What is Myers-Briggs Type Indicator?
The '''Myers-Briggs Type Indicator''' ('''MBTI''') is a set of questions based on [[psychology]]. By answering the questions, people can learn about how they tend to make choices. They can also learn about how they view the world.<ref>Myers, Isabel Briggs & Peter B. 1995. ''Gifts differing: understanding personality type''. Mountain View, CA: Davies-Black Publishing. {{ISBN|0-89106-074-X}}.</ref> After answering the questions in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, people are placed in one of sixteen groups. These groups are based on theories by [[Carl Gustav Jung]] in his book ''Psychological Types'' (1921).<ref>[[Carl Jung|Jung, Carl Gustav]] 1971. ''Psychological types''. Collected Works of C.G. Jung, Volume 6. Princeton University Press. {{ISBN|0415-07177-1}}.</ref> Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers created the first set of questions during [[World War II]]. The set of questions was made to help women who were working for the first time. Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Meyers thought that the set of questions would help women be happier and work better. The set of questions has grown into the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The MBTI that we use today was created in 1962. Though there are sixteen types, it is stated that there is no best type. The types are considered all equal. == Typing == === Outlooks: extraversion / introversion === The MBTI measures four things. The first is [[introversion and extroversion|extraversion]] (E) and [[Introversion and extroversion|introversion]] (I). Extroverts are people who get energy from the outside world. Extroverts like to spend their time with other people. Introverts are people who get energy from the inside world. Introverts tend to get energy from thinking and reflecting. === Information gathering: sensing / intuition === The second measure is sensing (S) and intuition (N). Sensing and intuition are ways of gathering information. People who are sensing trust facts. Sensing people accept things if they can see, hear, touch, taste, or s