MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) Testing



MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) Testing

Outline

Introduction

We have seen the same needs such as need of acceptance, food, love, support, shelter, etc. However people are different from each other and it is well known that they have different personality and way of contemplating life differently. Psychologists have developed various personality tests in order to know more and more about the personality of a person. Personality Tests are very popular because they are often a key to self-knowledge. A personality test is a standardized instrument or a questionnaire developed to expose or reveal various aspects of character of an individual or psychological makeup. The very first personality test was introduced on 1920s which was majorly developed to help and make the personnel selection process easy specifically in armed forces. These tests recognized character, properties or even empathy of an individual. They are relatively comprehensive and psychologists always strive to find new ways, which would allow a very detailed research of the human personality. In this paper I will be evaluating one of the important personality test Myers-Briggs Type Indicator also known as “MBTI”.

MBIT

The Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a psychological test determining psychological type. The MBTI is an indicator of the similarities, differences and complementarities between people determined. The MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator) traces its origins from more than 60 years, when the psychiatrist CG Jung suggested that human behavior were predictable and not random. From early twentieth century, Katharine Briggs had been conducting a study on the classification of people based on their different lifestyles and providing an idea that each person faces life differently.

Thesis statement

“The MBTI is not a test, but an indicator. It measures preferences, not properties/ traits with variations”.

Body and Discussion

In this part of the paper I will be giving detailed description of literature including various articles related to MBTI.

Basic Areas of the Test

Under this head I shall be evaluating the personality of an individual which according to MBTI evaluated and on the basis of 4 areas: experiences and expressions of the individuals along with eight dimensions of personality.

Conditions

Under this heading I shall be discussing the conditions of the MBTI theory which includes three main points

Article Summaries

This section of the research is one of the main section in which I will be evaluating various articles from authentic databases lie ebesco, Sage, proquest etc. this type of research is also called as secondary research. Following are some of the main article which I have chosen to use in my research. These articles will help me in making my literature effective and usable. Evaluating the literature from various research exhibits the importance and usage of the psychometric technique.

The Validity of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator as a Screening Tool for Eating Disorder

The purpose of this study was to analyze the validity of the Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Eating Attitudes Test-26 (EAT-26) as screening tools for identifying eating disorders in 241 college students.

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