CARRIE ROBERSON North/Far North Regional Consortium Reporting Out Activity

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator USING PSYCHOLOGICAL TYPE TO UNDERSTAND AND APPRECIATE OURSELVES AND OTHERS

MBTI RELATING TYPE TO: Careers Relationships Counseling Parenting Business Teamwork Leadership Education Spirituality

HISTORY 1921: Carl Jung, Swiss psychiatrist, Psychological Types appears in English translation 1923: Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers began to study the concept of individual differences and “type watch” 1957: Educational Testing Service decided to publish the MBTI instrument (ongoing college-student study) 1970: Introduction to Type released to explain MBTI instrument validity and reliability 1988: CPP reported over 2,000,000,000 MBTI sold and translated worldwide 2008: Carrie Roberson completes MBTI Certification Program (92.5%) and given certification to administer and interpret MBTI!

The NATURE of the MBTI MBTI instrument shows us patterns of mental processing “Type” is a dynamic organization of mental energy Observable differences in mental functioning concerns the way people “prefer” to use their minds Conscious and unconscious behavior –Dominant –Auxiliary –Tertiary –Inferior

does not MBTI does not ASSESS Aptitude Intelligence Maturity Learning Skill Emotional trauma Psychological Illness Physical Illness Stress “Normalcy”

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator  PREFERENCES  TENDENCIES  INCLINATIONS HANDWRITING ACTIVITY

Looking at “TYPE?” 4 PSYCHOLOGICAL PREFERENCE SCALES DIRECTION OF FOCUS- SOURCE OF ENERGY Extraversion Introversion WAYS OF TAKING IN INFORMATION Sensing INtuition WAYS OF MAKING DECISION Thinking Feeling ATTITUDE TOWARD EXTERNAL WORLD- LIFESTYLE Judgment Perception

EXTRAVERSION Energized by outer world Focuses on people, things Active Breadth of interests Live it, then understand it Interaction Outgoing

INTROVERSION Energized by the inner world Focus on thoughts, concepts Reflective Depth of interest Understand it before live it Privacy/ Concentration Inwardly directed

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

SENSING Facts/ data Details Directions Reality-based Actuality Practical Here and now Literal

INTUITION Meanings Associations Possibilities Hunch/ speculation Innovations Variety/ random Future

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

THINKING Analysis Objective Logic Impersonal Critique Reason Criteria

FEELING Sympathy Subjective Humane Personal Appreciate Values Empathize

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

JUDGMENT Organized Structured Planned Decisive Control Deliberate Systematic

PERCEPTION Openness/ flow Flexible Spontaneous Curious Let life happen Surprise Change

STRENGTHS & WEAKNESSES

WORKING TOGETHER Complex tasks need the talents of different types of people! INTROVERTS: for conceptualizing the problem and looking deeply into issues EXTRAVERTS: for knowing situational variables, and for making the social contacts needed SENSING: types for knowing the facts and realities needed in the planning stages and in working out details INTUITIVE: types for seeing the big picture, for forging into new areas and coming up with new possibilities THINKING: types for spotting flaws and inconsistencies of a plan FEELING: types for seeing the human side and for persuasion JUDGING: types for organization and decisiveness PERCEIVING: types for openness/ understanding and flexibility when the system breaks down

YOUR “TYPE” Combine your 4 preferences to create your “TYPE…” No one is “either/ or”- everyone uses all preferences of TYPE Individuation is a process of differentiation, with a goal of developing an individual personality TYPE Each TYPE is valuable, with attributes that are preferred, tended to or inclined

16 TYPES

YOU DECIDE! REPORTED TYPE BEST-FIT TYPE Dare to learn/ find new insights and much to reflect on as you gain a deeper understanding of yourself and your own TYPE!