Measuring Personality

Question 1

What can we use to measure personality?

Answer 1

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)

Question 2

Who developed the MBTI?

Answer 2

• katherine briggs

- briggs myers

Question 3

What is the MBTI based on?

Answer 3

4 preferences

Question 4

What is the MBTI about?

Answer 4

raising awareness and increasing choice

Question 5

This preference refers to where a person focuses his or her attention

Answer 5

• extraversion (E)

- introversion (I)

Question 6

This preference refers to the way a person gathers info

Answer 6

• sensing (S)

- intuition (N)

Question 7

This preference refers to the way a person makes decisions

Answer 7

• thinking (T)

- feeling (F)

Question 8

This preference refers to how a person deals with the world

Answer 8

• judging (J)

- perceiving (P)

Question 9

What is the acronym for the MBTI?

Answer 9

E I
S N
T F
J P

Question 10

What do EXTRAVERTED people do?

Answer 10

focus on the outer world of people and things

Question 11

What do INTROVERTED people do?

Answer 11

focus on the inner world of ideas and impressions

Question 12

What do people who prefer SENSING do?

Answer 12

focus on the present and on concrete, sensory info

Question 13

What do people who prefer INTUITION do?

Answer 13

focus on the future, patterns, and possibilities

Question 14

What do people who prefer THINKING do?

Answer 14

base their decisions on logic and objective analysis of cause and effect

Question 15

What do people who prefer FEELING do?

Answer 15

base their decisions on values and subjective evaluation of person-centered concerns

Question 16

What do people who prefer JUDGING like?

Answer 16

a planned, organized, and settled approach to life

Question 17

What do people who prefer PERCEIVING like?

Answer 17

an flexible, spontaneous, and open approach to life