MBTI Personality Theory
Carl Jung devised a method for describing the nature of personality of human beings. Inspired by his famous work on Psychological Types, Katherine Briggs and Isabel Myers took upon the task of developing the MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator). They divided personalities into 16 types consisting of primary traits such as: Introversion/Extraversion, Sensing/Intuitive, Thinking/Feeling and Judging/Perceiving.
Introversion refers to people who preserve their energy by spending time alone with themselves and are oriented towards reflection. Extraversion refers to those who draw energy by spending time with people and are oriented towards action.
Sensing and Intuition tells us about how people gather and interpret the information about the world. Sensing types mainly rely on the five senses and are more likely to trust information which is gathered through them whereas intuitive types seek for patterns and future possibilities.
Thinking and Feeling are the rational functions of people and they are used to make decisions based on the information gathered. People who are thinkers seem to make decisions based on what seems logical and consist to them, they prefer nothing but the truth. People who are feelers make decisions based on their and values and beliefs, they prefer greater harmony among people when it comes to making decisions.
Judging and Perceiving are the two functions which inform about the way a person likes his/her work to be done. If a person is dominant on judging, then organization and clearly planned-out ideas are his/her preference. Meanwhile, a person’s proclivity towards perceiving means that he/she is open to more ideas and is more flexible.
These traits can help us to understand the basic nature of a person. Many companies and firms use this test to know about the personality of employees. Though, this indicator is still not scientifically strong on metrics, it can prove to be useful in some regards. A total of 16 types of personalities can be formed with the mixture of the four traits, namely: ISFP, ESFP, INFP, ENFP, INTP, ENTP, ISTP, ESTP, INFJ, ENFJ, INTJ, ENTJ, ISFJ, ESFJ, ISTJ and ESTJ.
