1. Given at the Counseling Center and Career Services Center
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator© copyright question-survey to determine personality and preferences
Given at the Counseling Center and Career Services Center

2. The last question, #126:
“Would you like to argue with the meaning of
A lot of these questions, or
Only a few?”

3. Where do you FOCUS your ATTENTION and ENERGY?
EXTRAVERSION
You direct your energy OUTWARDS
You have a a lot of friends, a WIDTH of friendships
INTROVERSION
You direct yourr energy INWARDS
You have a few very close friends, a DEPTH of friendships

4. Where do you FOCUS your ATTENTION and ENERGY?
EXTRAVERSION
Like to study with others (tutor…)
Find that background sounds help you study
INTROVERSION
Prefer to study ALONE
Need quiet for concentration

5. How do you ACQUIRE or GATHER INFORMATION?
SENSING
Your senses tell you what’s real
you focus on practical matters
you focus on the here and now
INTUITION
you hypothesize and imagine
you look for the big picture and patterns
you focus on possibilities in the future

6. How do you ACQUIRE or GATHER INFORMATION?
SENSING
Seek SPECIFIC information
Memorize FACTS
Follow instructions
Trust material as it has been presented – take at face value
INTUITION
Seek quick insights
Use IMAGINATION to go beyond facts
Create your own directions
Read between the lines

7. How do you MAKE DECISIONS and JUDGMENTS and arrive at CONCLUSIONS?
THINKING
you base decisions on objective and rational analysis
FEELING
you base decisions on subjective, person-centered values

8. How do you MAKE DECISIONS and JUDGMENTS and arrive at CONCLUSIONS?
THINKING
Want OBJECTIVE material to study
LOGIC guide your learning
FEELING
Want to be able to RELATE to the material personally
Like to please instructors

9. How do you RELATE to the OUTER WORLD?
JUDGING
you want to structure and organize the external world
you like to make decisions, have things settled and then move on
PERCEIVING
you want to adapt to the external world
you like to keep your options open to new information or more experiences coming along

10. How do you RELATE to the OUTER WORLD?
JUDGING
Like FORMAL instruction for solving problems
PLAN work well in advance
PERCEIVING
Work SPONTANEOUSLY
Work IMPULSIVELY with bursts of ENERGY

11. PSYCHOLOGICAL
COGNITIVE

12. The journey towards choosing a major
MORE DECISIVE
LESS DECISIVE

13. Attitude towards CHOOSING A MAJOR
E  J - I want to decide and then get on with it.
E  P -I want to experience it all.
I  J - I want to be sure.
I  P - I wonder what I’ll want to be when I grow up.

14. “I WANT TO DECIDE AND THEN GET ON WITH IT .”
the mountain climbers of decision-making :
they pick out a specific peak to climb
and then proceed toward their goal. X

15. “I WANT TO EXPERIENCE IT All.”
The wanderers of career decision making:
a career path for them is a never-ending quest for more knowledge, facts or inspiration.

16. the bungee jumpers of career deciding.
“I WANT TO BE SURE.”
Seeing a decision as a point of departure, a jumping off place, and not a final step, they are
the bungee jumpers of career deciding.

17. “I WONDER WHAT I’LL WANT TO BE WHEN I GROW UP .”
They are the computers when choosing a major:
relevant data goes in, is processed
and a decision comes out.

18. FOCUS: Self Assessment careers.cua.edu
Work Interest Assessment
Personality Assessment
Skills Assessment
Values Assessment
Leisure Interest Assessment

19. FOCUS: Work Interest Assessment To what degree, would you enjoy
FOCUS: Work Interest Assessment To what degree, would you enjoy... designing theatre stage sets, lighting and special effects for plays or TV shows? ◦ Not At All ◦ To A Slight Degree ◦ To A Moderate Degree ◦ To A High Degree ◦ To A Very High Degree

20. FOCUS: Personality Assessment 1
FOCUS: Personality Assessment 1. At a crowded social party, what are you more likely to do?   ◦ Talk and stay with a group of friends.   ◦ Circulate, meet and talk with lots of people At a formal meeting with strangers, would you:   ◦ Jump right into discussions with them.   ◦ Listen to what the others have to say before speaking.

21. Putting Myers-Briggs Types to Work   Mutually Dependent Styles- how one type needs its opposite

22. Sensing types need iNtuitive types
to bring up new possibilities
to read the signs of the coming change
to keep the big picture in mind
to anticipate trends
to show that the joys of the future are worth working for

23. iNtuitive types need Sensing types:
to bring up pertinent facts
to face the realities of the current situation
to apply experience to problems
to read the fine print in a contract
to focus on what needs attention now
to keep track of essentials
to face difficulties with realism
to stay aware of the joys of the present

24. Feeling types need Thinking Types:
to analyze consequences and implications
to organize
to find flaws in advance
to reform what needs reforming
to hold consistently to a policy
to weigh “the law and evidence”
to fire people when necessary
to stand firm against opposition

25. Thinking Types need Feeling types:
to persuade
to conciliate
to forecast how others feel
to arouse enthusiasm
to teach
to sell
to appreciate what’s right
to appreciate the thinker

26. Myers-Briggs Types Combination Styles in Careers

27. Sensing-Thinker Management/ business Accounting/ banking
Law enforcement
Engineering
Skilled trades

28. iNtuitive-Thinker Counseling/ human services Art & music
Writing/ journalism
Behavioral sciences
Education

29. Sensing-Feeler Health care Teaching Religious service Office work
Community service

30. iNtuitive-Feeler
Law
Physical science
Computers
Management
Research