An introduction to a course on personality type that discusses Jung, Myers, and Briggs involvement in the development of this theory and their contributions.

1. Introduction to Personality Types
Personality Psychology
Module 1: Lesson 1
By: Daniela DeMaria

2. • Analytical Psychology
• Psychological Types
• Extraversion
• Introversion
• Cognitive Functions:
Intuition
Sensing
Feeling
Thinking

3. Jung wrote…. “what appears to be
random behavior is actually the
result of differences in the way
people prefer to use their mental
capacities.”
People tend to Engage in 1 of 2
Cognitive Preferences :
 Perceiving, that is taking in information
and knowledge from our environment…
 Judging, organizing information and
coming to conclusions about situations
we encounter.

4. Psychological Types published in 1921
Perceiving or Judging
 Sensation and Intuition are two sub-categories
of the cognitive preference Perception…
 And Feeling and Thinking are two sub-
categories of the cognitive preference
Judging…
 UNDERSTAND that Jung was responsible for
classifying these categories in the first place.
REMEMBER that EVERYONE uses ALL of the
cognitive functions from time to time, but we each
have a cognitive PREFERENCE for some over
others!

5. Isabel MyersKatherine Briggs
 World War II
 Developed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
 Catalogued Jung’s Cognitive Functions and
Preferences
 The most common personality assessment
used today

6. E = Extraversion
I = Introversion
N = Intuition
S = Sensing
8 Letters are found in the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator!
They Stand For….
T = Thinking
F = Feeling
J = Judging
P = Perceiving

7. These 8 letters form 16 Possible Personality
Type combinations