Explore the Internet for
information based on your own Myers-Briggs personality type. If you have never
taken the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI), you can access a free
personality type test at the HumanMetrics website.
It is important to
understand that Jungian types and the MBTI relate to personal preferences for
how people interact in the world. No type is better than another type and every
type has its own unique ways of being. And, sometimes the assessments do not
correctly describe the personality type of the person who took the test. If you
feel that the descriptions of your personality type preferences are not
accurate, then you probably were mistyped by the test.
Develop a reflection blog
describing how the MBTI might be useful to you as you develop your leadership
capacity. In your blog, touch on your own self-awareness and also your
knowledge and awareness of others.
According to the results of
the Myers-Briggs Personality Indicator (MBTI) Personality Type test from the
HumanMetrics website. My Humanmetrics
Jung Typology Test is as follows:
Introvert (56%) iNtuitive
(12%) Thinking (38%) and Judging (78%). They are broken down as follows:
I have a slight moderate preference
of Introversion over Extraversion (56%)
I have a slight preference
of Intuition over Sensing (12%)
I have a moderate preference
of Thinking over Feeling (38%)
I have a strong preference
of Judging over Perceiving (78%)
The article Introversion-Extraversion
(2010,) discusses that Carl Jung was initially responsible for coining the term
as a method of referring to two distinctly differing psychological attitudes.
What Jung was referring to introversion as the inward turning of the libido,
conversely extraversion is the outward direction of the libido. Jung further
believed that an introverts mind, emotions and attention are inadvertently
turned inward due to inferior feelings particularly during stressful periods.
Extraverts on the other hand
focus their attention toward the outer world with their perceptions, judgments
and experiences on people and things. An extravert will draw energy from other
people and experiences, and may appear to be shallow to an introvert. Both
attitudes are prevalent in all people; however, one is generally preferred over
the other.
Intuition over Sensing is
functions that are primarily focused on different kinds of information. People
are utilizing their sensing function as they gather information through the
five senses hearing, feeling, touching, smelling and tasting.
They may also: memorize a
speech or presentation, notice clouds in the sky and check the weather forecast,
follow step-by-step instructions, taste food or smell a flower.
When an individual utilize
their intuition function, they are typically: come-up with ideas and new
methods of accomplishing goals, see the big picture, overall trends, patterns
and themes, perceive the underlying meaning of individual behavior, create
future scenarios or think about the implications of ones actions.
Thinking over Feeling was
also found to be utilized during conflict resolution and is hypothesized that
the thinking-feeling function of the mind would positively correlate in areas
like decision-making function’s.
People that use their
thinking function typically utilize logic and impartiality in the decision
making process, in areas like: weighing the pros and cons of a career change, follow
rules weather they might agree, as it is the right thing to do, make a decision
based upon fairness, even if it is less advantageous for them personally.
People who employ their
feeling function generally make decisions personally and considering the
effects on themselves as well as others and do things like: accept an off of a
position because they know people who work there, go the extra mile for an
employer because they are valued and treated fairly, Buy an item because they
like it, withhold criticism if they believe it would upset the recipient.
The final portion Judging
over Perceiving are related to attitudes of how well people have a preference
on how they live their lives.
When people are judging they
plan, order and schedule, and may do things like: make a detailed shopping
list, plan a week of scheduled appointments, organize a holiday, push for
closure on issues, begin working early and methodically on projects.
People that perceive are
open-ended, spontaneous and tend to go with the flow including things like:
take a wait and see attitude, act on the spur of the moment, make a decision as
things occur, adapt and act quickly, meet deadlines at the last minute. And lastly
the perceiving attitude is directly linked with sensing and intuition.
References:
Introversion-Extraversion.
(2010). In The Corsini Encyclopedia of Psychology and Behavioral Science.
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George, M. B. (1991). The
relationship between the MBTI and a values conflict resolution. (Order No.
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