The Myers Briggs Type Indicator Test (MBTI)

About the test

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is based on Carl Jung's theories of psychological types. During World War II, Katharine Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers, developed the test to simplify Jung's ideas into a practical tool for assigning roles in the military. The MBTI identifies 16 personality types, each represented by a four-letter abbreviation that reflects an individual's preferences in four areas. Notably, the letter "N" is used to denote "intuition" to avoid confusion with "introversion," which also starts with the letter "I."

It's important to note that research has since shown the MBTI’s binary approach—for example, classifying individuals strictly as either introverted or extroverted—can be overly simplistic. Many people exhibit traits of both ends of the spectrum, resulting in skewed distributions and a lack of nuance in the results.

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