Favorite world - Do you prefer to focus on the outer world or on your own inner world? This is called Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I).

 

Information - Do you prefer to focus on the basic information you take in or do you prefer to interpret and add meaning? This is called Sensing (S) or Intuition (N).

 

Decisions - When making decisions, do you prefer to first look at logic and consistency or first look at the people and special circumstances? This is called Thinking (T) or Feeling (F).

 

Structure - In dealing with the outside world, do you prefer to get things decided or do you prefer to stay open to new information and options? This is called Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).

 

When you decide on your preference in each category, you have your own personality type, which can be expressed as a code with four letters. There are 16 possible personality types of the MBRI instrument.

 

All types are equal. The goal of knowing about personality type is to understand and appreciate differences between people. As all types are equal, there is no best type. The MBTI instrument sorts for preferences and does not measure trait, ability, or character. The tool is different from many other psychological instruments and also different from other personality tests.

 

The best reason to choose the MBTI instrument to discover your personality type is that hundreds of studies over the past 40 years have proven the instrument to be both valid and reliable; it measures what it says it does (validity) and produces the same results when given more than once (reliability).

 

 

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This assessment identifies the basic preferences of each of the four dichotomies specified in Jung’s theory and the 16 distinctive personality types that result from the interactions among the preferences: