The sample consisted of mostly seasoned agents, and researchers were not clear whether Extraverted Judgers are more likely to choose real estate, or whether they are the types most likely to succeed in the industry.