The Myers Briggs Type Indicator® instrument is a questionnaire based on the Myers Briggs model of personality. It's often used in work settings, leadership training, career counseling, and by marital therapists to judge partner compatibility. The test was derived from C. G. Jung's theory of Psychological Types during World War II by Isabel Myers Briggs and the work of her mother, Katherine Cook Briggs.
The Myers Briggs model of personality is based on four preferences (E or I, S or N, T or F and J or P). You combine the preferences to give your Myers Briggs personality type. You have many facets to your Myers Briggs personality, prefer some but use all of them.
Myers Briggs Personality Type is based on 4 preferences.
How a person relates to others (either by Extraversion or Introversion)How a person takes in information (either by Sensing or iNtuition)
How a person makes decisions (either by Thinking or Feeling)
How a person orders their life (either by Judging or Perceiving)
16 Types
When you put these four letters together, you get your personality type code, and there are sixteen combinations. For example, INTJ indicates that you prefer Introversion, iNtuition, Thinking and Judging (remember, this indicates preferences only - an INTJ also uses Extraversion, Sensing, Feeling and Perception).Myers Briggs Descriptions
| ISTJ | ISFJ | INFJ | INTJ |
| ISTP | ISFP | INFP | INTP |
| ESTP | ESFP | ENFP | ENTP |
| ESTJ | ESFJ | ENFJ | ENTJ |
The population is not evenly distributed over the 16 subtypes, some are more common than others. According to statistics from wikipedia, the most common types are ISFJ (13.8%), ESFJ (12.3%) and ISTJ (11.6%). The least common categories are INFJ (1.5%), ENTJ (1.8%) and INTJ (2.1%).
E or I: Are you an Extravert or an Introvert? Examine your day, your past week, your life. Does it feel more like "you" when you are interacting, communicating, experiencing (Extravert)? Or are you more of yourself when alone thinking, reflecting, doing a hobby, etc (Introvert)?
S or N: Are you a Sensor or an iNtuitive? Is your day mostly spent attending to reality, and understanding the facts (Sensor)? Or do you usually dream, theorize, compose, see symbolism, and walk the inner mind landscape (iNtuitive)?
T or F: Are you a Thinker or a Feeler? Are you objective, impersonal, interested in goals and ideas (Thinker)? Or are you more friendly, personal, interested in others, and are comfortable with deep emotions (Feeler)?
J or P: Are you a Judger or a Perceiver? Are you an organized, work-comes-first, decisive person (Judger)? Or are you an adaptable, spontaneous person who prefers to explore the possibilities (Perceiver)? Please note that Judger does not mean "judgemental", as some people have thought.
Want to try a free Myers-Briggs related test to learn more about your personality type?
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You can take the real MBTI instrument online through the Myers Briggs Foundation Website (there's a scoring fee):
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Myers Briggs and its Relationship to the Enneagram
There is said to be about a 73% correlation between these well known personality theories. Take a couple of Enneagram tests. You may also want to do some reading to decide what is your enneagram.
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For INFP, however, the most important preferences are Introverted Feeling. Your 'dominant function' is Feeling, oriented towards the inner world. This means you give importance to particular thoughts, ideas, or beliefs. You are value driven, and you often bring a sense of priority that is derived from your strong convictions. You seize upon and emphasise ideas or thoughts that have the greatest import, bringing them to the fore and stressing their significance. You assess the inherent value or importance of new ideas and beliefs, focusing on those about which you feel most strongly.
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