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MBTI
Summary of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
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Religious Studies
11th Grade
01/18/2011

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Term
Karl Gustav Jung
Definition
-Swiss Analytical Psychologist
-Master in the art of observing human behavior
-"Archetypal" Theory: insight that drove the work of this system
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Archetype
Definition
template, an original pattern, a prototype
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Key to Archetypal Theory
Definition
-Jung examined archetypes within the human experience
-"Primordial Image" - St. Augustine
-Always uniqueness in individuals that make each person special
-Used detectable patterns and types to understand people better
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Authors of MBTI
Definition
-Katherine Myers
-Isabel Briggs
Term
Motivations for research
Definition
WWII
-war caused in part by the belief that if people were different, there was something wrong with them
-If people could understand and accept these differences, they could stop their hatred
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"Pencil and Paper" Instrument
Definition
-Can change your mind
-No meaning gleaned from first response
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"Self Report" Instrument
Definition
-Not an objective analysis from outside
-Subjective analysis from within
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"Sort" Instrument
Definition
-Sorts people into categories based on patterns that emerge within the human cognitive processes
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Typology
Definition
instrument that isolates specific patterns (archetype) in human experience
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Cognitive
Definition
human knowing
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Cognitive Structure
Definition
process of how people come to know things
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Steps of the Cognitive Structure
Definition
Perception-information gathering
Judgement-making decisions based on that information
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Polarity
Definition
-personality was generated by poles of tension that existed within human experience
-one is more dominant and conscious
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Preference
Definition
-we have all qualities but prefer some to others
-non-dominant serves dominant
-dominant can do more sophisticated work
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What the MBTI does:
Definition
"measures the strength of preference within the cognitive structure"
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What the MBTI doesn't do:
Definition
-measure intellectual competencies
-diagnose pathologies
-explain or predict human behavior
-provide an excuse for irresponsible behavior
Term
First Domain
Definition
Attitude
Where do I prefer to draw my energy?
Extroversion (E)-(I) Introversion
Term
Second Domain
Definition
Perception
How do I prefer to gather information?
Intuition (N)-(S) Sensation
Term
Third Domain
Definition
Judgement
How do I prefer to draw conclusions based on the facts collected?
Feeling (F)-(T) Thinking
Term
Fourth Domain
Definition
Orientation
Which step of the Cognitive Process do I [show the world] (extravert)?
Judgement (J)-(P) Perception
Term
E
Definition
-draw energy from the outside world
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I
Definition
-draws energy from the inner world of information, thoughts & ideas
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N
Definition
-information that is more abstract, conceptual, big-picture
-imaginative possibilities for the future
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S
Definition
-favor clear, tangible data
-information that fits in well with direct here-and-now experience
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F
Definition
-make decisions in a global, visceral, harmony and value oriented way
-pays attention to the impact of decisions and actions on other people
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T
Definition
-make decisions in an objective, logical & analytical manner
-emphasis on tasks and results to be accomplished
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J
Definition
-thrives on closure, organization, planning or some fashion of managing
-drive is order the outside world
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P
Definition
-open, adaptable, flexible style of relating to the things and people
-drive to experience outside world rather than order
-lack of closure is easily tolerated
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