The Pros and Cons of a Multi-Soumyers-Briggs Type Indicator Personality Test
I. GENERAL INFORMATION
For my research, I have selected to review the Myers-Briggs type indicator personality test. The authors of the test are Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers. Katherine and Isabel are a mother and daughter team that worked on the test together. They were influenced by the Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung. In 1921, he published his ideas regarding different personality. Since Catherine and Isabel had many of the same ideas and agreed with his published work, they conducted research throughout the 40s, 50s and 60s in order to get additional information for their own test. (The Myers Briggs Personality Test Why Should I Use It?, 2011) The instrument was first finalized and published in 1943, but almost 37 years of additional research and refining was done by Isabel to refine the instrument. (CPP, Inc., 2003) It was not until 1975 when the Myer Briggs Type Indicator test was published under the Consulting Psychologists Press. (The Myers Briggs Personality Test Why Should I Use It?, 2011) The version I will be reviewing is the Form M version, which is one of the most current versions and has the highest consistency ratings of the different versions of the instrument. There are a total of 6 forms of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator currently available and there are 21 different languages available to use. (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), 2011)
II. TEST DESCRIPTION
The test looks at four different dichotomies of personality that are seen in people. It consists of four basic dichotomous indices: extroversion/introversion; sensing/intuitive; thinking/feeling, and judgment/perception. These dichotomies make up 16 possible distinctive types of personalities. These preferences are measured in the instrument in order to know the person’s personality type. The first is known as the favorite world. This dichotomy is to understand if the person prefers to focus on the inner or outer world. This would be to know as introversion (I) or
For my research, I have selected to review the Myers-Briggs type indicator personality test. The authors of the test are Katharine Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers. Katherine and Isabel are a mother and daughter team that worked on the test together. They were influenced by the Swiss psychologist, Carl Jung. In 1921, he published his ideas regarding different personality. Since Catherine and Isabel had many of the same ideas and agreed with his published work, they conducted research throughout the 40s, 50s and 60s in order to get additional information for their own test. (The Myers Briggs Personality Test Why Should I Use It?, 2011) The instrument was first finalized and published in 1943, but almost 37 years of additional research and refining was done by Isabel to refine the instrument. (CPP, Inc., 2003) It was not until 1975 when the Myer Briggs Type Indicator test was published under the Consulting Psychologists Press. (The Myers Briggs Personality Test Why Should I Use It?, 2011) The version I will be reviewing is the Form M version, which is one of the most current versions and has the highest consistency ratings of the different versions of the instrument. There are a total of 6 forms of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator currently available and there are 21 different languages available to use. (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), 2011)
II. TEST DESCRIPTION
The test looks at four different dichotomies of personality that are seen in people. It consists of four basic dichotomous indices: extroversion/introversion; sensing/intuitive; thinking/feeling, and judgment/perception. These dichotomies make up 16 possible distinctive types of personalities. These preferences are measured in the instrument in order to know the person’s personality type. The first is known as the favorite world. This dichotomy is to understand if the person prefers to focus on the inner or outer world. This would be to know as introversion (I) or
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