Meyers-Briggs Test
Jan. 18th, 2003 02:50 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
rfmcdonaldThursday, in my English seminar course, we got the results back of the Meyers-Briggs test we'd taken and an overview of its history and meaning. Below are my class notes:
Meyers-Briggs Test
The Meyers-Briggs test is ultimately derived from the work of Carl Jung, who theorized in 1917 that people were born with innate prefrences to certain forms of social functioning. When this work was translated into English in 1923, the American Katherine Brwiggs found that they had followed similar courses separately; later, Briggs created the test with her daughter. It was first widely used in the Second World War, when it was seen as a way to increase the overall efficiency of a restricted labour force. In the sixty years since then, it has been further refined.
Once the questions--more than 120--are tabulated, the results are used to build up profiles in four dimensions. These dimensions represen tendencies, and ideal types; there can be some degree of variation. Environment influences the expression of preferences, though to some extent it is inherited. It is important to note that these are simply preferences, not requirements; it is possible to use the opposite dimension from which you test, it simply isn't your automatic dimension."You are born with one preference [...] the one you will always rely on without thinking. Every now and then, you use that other preference--you don't use it for long, but you do."
E vs I
Extroverted vs Introverted
This question is concerned with the question of where we get our energy. People who rate on the extroversion side of the scale generally are stimulated by the external environment, have a high and uncontrolled energy level and a prefrence to be active and moving; people rating on the introversion side tend to derive their low levels of energy from internal sources, and to prefer quiet concentration.
S vs N
Sensing vs Intuitive
Sensing people derive their knowledge from their senses and from their direct experience, focusing upon facts and specific details and learning by doing. Intuitive people do not rely on their senses but rather use abstractions and free association, being uniquely able to perceive the grand scale of things and to use their imagination.
T vs F
Thinking vs Feeling
Thinking people are objective almost to a fault, and have a clinical rationality, being very achievement focused. Feeling people doubt that logic alone is sufficient and tend to be very polite to other people to the point of ignoring their own needs. It's quite possible for thinkers and feelers to misunderstand each other.
J vs P
Judging vs Perception
Judging people prefer organization and planning, believing that they have to complete their work before they can relax; Perceivers don't rush but prefer to accumulate as much information as possible before completing a project through improvising at the last minute.
Meyers-Briggs Test
The Meyers-Briggs test is ultimately derived from the work of Carl Jung, who theorized in 1917 that people were born with innate prefrences to certain forms of social functioning. When this work was translated into English in 1923, the American Katherine Brwiggs found that they had followed similar courses separately; later, Briggs created the test with her daughter. It was first widely used in the Second World War, when it was seen as a way to increase the overall efficiency of a restricted labour force. In the sixty years since then, it has been further refined.
Once the questions--more than 120--are tabulated, the results are used to build up profiles in four dimensions. These dimensions represen tendencies, and ideal types; there can be some degree of variation. Environment influences the expression of preferences, though to some extent it is inherited. It is important to note that these are simply preferences, not requirements; it is possible to use the opposite dimension from which you test, it simply isn't your automatic dimension."You are born with one preference [...] the one you will always rely on without thinking. Every now and then, you use that other preference--you don't use it for long, but you do."
E vs I
Extroverted vs Introverted
This question is concerned with the question of where we get our energy. People who rate on the extroversion side of the scale generally are stimulated by the external environment, have a high and uncontrolled energy level and a prefrence to be active and moving; people rating on the introversion side tend to derive their low levels of energy from internal sources, and to prefer quiet concentration.
S vs N
Sensing vs Intuitive
Sensing people derive their knowledge from their senses and from their direct experience, focusing upon facts and specific details and learning by doing. Intuitive people do not rely on their senses but rather use abstractions and free association, being uniquely able to perceive the grand scale of things and to use their imagination.
T vs F
Thinking vs Feeling
Thinking people are objective almost to a fault, and have a clinical rationality, being very achievement focused. Feeling people doubt that logic alone is sufficient and tend to be very polite to other people to the point of ignoring their own needs. It's quite possible for thinkers and feelers to misunderstand each other.
J vs P
Judging vs Perception
Judging people prefer organization and planning, believing that they have to complete their work before they can relax; Perceivers don't rush but prefer to accumulate as much information as possible before completing a project through improvising at the last minute.
