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The 4 Dichotomies  \nThe Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality questionnaire designed to identify certain psychological differences according to the typological theories of Carl Gustav Jung as published in his 1921 book Psychological Types (English edition, 1923) . The original developers of the indicator were Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers. They began developing the indicator during World War II.  \nProponents of the test cite its reliable predictions of individual behaviour, the descriptions of each type going beyond simple traits to profile-like detail of likely interests and hobbies, as well as explaining behaviour the testee may not previously have even been aware of the reasons for.  \nType  \nFundamental to the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is the concept of Psychological Type.  \nIna similar way to left-or right-handedness, the principle is that individuals also find certain ways of thinking and acting easier than others. The MBTI endeavours to sort some of these psychological opposites into four opposite pairs, or dichotomies, with a resulting sixteen possible combinations. None of these combinations is‘better’or‘worse’, however Briggs and Myers recognised that everyone has an overall combination which is most comfortable for them: in the same way as writing with the left hand is hard work for a right-hander, so people tend to find using their opposite psychological preference more difficult, even if they can become more proficient (and therefore behaviourally flexible) with practice and development.  \nThe preferences are normally notated with the initial letters of each of their four preferences, for instance:  \nISTJ- Introverted, Sensing, Thinking, Judging ENFP-Extraverted, iNtuition, Feeling, Perceiving And so on for all sixteen possible combinations.  \nThe four dichotomies (or continua) are:  \nExtraversion…Introversion Sensing…iNtuition Thinking…Feeling Judging…Perceiving  \nNote that the terms used for each dichotomy have specific technical meanings relating to MBTI, which differ from their everyday usage. For example, people with a preference for Judging over Perceiving are not necessarily more‘judgemental’, or less ‘perceptive’.  \nMBTI does not measure aptitude, either: it simply sorts for one preference over another. So someone reporting a high score for E over I on the MBTI cannot be correctly described as‘more’or‘strongly’Extraverted: they simply have a clear preference.  \nFunctions (S-N andT-F)  \nThe Sensing-Intuition and Thinking-Feeling dichotomies are often referred toasthe MBTI Functions. They relate to how we prefer to take in information (perceiving); and how we prefer to make decisions (judging) . Individuals will tend to trust one preference over the other, although they may have some ability to do both. Indeed, the flexibility to sense check information and decisions using one’s less preferred preference can be of value in many situations, for example in groups that have preferences in common amongst a number of members (and therefore a potential blind spot i.e. a tendency to avoid the opposite and to go for groupthink) .  \nIndividuals with a preference for Sensing prefer to trust information that is in the present, tangible and concrete: information can be comprehended by the five senses. They may prefer to look for detail and facts. For them, the meaning is in the data. Those with a preference for Intuition will trust information that is more abstract or theoretical, that can be associated with other information (remembered or they may look for a wider context or pattern). They may be more interested in future possibilities. The meaning is in how  \nRSVP Introductions Limited Head Office  \n23C Oakham Enterprise Park Ashwell Road  \nOakham, LE15 7TU  \nT:  \nW:  \n01572 774884 [www.rsvp.uk.com](www.rsvp.uk.com)  \nthe data relates to the pattern or theory.  \nJung described Sensing and Intuition as irrational functions (as a technical term","cbCaipuVQMHg5Ts3","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaipuVQMHg5Ts3","pdf",3861267,"English","# What is MBTI?\n## The 4 Dichotomies\n## Type and Psychological Type\n## Functions (S-N and T-F)\n## Attitudes (E-I)","[{\"question\":\"What is the MBTI and what is it designed to do?\",\"answer\":\"The MBTI is a personality questionnaire intended to identify psychological differences by sorting people into preferences based on typological theories. It does not measure aptitude, only preference.\"},{\"question\":\"What are the four MBTI dichotomies?\",\"answer\":\"The four dichotomies are Extraversion–Introversion, Sensing–iNtuition, Thinking–Feeling, and Judging–Perceiving. 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