1. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

2. Description of the MBTI Based on Jung’s theory of types People are classified as one of 16 types (does not use dimensions) Easy to administer; people like feedback Used in a variety of settings: counseling, marital, business, vocational, education

3. Description of MBTI (continued) Pretty good psychometrics for the four dimensions Little support for Jung’s theory or typology Interpretation is relatively simple

4. MBTI Scales Extraversion-Introversion –Where do you prefer to focus attention? Sensing-Intuition –How do you take in information, find out about things? Thinking-Feeling –How do you make decisions Judging-Perceiving –How do orient to the outside world?

5. Jung’s Theory Typological Importance of EI –Unique interpretation of I Dominant and auxiliary functions Naming conventions (e.g., INTJ= introverted intuition with extraverted thinking) Evaluation

6. Counseling Student Types (n= 118) ISTJ ISFJ INFJ INTJ 3.4 1.7 9.3 2.5 ISTP ISFP INFP INTP.8 1.7 23.8 2.5 ESTP ESFP ENFP ENTP 0 2.5 31.4 1.7 ESTJ ESFJ ENFJ ENTJ 1.7 3.4 11.9 1.7

7. MBTI and the NEO-PI-R N E O A C E-I.74.69 S-N.72.69 T-F.44.46 J-P.49.46 (top correlation is males, bottom is females)