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Jungian Typology is a cognitive theory and typology system which utilizes a set of eight information processing function of human consciousness proposed and established in the book Psychological Types by Swiss psychiatrist and writer Carl Gustav Jung.[Wp]
Myers–Briggs Type Indicator, developed based on Jung's theories by Isabel Cook Briggs and Katherine Briggs Myers, is a questionnaire indicating differing psychological preferences in how people perceive the world and make judgements about it. There's many tests on the web you can take to find out your cognitive/MBTI type. Keep in mind - no cognitive questionnaire is completely reliable, it is recommended you instead learn about MBTI and cognitive functions yourself.
An example of personality testing in a political sense is the societal structure in the best-selling novel Divergent (2014), a dystopian world where people are separated into factions, or different communities, at the age of 16 based on their personality.
Things to note
- No Jungian typology test is reliable.
- The system itself is not entirely scientifically valid, or at least not accepted by most scientific organizations.
- MBTI is about perception (as through the senses and unconscious intuitive connection) and judgement (through evaluation and logical reason) - not action, extraversion, friendliness, aggression, procrastination or any other personality trait. For actual personality traits, please refer to the Big Five personality traits theory.
- Do not preoccupy yourself with letters (i.e, if someone seems to be social then they're an E type; asocial - an I); labels like "INTJ" or "ESTP" only represent the underlying functions that create a single whole type. In short - use cognitive functions.
- Avoid stereotypes. Here's a basic example:
- People with a greater intuitive functions being "more intelligent" than those with greater sensory ones. This is ultimately untrue, as both intuition and sensation are irrational and perceptive functions - one or the other doesn't make you "more intelligent".[2]
- People with a greater intuitive functions being "more intelligent" than those with greater sensory ones. This is ultimately untrue, as both intuition and sensation are irrational and perceptive functions - one or the other doesn't make you "more intelligent".[2]
As mentioned, using questionnaires to type yourself is very unreliable because the design of the questions on these questionnaires accounts for most of your apparent type according to them; ~However!~ if you are still interested, here are some tests which you can take:
On 16 Personalities
16P is a personality assessment website which utilizes the ancient four temperaments with a more modern and scientific Big Five personality traits theory, while remarking the labeling format to match that of MBTI.[3] The typology that 16 Personalities provides can be broken down as follows:
- Extroversion-Introversion scale, naturally corresponding to the Extroversion scale
- Intuition-Sensation scale, pertaining to Openness
- Feeling-Thinking scale, being Agreeableness
- Perceiving-Judging scale, representing Conscientiousness
- Turbulent-Assertive scale, standing for Neuroticism
For example, an "INFP-T" result would correspond to a "RLUAI" (Reserved, Limbic, Unorganized, Agreeable, Inquisitive) trait combination in the Big Five.
Based on the first and last letter, the site also gives you a temperamental strategy;
- Constant Improvement (Ixxx-T) - Melancholic
- Confident Individualism (Ixxx-A) - Phlegmatic
- Social Engagement (Exxx-T) - Sanguine
- People Mastery (Exxx-A) - Choleric
The typology is flawed as follows:
- High use of Intuition is distinct from high scores on most facets of Openness
- High use of Feeling is distinct from high Agreeableness
- Levels of Neuroticism are more variable than those of the other four throughout individuals’ lives
Results and typology
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Further Information
Wikipedia
Articles
- Jungian cognitive functions#Introverted intuition
- Jungian cognitive functions#Introverted thinking
- Jungian cognitive functions#Introverted feeling
- Jungian cognitive functions#Introverted sensation
- Jungian cognitive functions#Extraverted thinking
- Jungian cognitive functions#Extraverted intuition
- Jungian cognitive functions#Extraverted sensation
- Jungian cognitive functions#Extraverted feeling
Books
Websites
- Personality Database
- Personality types on Idrlabs
Literature
- Psychological Types by Jung G. Carl
- Abstracts of the Collected Works of C.G. Jung. Volume 6: Psychological Types (Shorter)
References
- ↑ "Daniel (RTGame)" Personality-Database.
- ↑ "Myers–Briggs Type Indicator" Wikipedia
Jung proposed the existence of two dichotomous pairs of cognitive functions: The "rational" (judging) functions: thinking and feeling. The "irrational" (perceiving) functions: sensation and intuition.
- ↑ "Our framework#Our Approach", 16Personalities.com
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