Carl G Jung Research Paper

Carl G. Jung first introduced the "Psychological type" theory in the 1920. His theory was that random behavior or behavioral patterns is the outcome of contrasting mannerisms that people exhibit. He theorized that people tend to choose between two mental functions, "Perceiving" (absorbing information) and "Judging" (gathering information and coming to a conclusion). He then gave this the name "Preferences". While studying, he noted that in spite of everyone having the ability to absorb information and carry out decisions, a number of people favor perceiving information, while others favor judging information. Conclusively, he noted that some would be excited by the outer world ("Extraversion"), while some would be excited by the inner world ("Introversion"). In 1921, he would publish his theories in Psychological Types.

She, along with her mother, Katharine Cook Briggs, would go on to develop the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator instrument in 1962. With the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, they were aiming for the ability to make Jung's theory accessible to individuals and groups by generalizing the information from his original work. They tested their concepts by creating a questionnaire and then began collecting data to determine whether certain preferences accurately measured what was intended. During the original phase of development, they took 20 people that they had relationships with and whose type they felt they knew from observation over many years. If a certain answer appeared multiple times it seemed to indicate a preference. After further testing, they were able to add several preferences to the Myers-Briggs Type