An Investigation of Relationships Between Cognitive Preference Orientation and Jungian (MBTI) Personality Types of Eighth-Grade Science Students

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Study of 283 eighth-grade science students examined links between cognitive preference orientation, measured by the Cognitive Preference Examination II, and Jungian personality types, measured by the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). The research predicted specific relationships aligning inquiry versus traditional learning orientations with introverted, intuitive, thinking, perceiving versus extraverted, sensing, feeling, judging profiles. Predicted relationships were not supported, and sex differences were not observed.

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ED 200447 AUTHOR TITLE PUB DATE NOTE EDRS PRICE DESCRIPTORS IDENTIFIERS ABSTRACT DOCOMENT RESOMB SE 034601 Novak,John A.;Voss,Burton E。 # An Investigation of Relationships Betveen CognitivePreference orientation and Jungian(MBTI)PersonalityTypes of Eigbth-Grade Science Students.Apr 81 17p.;Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of theNational Association for Research in Science Teaching(54th,Grossinger's in the Catskiiis,Elien vilie,NY,April 5-8,1981). HF01/PC01 Plus Postage. Cognitive Processes;*Cognitive Styie;Grade B;*Inquiry;Intelligence Differences;Junior HighSchool Students;*Perscnality Studies;PersonalityTraits:Science Education;Secondary Education;Secondary School Science:Sex Differences;*StudentCharacteristics *Cognitive Preference;Early Adolescents;MyersBriggs Type Indicator:*Science Education Research This study was undertaken to determine the cognitive.preference orientation(measured by the Cognitive Preference Examination II)and Jungian personality types(mes sured by the MyersBriggs Type Indicator,MBTI)of 283 eigh th-grade students.Relationships between these two variables vere predicted.It washypothesized that introverted,intuitive thinking and perceiving MBTIpersonality.types would exhibit an application,questioning,orapplication/guestioning cognitive preference_orientaticn,that is,aninquiry orientation toward learning.It was furtherchypothesized thatextraverted,sensing,feeling and judging MBTI personality typeswould exhibit a memorY,memory/application, r memory/questioningcognitive preference orientation,that is,a traditional orientationtoward leazning.This study also atte mpted to determine if studentsdiffered on these mea sures according to sex or intelligence.The。predicted·relationships vere not supported ·by'the analyses inthestudy.Differences between the sexes were not noted.Differences ininteiligence between sensing and intuitive students (in favor ofintuitives),between judging and perceiving students(in favor ofperceivers),and between students classified according to cognitivepreferences were found.Itis suggested that data from individualmeasures may give classroom teachers better insight into theindividual differences of their students.(Author) *******************************************************率*******: Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best tiat can be made *from the origina1 document. * *********************************************************************** <770 豪>上C . DE4TMENT QF HEALTHEDUC47I0 如E4F49EALSTTUTE CFE T·0 4isS '.4E ,4TE4:二 1 ,…4'John'A.Navak ? 1AT, " AV ENVESTICATION OF RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN COGNITIVEPREFERENCE ORIENTATION AND JUNGIAN(MBTI)PERSONALITYTYPES OF EIGHTH-GRADE SCIENCE STUDENTS John A.NovakThe Ohio State UniversityColumbus,Ohio 43210 Burton E.VossThe University of MichigarAnn Arbor,Michigan 48109 Presented at ationa1 Association for Research in Science Teaching.Annual Meeting,Grossinger'sApri11981 Bationale: The cognitive preference dinension of cognitive style as conceptualizedby Heath(196-)has been used extensivelv to evaluate various high schoolscience currieula.Recent studies have focusea on validating the cognitivepreference construct(van den Berg,et al.,1980),alternative interpretationsof cognicive preference findings(Jungworth,1980),and exanining relation-ships between cognitive preferences and selected variables,e·.,learningstyles and intelligence:(Ben Zvi,et al.,1980). However,11ttle attentionhas been given to an examination of the relationships between cognitivepreference orientation and personality attributes (Williams,1975),withpossible implications for currisulum and instrùction in science, Cognicive preference orientation as used in this study refers to apreference for the recall(M),application(A),or critical questioning/challenging(Q)of iniormation;a combination of preferences(MA,MQ,AQ);or no determinable preference(NP).A preferenc

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What did the study examine about eighth-grade science students?

The study examined cognitive preference orientation and Jungian (MBTI) personality types, including how these two variables relate.

How were cognitive preference orientation and MBTI personality types measured?

Cognitive preference orientation was measured with the Cognitive Preference Examination II, and MBTI personality types were measured with the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI).

Were the predicted relationships between cognitive preference orientation and MBTI supported?

No. The predicted relationships between the two variables were not supported by the analyses.

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