Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
According to Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc. (CPP), the MBTI is "the most widely used personality inventory in history." According to the Center for Applications of Psychological Type, approximately 2,000,000 people a year take the MBTI. CPP claims that it "helps you improve work and personal relationships, increase productivity, and identify leadership and interpersonal communication preferences for your clients." Many schools use the MBTI in career counseling. A profile for each of the sixteen types has been developed. Each profile consists of a list of "characteristics frequently associated with your type," according to CPP.
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is an instrument for measuring a person's preferences, using four basic scales with opposite poles. The four scales are: (1) extraversion/introversion, (2) sensate/intuitive, (3) thinking/feeling, and (4) judging/perceiving. "The various combinations of these preferences result in sixteen personality types," says CPP, which owns the rights to the instrument. Types are typically denoted by four letters-for example, INTJ (Introversion, Intuitive with Thinking and Judging)-to represent one's tendencies on the four scales.
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