{"id":940,"date":"2022-03-14T10:00:49","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T14:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.harmonizehq.com\/blog\/?p=940"},"modified":"2022-02-22T14:53:46","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T19:53:46","slug":"myers-briggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.harmonizehq.com\/blog\/myers-briggs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI): A Comprehensive Review of the Personality Test that Is Sweeping the Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"

History of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicatory<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The Theory Behind the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

Guiding Principles and Questions of the Myers-Briggs Test<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

What makes people different?<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

The 8 MBTI Preferences<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. Sensing vs. Intuition<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Thinking vs. Feeling<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. Extraversion vs. Introversion<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Judgment vs. Perception<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The Role of Dominant and Auxiliary Processes in MBTI<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    All 16 Personalities Need Each Other!<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    The 16 Myers-Briggs Personalities<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Extraverted Thinking Types: ESTJ and ENTJ<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Introverted Thinking Types: ISTP and INTP<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Extraverted Feeling Types: ESFJ and ENFJ<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Introverted Feeling Types: ISFP and INFP<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Extraverted Sensing Types: ESTP and ESFP<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Introverted Sensing Types: ISTJ and ISFJ<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Extraverted Intuitive Types: ENTP and ENFP<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Introverted Intuitive Types: INTJ and INFJ<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Evaluating the Myers-Briggs Personality Indicator<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Does the MBTI actually work or is it just a bunch of BS?<\/span>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Why is the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator so popular?<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    What would Myers and Briggs think of the MBTI today?<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Is there a better personality test?<\/b>\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

    Summary<\/b>:\u00a0<\/b><\/h1>\n

    \u00a0The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator was invented in the 1940s by a mother and daughter pair, Katherine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers. Together, they adapted the personality theories of Carl Jung into a questionnaire that groups people into one of <\/span>16 personality types<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

    Since the 1980s, the MBTI has become wildly popular in nearly every facet of society and has expanded personality testing into an <\/span>estimated<\/b> $2 billion market<\/b>. Despite its success, most psychologists reject the MBTI, as it lacks experimental evidence.<\/span><\/p>\n

    History of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator<\/b>:<\/b><\/h1>\n

    As Merve Emre, author of the book \u201c<\/span>The Personality Brokers: The Strange History Of Myers-Briggs And The Birth Of Personality Testing\u201d<\/span>, describes in an NPR interview, the story of the Myers-Briggs personality test is an unexpected one. The mother and daughter pair who developed the MBTI wasn\u2019t even psychologists.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0The mother, Katharine Briggs, was an exceptionally bright woman who entered college at age 14. Briggs graduated as the class valedictorian and married the man who ranked just below her. Even though she was incredibly smart, Briggs was expected to become a housewife, while her husband worked as a scientist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0To satisfy her academic side, Briggs began doing personality tests on neighborhood children by having their parents fill out questionnaires. Each question only had two options, like <\/span>is your child calm or impulsive? Does he get upset very often or rarely? Does he sleep in your bed at night or sleep by himself? Briggs then used the results to create personality types and give each child a specially designed education plan.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    After creating this initial version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Briggs discovered Carl Jung\u2019s <\/span>Psychological Types<\/span><\/i> and wrote to him to learn more about his personality types. Briggs became fascinated with Jung\u2019s theories and passed that enthusiasm and knowledge down to her daughter, Isabel. When Isabel got older, she used her mother\u2019s knowledge of personality types to develop a new trajectory.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    Her mother had thought of personality testing as a religious\/spiritual quest to discover your true self and live your best life. Isabel Briggs Myers came up with the idea to use personality questionnaires to sort people into jobs that are best suited to their strengths and weaknesses. This questionnaire was very similar to the popular MBTI we have now. <\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0The first person to purchase the MBTI was a director of the OSS (CIA\u2019s predecessor), who used the MBTI to sort secret agents to the missions that best suited their personalities. The MBTI slowly gained popularity in hospitals and wellness centers, and in the 1980s became very popular with corporations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

    \u00a0Today, 2 million people take the Myers Briggs Type-Indicator each year, and the CPP (the business that owns the MBTI) makes around $20 million a year, mainly off the indicator<\/span>. 200 federal agencies and 89 of the Fortune 100 companies use it. The personality testing industry has grown exponentially, and according to Emre, it is now estimated to be worth a whopping 2 billion dollars!<\/span><\/p>\n

    The Theory Behind the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator<\/b>:<\/b><\/h1>\n

    Guiding Principles and Questions of the Myers-Briggs Test<\/b><\/h2>\n

    What makes people different?\u00a0<\/b><\/h3>\n