Group project. A quick, basic introduction to the Myers-Briggs method of personality typing. Content provided by group members; presentation slides designed/arranged by me.

1. Katharine Briggs
Isabel Myers
ITT-Tech – Getzville SP2750 – Group Theory Fall 2014 – Week 3
L. Montgomery | M. Vu | W. Morgan

2. Contents:
Questions
Asked
Who are they?
When were they working?
What influential development did they
produce?
What is its use?
What theory/theories did they base their
development on?
“If you don't know what an
extravert thinks, you haven't
been listening. If you don't
know what an introvert thinks,
you haven't asked them!”
-Isabel Briggs Myers

3. Who &When?
Katharine Briggs
(Mother)
 Born: 1875
 Died: 1968
 Born: 1897
 Died: 1980
Isabel Myers
(Daughter)
“Good type development can be achieved at any age by anyone who cares to understand his or her own gifts and
the appropriate use of those gifts.” -Isabel Briggs Myers
 Started “type
watching” after 1923
 “Type watching” lasted
two decades
 Isabel was active for
most of her life

4. InfluentialDevelopment:
MBTI
Myers-BriggsType Indicator
“It is up to each person to
recognize his or her true
preferences.”
-Isabel Briggs Myers
16 Personality TypesFour Dichotomies
 Favorite World
 Extraversion (E)
 Introversion (I)
 Information
 Sensing (S)
 Intuition (N)
 Decisions
 Thinking (T)
 Feeling (F)
 Structure
 Judging (J)
 Perceiving (P)
MBTI’s essence is the orderly and consistent
categorization of seemingly random variation in
human behavior.

5. MBTI:
ItsUses
 MBTI atWork:
 Managing others
 Developing leadership skills
 Conflict resolution
"When people differ, a
knowledge of type lessens
friction and eases strain. In
addition it reveals the value of
differences. No one has to be
good at everything."
-Isabel Briggs Myers
 MBTI in Learning:
 Learning/Teaching styles
 Lesson planning
 MBTI in Relationships:
 Pre-/Marital counseling
 Family
 Parenting Styles
MBTI’s Fundamental Purpose:
To make the theory of psychological types accessible,
understandable, and useful in people’s lives.

6. MBTI: Its Basis
Carl Jung
 Born: 1875
 Died: 1961
 Author of “PsychologicalTypes”
 Works and ideas encountered
by Katharine Briggs and Isabel
Myers in 1923.
"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any
reaction, both are transformed." -Carl Jung

7. Presentation:
Information:
 http://www.capt.org/mbti-assessment/isabel-myers.htm
 http://www.knowyourtype.com/myers-briggs/isabel-myers/
 http://www.myersbriggs.org/
 http://www.myersbriggs.org/type-use-for-everyday-life/
 http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/
 http://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/isabel-briggs-
myers.htm
Images:
 http://www.strategicleadership.com.au/instruments/
 https://www.cyclicx.com/when-is-it-enough-in-the-workplace.html
 https://www.alignedsigns.com/blog/The-MBTI-Assessment-Tool-Beneficial-for-
Professional-Personal.htm
 http://relationshape.com/our-services/better-schools
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung
Sources
"I dream that long after I'm
gone, my work will go on
helping people.“
-Isabel Myers