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Learn all about judging personality and perceiving personality. Understand what the Myers & Briggs Type
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 Myers & Briggs Type Indicator

 Judging Personality

 Perceiving Personality

 Judging vs Perceiving
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Myers & Briggs Type Indicator

The Myers & Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality assessment that makes
understanding the theory of psychological types more clear and useful to participants. It is a tool
for personal development, self-awareness, and humanistic improvement. The test was originally
developed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers, with input from
Swiss psychiatrist Carl G. Jung, who had similar yet more developed theories on personality
traits. The MBTI does not provide a concrete or de�nite description of an individual, but it is
regarded as one of the most accurate, valid, and reliable personality tests used in over 100
countries and in 29 languages.

The MBTI measures the personality types of

participants based on four di�erent scales.
Each scale provides an assessment of a
di�erent aspect of human personalities and an
overall personality type is given at the end of
the test. There are sixteen personality type
combinations that can be described in total.
The four categories which the Myers & Briggs
Type Indicator explores are:
1. How energy is directed and received by the
participant (Introversion/Extraversion)
2. How information is taken in
(Sensing/Intuition)
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3. How decisions are made (Thinking/Feeling) ×
4. How the outside world/external environment is
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Results of the MBTI are determined through a The Myers & Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) tests

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Results of the MBTI are determined through a The Myers & Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) tests
series of questions and answers. The the psychological traits of participants in four
participant is typically given two choices, each areas. In total, there are sixteen personality type
of which places value on an opposite combinations that participants may receive
characteristic (for example, introversion vs. based on their answers to a series of multiple
extraversion). The questions are often choice questions.
randomized so that no single personality
aspect is repeated twice in a row. At the end of
the test, the participant is asked to tally their answers based on a speci�ed point scale to reveal
which personality type they are within a certain aspect. For instance, if questions that were
based on introversion/extraversion always suggested that the participant was more outgoing
through option B, and the participant answered with B more often, they are determined to be
more of an extrovert.

This lesson will focus on how the Myers & Briggs Type Indicator assesses the judging and
perceiving characteristics of psychological types. The aspect of human personalities which
determines how the outside world is approached is tested in a similar way to all other
personality aspects, through a series of questions and answers. The answers selected by the
participant gauges how they become aware of their surroundings and how they may choose to
respond in most situations.

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Judging Personality
Individuals with the judging personality are very structured. They enjoy having a de�ned and
detailed plan laid out before they complete tasks or make decisions. Judging-oriented individuals
also prefer to have closure on a subject or experience ahead of time. Some common
characteristics or practices of judging-oriented individuals include:
• Having a course of action or plan decided ahead of time
• Being focused and task-oriented
• Being absolute in decision-making
• Working ahead or prioritizing work over leisure
• Working hard so that the individual does not have to rush in order to meet deadlines
• Sticking to plans, but sometimes �nding it di�cult to improvise or make adjustments

An example of an individual with a judging-type personality follows:

Kris is a manager at the local bookstore. Her boss, Gary, discusses the company's goal to
increase sales by 15% by the end ofCreate
the year.
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extra sales. She logically
narrows her options to choose the best sales tactic for her store. Kris focuses on working with

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her sta� in the coming months and within time, sales rates begin to increase. Her dedication to
updating the sta� continuously and keeping them on track to meet goals throughout the year
was bene�cial in helping generate a pro�t. Kris is a judging-type individual because she is
focused, task-oriented, and stuck to her plan to create more sales for her company.

Perceiving Personality
Opposite of individuals with the judging
personality characteristic are those with a
perceiving personality. Individuals who
perceive tend to absorb more information
over a longer period of time and are more
�exible in making decisions. They adapt better
to sudden change and can adjust decisions to
make them work if needed. Individuals with a
Individuals with the judging personality trait are perceiving personality do not plan as much as
more likely to be detailed planners. For judging personality types. The main
example, they may create schedules or set characteristics or practices of individuals with
speci�c deadlines for a group of employees to a perceiving personality include:
meet. • Being open and responsive to di�erent feedback or
change
• Planning minimally and working with challenges as
they are faced
• Integrating time for rest into work, as to not overwork oneself
• Working closer to deadlines than getting work done in advance
• Improvising and �nding alternatives if needed

An example of how an individual with a perceiving personality may conduct their work follows:

Drew is the lead agent at a small travel �rm. His work style is casual, but he meets his goals on
time and �nds work more enjoyable in the process. When Drew's boss, Matthew, assigns him
the largest project of the year, Drew immediately begins working. He faces challenges as they
are presented to him and adapts when factors do not fall out the way he intended. Drew thinks
of solutions and alternatives throughout his progression through the project and chooses the
best course of action as it seems appropriate. Drew is a perceiving individual because he did not
plan for any speci�c happening during his project, considered alternatives and adapted to
changes as they came, and was open to changing his work style if needed.

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Individuals who are perceiving-oriented typically

do not make concrete plans and they work
closer to deadlines. They take time to integrate
short breaks into their work and �nd
alternatives when a situation does not go to
plan.

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The Myers & Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is a personality assessment that measures a
participant's psychological characteristics based on four aspects. Judging (J) and perceiving
(P) are opposite ends of the personality spectrum
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to plan less and adapt better to change.
Neither personality characteristic is right or wrong, they are just di�erent methods of

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Neither personality characteristic is right or wrong, they are just di�erent methods of
progressing through a situation.

What is a perceiving personality type?

The perceiving personality type is more �exible with planning and can adapt better when
sudden changes occur. Perceiving-oriented individuals typically do not make concrete plans.
They are responsive to feedback, integrate time for rest into work, and may work closer to
deadlines than someone who is a judging personality type.

What is a judging personality?

Judging-oriented individuals are detailed planners who make logical, absolute, and
evaluated decisions. They create a plan and stick to it, while deviating as little as possible.
Judging individuals are focused on working hard to meet deadlines early by prioritizing work
over leisure activities.

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