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What Is Mbtu

Perception and Judgment

Perception and judgment, in type theory, describe how people prefer to use their minds. Perception involves all the ways of becoming aware of things, people, happenings, or ideas. People naturally perceive in opposite ways. Judgment involves all the ways of coming to conclusions about what has been perceived. There are also opposite ways in how people naturally make decisions.

We call these opposites preferences because most people prefer one side more than the other but can access and use both sides of a preference pair if a situation calls for it.

Perception and judgment are mental processes, mental activity or how people use their minds. Differences in perception (what people see in any given situation) and judgment (what they decide to do about it) result in corresponding differences in personality characteristics, behaviors, interests, reactions, values, and motivations.

Innate vs Learned Preferences

According to type theory, our personality type preferences are innate, inborn predispositions that develop over the lifespan. Frequent use of one side of a preference pair leads to the development of certain personality characteristics. Although we find similar characteristics and behaviors in people with the same preferences, there are also differences.

First, type does not dictate behavior; although the preferences describe behavioral attributes corresponding to those preferences, type theory recognizes that we have a choice in how we behave. We can choose to act upon our natural preferences (strength) or use an opposite preference (stretch) if it is better suited to the situation.

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Second, life experiences and our environment impact the development of, and how we express, our personality type preferences. With awareness, we can learn to use the opposite preferences. They will likely never feel easy or natural, but nonetheless, we have access to them when necessary. The MBTI Step II™ assessment is a good tool for pointing out areas of our personality that we may have learned, as opposed to that which is natural.

The Myers-Briggs Framework

The Myers-Briggs framework consists of eight preferences organized into four pairs of opposites. Your MBTI personality type represents your natural preferences in four important aspects of personality. We use all the preferences, but most people prefer one side of a preference pair more than the other which accounts for the natural personality differences between people.

What do you prefer?

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