Myers-Briggs

Sixteen-type personality system

Myers-Briggs refers to a personality assessment system that sorts people into sixteen types based on four binary dimensions: introversion/extraversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/perceiving.

Results yield a four-letter code like INTJ or ESFP.

Though widely used in corporate settings and popular culture, psychologists generally consider it unreliable.

What's your Myers-Briggs type?

typology

INTJ

Analytical introvert personality classification

  • ENFPPersonality type, warmly enthusiastic
  • INFPIntroverted intuitive feeling perceiver
  • ENTJLeadership-oriented personality classification

introvert · extrovert · intuitive · sensing · thinking · feeling · judging · perceiving · personality type · MBTI

theory

Jungian

Of analytical psychology

  • Carl JungAnalytical psychology founder
  • TiTitanium's periodic symbol
  • FeAtomic symbol, element 26

individuation · archetype

workplace

team building

Fostering workplace collaboration

management training · hiring · conflict resolution · professional development · collaboration · coaching · team dynamics

assessment

questionnaire

Formal inquiry form

test results · feedback session · scoring · interpretation · reliability · validity · retest

pop-psychology

personality quiz

Questionnaire assessing character traits

self-discovery · identity · fandom · oversimplification

Categories
Opposites
scientific rigor

Myers-BriggsBig Five

Premier grouping of five

clinical assessment · behavioral genetics

professional domain

Myers-Briggsclinical diagnosis

Identifying disease through examination

psychiatric evaluation · diagnostic testing · DSM-5 · clinical assessment · MMPI

Family

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