Inventory Myers-Briggs Typology (MBTI)
Inventory Myers-Briggs Typology (MBTI)
As mentioned earlier, Isabel Myers and her mother Kathryn Briggs developed the "Inventory Myers-Briggs typology(MBTI)," which has been used in many and varied investigations in different areas of psychology (mainly organizational, educational and clinic). This inventory was designed to implement the theory of psychological types of Jung; therefore, we must understand the theory to understand the MBTI. The purpose of the MBTI is to identify the subject's basic preferences in perception and judgment, to establish the effects that each choice has on behavior. Recalling that the theory is based on dichotomies or polarities, the MBTI was built on four dimensions that reflect the four basic preferences that guide the use of perception and judgment: The attitude or orientation of energy, where attention is directed - Extraversion-Introversion (EI), the perceptual processes, information is acquired, how-Sensation-Intuition (SN), the processes of judgment or decision criteria, decision-making-how, Thinking-Feeling (TF); and style to deal with the outside world or lifestyle-how is captured abroad-Judgment-Perception (JP).
Hence, the assessment is made as of this instrument, is the preference score of one pole of the four scales to identify the person's psychological type ( mbti types , 1995).These polarities refer to basic functions of perception-media contact persons, things, events and ideas-and trial-average of the perceived draw conclusions, present in virtually all behaviors. So that the preferences in the type affect not only the object of attention of the person in a given situation, but how to conclude on the perceived (Briggs-Myers, 1995).As each of these preferences is independent of the other three in each dimension prefer one of the two poles, giving rise to sixteen (16) possible combinations that represent a complex set of dynamic relationships between the roles, attitudes and orientation to the outside world. These combinations are called personality types and are named with the four letters of the poles presented: ISTJ, ISFJ, INFJ, INTJ, ISTP, ISFP, INFP, INTP, ESTP, ESFP, ENFP, ENTP, ESTJ, ESFJ, ENFJ and ENTJ.
The Spanish translation will go to the terms and acronyms of the poles corresponding to the English language (T, initial "Thinking", F, initial "Feeling" and Intuition, was used as the second letter acronym, "N "Intuition-the-term to avoid confusion with the" I "Introversion (Briggs-Myers, 1995).Keep in mind that the MBTI is an indicator, not a test where there are no types or right or wrong answers, because what you do when you answer is to choose between a number of preferences. From there, the MBTI is an approach to understanding a person's preferences, where whatever the type found, the person uses the two poles of each scale, although with different intensity, allowing for a continuous development model to throughout life (Briggs-Myers, 1995).As for interpretation, Isabel Briggs-Myers (1995) suggests that it is a joint effort between the professional and the subject, eliminating the labeling "you are". The author explains that the MBTI does not measure skills and does not explain human behavior in its entirety. Thus, the scores from the MBTI are only indications of the consistency of preferences.
As mentioned earlier, Isabel Myers and her mother Kathryn Briggs developed the "Inventory Myers-Briggs typology(MBTI)," which has been used in many and varied investigations in different areas of psychology (mainly organizational, educational and clinic). This inventory was designed to implement the theory of psychological types of Jung; therefore, we must understand the theory to understand the MBTI. The purpose of the MBTI is to identify the subject's basic preferences in perception and judgment, to establish the effects that each choice has on behavior. Recalling that the theory is based on dichotomies or polarities, the MBTI was built on four dimensions that reflect the four basic preferences that guide the use of perception and judgment: The attitude or orientation of energy, where attention is directed - Extraversion-Introversion (EI), the perceptual processes, information is acquired, how-Sensation-Intuition (SN), the processes of judgment or decision criteria, decision-making-how, Thinking-Feeling (TF); and style to deal with the outside world or lifestyle-how is captured abroad-Judgment-Perception (JP).
Hence, the assessment is made as of this instrument, is the preference score of one pole of the four scales to identify the person's psychological type ( mbti types , 1995).These polarities refer to basic functions of perception-media contact persons, things, events and ideas-and trial-average of the perceived draw conclusions, present in virtually all behaviors. So that the preferences in the type affect not only the object of attention of the person in a given situation, but how to conclude on the perceived (Briggs-Myers, 1995).As each of these preferences is independent of the other three in each dimension prefer one of the two poles, giving rise to sixteen (16) possible combinations that represent a complex set of dynamic relationships between the roles, attitudes and orientation to the outside world. These combinations are called personality types and are named with the four letters of the poles presented: ISTJ, ISFJ, INFJ, INTJ, ISTP, ISFP, INFP, INTP, ESTP, ESFP, ENFP, ENTP, ESTJ, ESFJ, ENFJ and ENTJ.
The Spanish translation will go to the terms and acronyms of the poles corresponding to the English language (T, initial "Thinking", F, initial "Feeling" and Intuition, was used as the second letter acronym, "N "Intuition-the-term to avoid confusion with the" I "Introversion (Briggs-Myers, 1995).Keep in mind that the MBTI is an indicator, not a test where there are no types or right or wrong answers, because what you do when you answer is to choose between a number of preferences. From there, the MBTI is an approach to understanding a person's preferences, where whatever the type found, the person uses the two poles of each scale, although with different intensity, allowing for a continuous development model to throughout life (Briggs-Myers, 1995).As for interpretation, Isabel Briggs-Myers (1995) suggests that it is a joint effort between the professional and the subject, eliminating the labeling "you are". The author explains that the MBTI does not measure skills and does not explain human behavior in its entirety. Thus, the scores from the MBTI are only indications of the consistency of preferences.
