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Myers- Briggs Scale

The Myers- Briggs Scale or the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality test designed to assist a person in identifying some significant personal preferences. MBTI is primarily based on research developed by Carl G Jung. Jung developed the theory that people fall under different psychological types. He believed that there were two basic functions of a person's personality:

1. How we take in information (or perceive things)

2. How we make decisions.

From that Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs, elaborated on Jung's idea and developed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The Indicator is broken down into four areas of function:

1. Extraversion/Introversion

2. Sensing / Intuition

3. Thinking/Feeling

4. Judging/Perceiving

The Extroverted and Introverted scale is where people's energy comes from. Extroverted types get their energy from the outer world of people, where the introvert receives their energy from their inner self. The all around personality of the Extrovert are social spontaneous people. They learn better by hands-on activity, they tend to be faster, and dislike complicated procedures; they also have interpersonal skills, write without using an outline, and can't stand not knowing what's going on. The Introvert is just the opposite. They are normally hesitant, and they think before they speak, they're not always confident, and unlike the Extrovert they have fewer relationships but tend to have closer bonds. They like lectures, tend to be careful with details, are below average in public speaking, and enjoy doing things in small groups.

The Sensors and the Initiators are the areas in which people gather information. The sensors gather their information from facts, proven experiences, and the things that are based on the five senses. When learning, the sensing types dislike new problems unless there are standard ways to solve them. They like an established way of doing things. The Initiators base their information on possible hunches, past experiences and futuristic speculation. They like assignments open to interpretation; they are impatient to routine details but patient with change.

Thinking and Feeling is the next scale on the