Explanation of the Thinking and Feeling functions associated with the MBTI assessment.

1. Thinking Versus Feeling
The Rational Functions
associated with Judging
Reality
Psychology of
Personality
Module 2: Lesson 5

2. Remember the Cognitive
Preference, Judging?
 We assess and make decisions based on
the situations we encounter through Judging!
 Jung determined that the cognitive functions
associated with Judging are…
THINKING and FEELING
 Jung labeled these the ‘Rational Functions,’
not because they are superior in any way, but
because they require an evaluation or
decision of some kind.
We Think OR Feel THEN we make a
decision!

3. MBTI: Thinking vs. Feeling
 Of the 16 personality types laid out by the
Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, 8 will have the
letter T (for Thinking) in their four letter code
and 8 will have the letter F (for Feeling) in
their four letter code.
 What this indicates is that someone with a
strong preference for Thinking will have a
much lower preference for Feeling decisions
based on the situations they encounter and
vice versa.

4. The Primary Distinction
Between T & F
 (T) Thinker’s tend to use a logical process
that is objective, analytical and removed from
the situation, people, or events concerned
preferring to determine things through cause
and effect.
 (F) Feeler’s tend to have a more sensitive
and empathic approach that takes into
consideration how others feel with a reliance
on emotional cues and responses.

5. More Simply Put…..