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1 Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
Personality Test

2 Purpose In an educational setting, the MBTI may be performed to assess student learning style Career counselors use the test to help others determine what occupational field they might be best suited for Mental health professionals may administer the test in counseling sessions to provide their patients with insight into their behavior

3 History The test was first introduced in 1942, the work of a mother and daughter, Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers. The Myers-Briggs inventory is based on Carl Jung's theory of types

4 Set-up Jung's theory holds that human beings are either introverts or extraverts, and their behavior follows from these inborn psychological types. He also believed that people take in and process information different ways, based on their personality traits.

5 The Myers-Briggs evaluates personality type and preference based on the four Jungian psychological types: Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I) Sensing (S) or iNtuition (N) Thinking (T) or Feeling (F) Judging (J) or Perceiving (P)

6 Letter one: E or I E - Extraverts focus more on people and things in the outside world I - Introverts on internal thoughts and ideas

7 Letter two: S or N S - Sensing dominant personalities prefer to perceive things through sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell N - iNtuition dominant types look to past experience and are more abstract in their thinking

8 Letter three: T or F T - Thinking types use logic to judge the world
F - Feeling types tend to view things on the basis of what emotions they elicit

9 Letter four: J or P J - judging dominant are said to be more methodical and results-oriented P - Perceiving dominant personalities are good at multitasking and are flexible

10 Now take the test Go to the following website and complete the test. Answer each question with the best option. If you need help with a questions, please let me know. To make sure your score is as accurate as possible, answer each question with the best option. I know that some questions have two good options or no good options but you are still expected to select one.

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