MBTI Personality Traits
|
Description |
|
|
| How people derive "energy" |
Extroversion |
Introversion |
| How people gather "information" i.e. Perceive |
Sensing |
iNtuition |
| How people make "decisions" i.e. Judge |
Feeling |
Thinking |
| Determination if people have a preference for
judging or perceiving. |
Judging |
Perceiving |
Nearly everyone has a preference for each of these personality “traits”. After
weighing the subjective results of the test a dominant personality “type” can
usually be identified. These types are differentiated by combining the letters
for each preferred “trait” into a composite “type”. One example would be ENFP
which is, Extroverted, iNtuitive, Feeling and Perceiving. With this method 16
different personalities can be identified. For descriptions of each of the four
preferences you can click
here. For descriptions of all 16
personalities you can click
here.
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here.
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here.
| Population Breakdown |
ISTJ
11.6% |
ISFJ
13.8% |
INFJ
1.5% |
INTJ
2.1% |
ISTP
5.4% |
ISFP
8.8% |
INFP
4.4% |
INTP
3.3% |
ESTP
4.3% |
ESFP
8.5% |
ENFP
8.1% |
ENTP
3.2% |
ESTJ
8.7% |
ESFJ
12.3% |
ENFJ
2.4% |
ENTJ
1.8% |
| By using
inferential statistics an estimate of the preferences found in the US
population has been gathered. |
Apparently, most people including those very familiar with the MBTI don’t really
know what each of the traits is describing. The “traits” being identified by the
MBTI are mostly based on externalized behavior and environmental preferences.
Isabel Briggs Myers was an INFP and CG Jung was an INTP. Each of these “types”
gathers information in the same manner and the same sequence (i.e. Ne Si).
However, they judge and interpret the information very differently, (Fi Te vs.
Ti Fe). INFPs have cognitive strengths that allow them to understand people in
terms of observed and preferred “externalized” behaviors. INTPs have cognitive
strengths that allow them to understand people in terms of abstract conceptual
patterns and language usage. By combining both forms of identification,
personality traits are more quickly identified. For example, by watching
someone’s behavior exhibited by body language, verbal intonation/inflection,
energy level and conceptual language, logic/reasoning preference, and word
choice and then relating these behaviors to the “environmental” or situational
context will give a more complete perception of the individual’s personality
preferences. (The "Population Breakdown" chart on the right
is from
Wikipedia.)
Here is a table listing each of the 16 types grouped by function/trait. Next to
each is a rough percentage of the US population that can be identified having
each personality type. (These percentages are from the MBTI Manuel – A Guide to
the Development and Use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. Third Edition 1998.
The F is for Female and the M is for Male.)
| |
ST |
SF |
NF |
NT |
|
|
I |
ISTJ – F 6.9% M 16.4% |
ISFJ – F 19.4% M 8.1% |
INFJ – F 1.6% M 1.3% |
INTJ – F 0.8% M 3.3% |
J |
|
I |
ISTP – F 2.4% M 8.5% |
ISFP – F 9.9% M 7.6% |
INFP – F 4.6% M 4.1% |
INTP – F 1.8% M 4.8% |
P |
|
E |
ESTP – F 3.0% M 5.6% |
ESFP – F 10.1% M 6.9% |
ENFP – F 9.7% M 6.4% |
ENTP – F 2.4% M 4.0% |
P |
|
E |
ESTJ – F 6.3% M 11.2% |
ESFJ – F 16.9% M 7.5% |
ENFJ – F 3.3% M 1.6% |
ENTJ – F 0.9% M 2.7% |
J |
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