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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

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