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The first time I heard of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator test (MBTI\u00ae), it was because my husband had to take this assessment at work.<\/h3>\n

Actually, many work places use this assessment due to its\u00a0accuracy and easy-testing method.<\/p>\n

Learning about the\u00a0personality types\u00a0of people you work with (or socialize with or live with) can help with productive communication and a general better understanding of those who surround you. Also, for some people, it can help them get in touch with their own feelings, thoughts and the reasons behind some of their own actions.<\/p>\n

Take the test\u00a0here\u00a0and then read on to learn briefly about the 16 different personality types.<\/a><\/p>\n

To completely understand this test, and your results, it\u2019s best to have knowledge of the theory that it\u2019s based on, which is\u00a0Carl Jung\u2019s theory of psychological\u00a0types.<\/p>\n

Essentially, Jung proposed the\u00a0existence of two dichotomous pairs of cognitive functions:<\/p>\n

the \u201crational\u201d (judging) functions:\u00a0thinking<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0feeling<\/i><\/p>\n

<\/i>and the \u201cirrational\u201d (perceiving) functions:\u00a0sensation<\/i>\u00a0and\u00a0intuition.<\/i><\/p>\n

Jung believed that for an individual, these functions are expressed primarily in introverted or extroverted form. From this original idea, Myers and Briggs outlined their own theory of psychological type, and this is what the MBTI is based on.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a simple explanation of this typing from Wikipedia:<\/p>\n

\u201cJung\u2019s typological model regards psychological type as similar to left or right handedness: individuals are either born with, or develop, certain preferred ways of perceiving and deciding. The MBTI sorts some of these psychological differences into four opposite pairs, or\u00a0dichotomies,<\/i>\u00a0with a resulting 16 possible psychological types.<\/p>\n

None of these\u00a0types\u00a0are\u00a0better<\/i>\u00a0or\u00a0worse<\/i>; however, Briggs and Myers theorized that individuals naturally\u00a0prefer<\/i>\u00a0one overall combination of type differences.<\/p>\n

In the same way that writing with the left hand is hard work for a right-hander, so people tend to find using their opposite psychological preferences more difficult, even if they can become more proficient (and therefore behaviorally flexible) with practice and development.<\/p>\n

The 16 types are typically referred to by an abbreviation of four letters\u2014the initial letters of each of their four type preferences (except in the case of\u00a0intuition<\/i>, which uses the abbreviation\u00a0N<\/i>\u00a0to distinguish it from Introversion). For instance:<\/p>\n

ESTJ:\u00a0<\/strong>extroversion (E), sensing (S), thinking (T), judgment (J)<\/p>\n

INFP:\u00a0<\/strong>introversion (I), intuition (N), feeling (F), perception (P)<\/p>\n

This method of abbreviation is applied to all 16 types.\u201d<\/p>\n

Once you\u2019ve taken your personality typing quiz (linked above) you\u2019ll discover which of the 16 types you are, as well as the percentages of each category that you registered within, and, in all honestly, once you know your type, Google search will bring up a plethora of information about it\u2014more than I could ever include for all of the individual categories.<\/p>\n

Another thing to keep in mind is that when professional companies use this, like the test my husband took and then introduced to me, they are generally of higher quality and more accuracy. That said, I\u2019ve taken a fancier version of the test as well as three other online ones (including the source that I shared with you above) and all of the results were the same.<\/p>\n

This chart displays ideal career paths (which is another reason that work places use this testing method):<\/em><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s another chart with\u00a0characteristics\u00a0and a list of famous people with these personality types:<\/p>\n

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Additionally, some types are more common than others. This chart includes a general population breakdown:<\/p>\n

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And I\u2019m closing out this article with the best MBTI chart I\u2019ve ever seen: one based on Downton Abbey<\/a> characters.<\/p>\n

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