1. MBTIIdentifying and Understanding Your Type

2. What Type Are You? • Dichotomous Preferences • No one is 100% one type or the other • Rather there is a preference for one side of the dichotomous relationship over the other • Some preferences are stronger than others • Debate whether preferences are the result of biology or environmental press

3. What Type Are You?

4. Wants to act on the environment Draws energy from being with people Would rather talk than listen Thinks “out loud” Usually gives immediate response to questions Prefers inner world of reflection Needs time alone to recharge after socializing Rather listen than talk Thinks internally Often responds with “I’ll have to think about that” Extraversion vs. Introversion

5. Perception of the observable through the senses Can handle routine Craves enjoyment Impatient with the fanciful Deals with one thing at a time; sequential Wants clear directions Perception of meanings, possibility, relationships Impatient with routine Craves inspiration Impatient with details Deals with several things at once Interested in new ways of doing things Sensing vs. Intuitive

6. Analytical, objective, stand back Concern for justice and fairness Focus on facts, ideas, and things Applies decisions consistently Needs to be and appear competent Participative, involved, get inside Concern for people and their feelings Focus on emotions, values, relationships Applies decisions situationally Needs to be appreciated by others Thinking vs. Feeling

7. Likes things settled, does not like to change decisions Concerned about and want to be in control Has a built in time clock Offers decisive opinions Has a place for everything Prefers to keep options open, subject to change their mind Concerned about being free and open Does not have an innate schedule Asks questions and explores Has a “pile” for everything Judgers vs. Perceivers

8. What Type Are You?

9. Going Deeper Into Your Type • Functions of your type refer to the predominance of the S, N, T, and F parts of your personality type • Dominant Function—Develop in Early Life • Secondary Function—Develop in Adulthood • Tertiary Function—Develop in Late Adulthood • Inferior Function—Likely to Never Develop

10. Going Deeper Into Your Type Determining Predominance of Functions: • Your J/P preference is the dichotomous preference you extravert, where J is your T/F preference and P is your S/N preference • For extraverts, the J/P preference indicates your dominant function; for introverts, the opposite of your J/P preference indicates your dominant function • Your secondary function is the preference of your opposite J/P preference • Your tertiary function is the opposite of your secondary function • Your inferior function is the opposite of your dominant function

11. Going Deeper Into Your Type Determining Predominance of Functions (Example) • INTJ • J indicates the preference extraverted (T/F), but because individual is introverted the dominant function is the opposite (S/N) • N is the dominant function • T is the secondary function • F is the tertiary function • S is the inferior function

12. Questions for Groups • What are your personal strengths? • What are your personal weaknesses? • What attributes of your co-workers do you appreciate most? • What attributes of your co-workers are the biggest annoyances?

13. Questions for Groups • Is there an area of student affairs that fits best for the individuals in your group? • Is there an area of student affairs that does not fit the individuals in your group well? • What would be your ideal classroom for your learning? • Rank order the following values (from ACPA) in terms of importance: respect autonomy, benefit others, do no harm, be honest, promote justice