TheMyers-Briggs assessment gives individuals a framework for understanding themselves and appreciating differences in others. It is designed to help individuals identify their preferred way of doing things in four key areas: directing and receiving energy, taking in information, making decisions, and approaching the outside world. Individuals’ natural preferences in these four areas sort into one of 16 distinct personality types.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) indicates personality preferences in four dimensions:
- Where the person focusses attention – Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I)
- The way the person takes in information – Sensing (S) or INtuition (N)
- How a person makes decisions – Thinking (T) or Feeling (F)
- How a person deals with the world – Judging (J) or Perceiving (P)
The four letters that make up the persons’ personality type can help them to understand themselves and their interactions with others.