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The Myers-Biggs Type Indicator Paper

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Part One: The Myers-Biggs Type Indicator Carl Jung was a coeval of Sigmund Freud, who developed a personality theory centered on the ideas of extroversion and introversion. This was a revolutionary idea at the time, and served as a break-away from Freudian ideology. He would become a pioneer in Gestalt therapy Jung theorized human behavior as having a combination of four psychic functions: thinking verses feeling -rational functions requiring acts of judgments, and intuition verses sensation –which were immediate experiences (Friedman & Schustack, 2012). The Myers-Biggs Type Indicator, or MBTI, is a psychometric, a tool developed from Jung’s theory of personality, has been in use for decades, is still in use today, and should enable me to determine …show more content…

The purpose of the MBTI is to provide self-insight into personality; deepening one’s understanding and self-perception (Llorens, 2010). When created, it was intended to be a useful tool in applying Jung’s theory of personality to everyday life, and to assist in determining job fit for the test-taker considering employment. The MBPI was created by a mother-daughter team during the World War Two era, as a means to unite humanity in peace through understanding (Stuart, 2015). The personality assessment they created gained notoriety in the Seventies, and is still widely used today. Although the test was not meant to be used for screening employment, several companies employ it as such (Stuart, 2015).The assessment still correlates with other psychometrics, and regularly published updated manuals that provide “data on internal consistency and test-retest reliability” (Llorens, 2010, …show more content…

From this idea, Adler then conceptualized the aggression drive. This he posited as a reaction to inferiority, a defense against the ability to successfully accomplish something. Adler added the idea of the masculine protest, a notion that all children are born under the shadow of inferiority (feminine) when compared to their adult parents, and vie for independence, autonomy and competence (masculine) (Friedman & Schustack, 2012.) These ideas form the basis of what would become Adler’s theory of personality

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Each of the assessment tools is objective and attempts to assess and evaluate behavior. MBTI tool can be used within the general population as well as among individuals with psychiatric symptoms to assess their personality types. Compared to other assessment tools like the MMPI-2 and interviews that do not involve personality type, the MBTI manual according to Jung has little information regarding diverse populations and cultural issues but still regards typology to be consistent among diverse populations (Myers and McCaulley, 1985). Since Jung’s theory is universal in nature, MBTI can be applied using different languages and on different cultures. However, some studies have argued that while psychological type is universal, preferences might differ across diverse cultures.

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The Meyers Briggs Indicator MBTI assessment is most widely used personality used to help employers, counselors and individuals understand there personality traits strength and weakness. This assessment help employers better understand how to judges and perceive a person when making decision on who to hire in today 's society. The type indicator can be very helpful and biases to an employer when selecting the right candidates for employment. The MBTI was created by mother and daughter to gain better perception on a human personalities. The MBTI test had a different review in the late 1920 's by Carl Jung.

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