Career Exploration - MBTI

Carl Jung

Isabel Myers and Katherine Briggs

Swiss psychiatrists

A group of psychologists

To assess intelligence

To help men identify what work environment they would thrive in

To help women identify what work environment they would thrive in

To test skills

Culture and environment

Education and skills

The way we perceive the world and make decisions

Intelligence tests

The idea that environment creates our natural preferences

The idea that we naturally prefer to do things one way over another

The idea that skills determine personality

The idea that there is a right or wrong way to answer the assessment

They believed nurture plays no part in personality development

They believed nature is the only factor in personality development

They believed both nature and nurture are influential

They believed nurture is the only factor in personality development

That environment is the only factor influencing your behavior

That you have a natural preference for right-handedness or left-handedness

That you cannot use both hands

That personality preferences cannot be changed after birth

Most people cannot use both hands

Using both hands is unnatural for most people

Most people are able to use both hands

Using both hands indicates a lack of personality preference

It is solely determined by environmental factors

It is set at the moment of birth and cannot be changed

It is not related to our natural preferences

It can be changed easily at any time

Inner world of thoughts and reflection

Outer world of interactions with people

Written forms of communication

Thinking first before feeling comfortable to act

They have a wide variety of acquaintances and interests

They prefer to "talk it out"

Their relationships and interests run deep (more depth, less breadth)

Face-to-face interaction is preferred