If you do not already know, MBTI stands for Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. MBTI is an assessment that was published in 1943 and was originally developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers, her daughter. Though the two were not psychologists, they were interested in the study of personality. They documented their observations and when they discovered Carl Jung’s work, they found that their findings were very close to his theory. In their work, Myers and Briggs sorted the personality preferences into three dichotomies, like the ones described in the work of Jung. Myers and Briggs also added their own fourth dichotomy. These dichotomies are known as: Extroversion vs Introversion: distinguishing between individuals who prefer to divert …show more content…
They like work where they can achieve immediate, visible, and tangible results.”-Isabel Briggs Myers, Gifts Differing ESFJ -“ESFJs are primarily concerned with the details of direct experience — their own, that of their friends and acquaintances, even the experience of strangers whose lives happen to touch theirs.”-Isabel Briggs Myers, Gifts Differing ISTP -“ISTPs have a vested interest in practical and applied science, especially in the field of mechanics.”-Isabel Briggs Myers, Gifts Differing ISFP -“The work of their hands is usually more eloquent than anything they say.”-Isabel Briggs Myers, Gifts Differing ESTP -“They tend to prefer action to conversation. The more directly a matter can be translated into action, the clearer and more effective they become.”-Isabel Briggs Myers, Gifts