MBTI
Science & Engineering abbreviation · Psychology
| Stands for | Myers-Briggs Type Indicator |
|---|---|
| Categories | Science & Engineering |
MBTI stands for Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, a psychology abbreviation.
Popular personality questionnaire that sorts people into 16 types using four pairs of preferences: extraversion or introversion, sensing or intuition, thinking or feeling, and judging or perceiving, producing codes such as INTJ or ESFP. It is widely used in corporate training, team building and career counseling.
Example: Everyone on the team posted their MBTI type, from INFP to ESTJ, on the shared whiteboard.
Usage notes
Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers developed the indicator in the 1940s, based on Carl Jung's 1921 theory of psychological types. Many psychologists criticize it because it forces continuous traits into categories and many people receive a different type when retested weeks later. It is published by The Myers-Briggs Company; free online "16 personalities" tests are different instruments.
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