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Todays Agenda
Discuss personality Introduce the Myers-Briggs
Take Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Begin Introducing Dichotomies
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PersonalityWhat it is?
How would you define personality? Were you born with one Does it change over time? Do you control your personality?
How does it play a role in your everyday life?
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An indicator not a test Looks only at normal behavior Forced-choice questions No right or wrong answers no better or
worse types. All types have potential strengths and possible
pitfalls or blind spots Your results are confidential
About the MBTI Instrument
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Users of the MBTI Instrument
Most Fortune 100 companies use it
The most widely used personality assessment
in the world more than2 million people worldwide each year
Translated into two dozen+ languages
Used in 70+ different countries SoWhy use it now?
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MBTI as Students
Going to address 4 things: Where you get your energy How you take in information How you make decisions How you orient yourself to the outer world
When do you think this might play a role inwhat you do, and how you approach things?
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How did it begin?
Carl Gustav Jung(1875 1961), a Swisspsychiatrist, developeda theory of personality:
Differences betweenpeople are not random.Instead they formpatterns types.
Psychological Types (published 1921,translated into English1923)
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But its call the Myers -Briggs???
Katharine C. Briggs(1875 1968), anAmerican, read JungsPsychological Types in1923.
She spent the next 20years studying,developing, andapplying Jungstheory.
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That still doesnt answer the Myers
Isabel Briggs Myers(1897 1980)developed Jungstheory in partnership
with Briggs.Beginning in 1943,she developedquestions thatbecame the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument.
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Jungs Personality Theory
Every person carries out two kinds of mentalprocesses:
We take in information Then we make decisions about the information
Everyone has preferred ways of using thesemental processes
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Jungs Personality Theory (cont.)
Jung observed that we all live in two worlds: The outer world of things, people, and events and The inner world of our own thoughts, feelings,
and reflections
Each person has a preference for either the
outer world or the inner world
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Jungs Personality Theory (cont.)
Jung believed that preferences are innate inborn predispositions
He also recognized that they are shaped byenvironmental influences, such as family,culture, and education
Nature vs. NurtureMBTI
instrument Environment
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Handedness Activity
First Sign your name with your dominanthand
Now With the other hand.
Dominant:Normal
EasyComfortableNaturalDoesnt take energy
Non-Dominant:Awkward
UncomfortableDifficultMessyTakes Conscious thought
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Handedness Activity (cont.)
Where do we get our preference for using onehand over the other?
How does the environment influence ourpreference for using one hand over the other?
Note: We all can and do use both hands; forwriting, one is natural, comfortable, automatic
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The MBTI Dichotomies The MBTI
instrument indicates preferences onfour pairs of opposites, called dichotomies:
Extraversion E or I Introversion
Sensing S or N Intuition
Thinking T or F Feeling
Judging J or P Perceiving
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MBTI Theory
Four pairs of opposites like our right and lefthands. We all use both sides of each pair, butone is our natural preference.
The MBTI instrument is designed to indicate
those inborn preferences.
The MBTI instrument is not designed tomeasure skills or effects of environment.
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Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I)
Where we focus ourattention and get energy
Source: Introduction to Type (6th ed.), I. B. Myers, p. 9.
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E I Differences
People who prefer Extraversion: Direct their energy and attention outward Focus on the outer world of people and activity
People who prefer Introversion: Direct their energy and attention inward Focus on their inner world of ideas and experiences
We all use both preferences, but usuallynot with equal comfort.
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E I Illustration
Source: Introduction to Type and Change , N. J. Barger & L. K. Kirby, p. 4.
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Where People Focus Their AttentionPeople who prefer
Extraversion (E) (May be) Are energized by interactingwith others
Are sociable and expressive Prefer to communicate
face-to-face Work out ideas by talking
them through Have broad interests in
many things Learn best through doing or
discussing Readily take initiative in
work and relationships
People who prefer
Introversion (I) (May be.) Are energized by opportunity to
reflect Are private and contained Prefer to communicate
by writing Work out ideas by thinking
them through Focus in depth on their interests Learn best by reflection, mental
practice Take initiative when the
situation/issue is very importantto them
Source: Introduction to Type (6th ed.), I. B. Myers, p. 9.
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Where People Focus Their Attention (cont.)
People who preferExtraversion (E) May be seen as go -getters or
people -persons May be energized by being
involved with a breath of
activities May feel comfortable with andlike working in groups
May have a wide range ofacquaintances and friends
Sometimes jump too quickly
into activity and dont allowmuch time for reflection Sometimes forget to pause to
clarify the ideas that give aimor meaning to their activities
People who preferIntroversion (I) May be seem as calm and
centered or reserved May feel comfortable being
alone and like solitaryactivities
May prefer fewer, moreintentional relationships
Sometimes spend too muchtime reflecting and not move
into action quickly enough Sometimes forget to check
with the outside world to seeif their ideas fit into theirexperience
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Key Words Associated with E I
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We Have a Preference
We all do Extraverted and Introverted things.
But we usually do not do themwith equal comfort.
Most of us have a preference for one
or the other.
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E I Self-Assessment
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What type of Assignments do youprefer? What do you enjoy in a
classroom?Students who preferExtroversion may prefer:
Group Work Projects Open Discussions
Students who preferIntroversion may prefer: Independent Work Deeper focused papers Time to think before
responding
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And another way of looking at it
From Discovering Type with Teens c. 2009