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 Personality
Trait Correlates of the MBTI Scales
By Ross Reinhold, INTJ
The
following is adapted from the work of David R. Saunders, Ph.D. who performed
the initial psychometric research on trait correlates of the MBTI from
"test" questions that Myers employed over several years in
her endless quest to broaden the base of Type knowledge. Saunders research
eventually resulted in the development of the "Type Differentiation
Indicator" and the "Expanded Analysis Report." His work
was later extended by others, re-constituted, and updated into what
is now known as the Step II and Step III MBTI Instruments published
by CPP, Inc.
This
is by necessity an abbreviated introduction to acquaint the reader with
some of the broader implications of the MBTI ®
model.
| Extraversion |
Introversion |
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Gregarious
- drawn to large number and variety of relationships.
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Intimate
- most comfortable in small groups and with one-on-one relationships. |
| Enthusiastic
- being energetically with the "action" and at the
center of things. |
Quiet
- present themselves modestly, drawn to the calm away from the
center of action. |
| Initiator
- social facilitator, assertively outgoing, build bridges among
people. |
Receptor
- content to let others initiate social amenities - even to
the point of being overlooked. |
| Expressive
- easy to know, approachable, warm, readily show feelings. |
Contained
- well controlled, calm exterior, often difficult for others
to "read.". |
| Auditory
- learn through listening, active dialogue, and involvement
with others. |
Visual
- learn through observation, reflection, reading, and more solitary
means. |
| Sensing |
Intuition |
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Concrete
- depend on verifiable, factual information and direct perceptions.
literal, mistrust fuzzy information
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Abstract
- comfortable with and inferring meaning from ambiguous and
non-literal information. Perceptive. |
| Realistic
- value being practical, cost-effective, and exercising common
sense. |
Imaginative
- enjoy being ingenious, clever and novel . . . for its own
sake. |
| Pragmatic
- highly values the usefulness or applications of an idea -
more interesting than idea itself. |
Intellectual
- learning, acquiring knowledge, mental challenges are valued
as an end in itself. |
| Experiential
- heavily grounded by first hand, past experience. Reluctant
to generalize beyond direct experience. |
Theoretical
- conceptual, automatically search for patterns in observed
facts, comfortable with theories and inventing new ones. Resourceful.
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| Traditional
- trust what is familiar, support established groups and methods,
honor precedents. |
Original
- values initiative and enterprising, inventive, and novel solutions.
Often mistrusts conventional wisdom. |
| Thinking |
Feeling |
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Critical
- comfortable making distinctions, categorizing, making win/lose
choices, being in adversarial situations.
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Accepting
- tolerant towards human failings, see positive side of others,
instinctually seeks win/win resolutions of problems. |
| Tough
Minded - results oriented, ends justify the means, stick on
task. Firm |
Tender
Hearted - use gentle persuasion to influence, reluctant to force
compliance.. |
| Questionning
- intellectually indpendent, resistant to influence, self confident.
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Accomodating
- seeks consensus, deferential, conflict avoiding, seeks harmony. |
| Logical
- values and trusts detached, objective, and logical analysis. |
Affective
- trusts emotions and feelings, values human considerations,
in touch with feelings. |
| Reasonable
- is clear-thinking, objective, reasoned, and logical in everyday
decision-making. |
Compassionate
- makes decisions on overall impressions, patterns, and feelings
(including emotional likes and dislikes). |
| Judging |
Perceiving |
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Early Starter
- focused. Structure activities to work on one thing at a
time, allowing adequate time for proper completion.
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Pressure
Prompted - prefers variety and multi-tasking. Most effectively
energized when working close to deadlines. |
| Systematic
- prefers orderly, structured and programmed responses. Likes
formal contingency planning. |
Casual
- comfortable making adjustments as situation requires. Prefers
informal guidelines vs. structured rules. Adaptable. |
| Scheduled
- creates and easily follows standardized and familiar routines. |
Spontaneous
- dislikes repeatedly following the same routines. Seeks variety
and change. |
| Planful
- likes to schedule future commitments far in advance, uses
dates and deadlines to organize their energies. |
Open-ended
- strongly values preserving flexibility and freedom, dislikes
being tied down by long range plans. Makes flexible plans. |
| Methodical
- implements projects in a planned, organized, and step-by-step
manner. Self programming. |
Emergent
- ad hoc planner. Moves quickly into action without detailed
plans, plans on the go. Risk taking. |
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From Practical Applications of Personality Type & the MBTI Model
By Ross Reinhold
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