Mbti Types: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Intj, Entj, Entp, Esfp, Istj, Intp, Infp, Infj, Enfj, Esfj, Istp, Estp, Estj, Isfp, Isfj, Enfp

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Intj, Entj, Entp, Esfp, Istj, Intp, Infp, Infj, Enfj, Esfj, Istp, Estp, Estj, Isfp, Isfj, Enfp, Jungian Cognitive Functions, Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type. Excerpt: Carl Jung in 1910. This article is about the Myers-Briggs personality type. For the Socionics ENFj, see Ethical Intuitive Extrovert . ENFJ (Extraversion, iNtuition, Feeling, Judgment) is an abbreviation used in the publications of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) to refer to one of sixteen personality types . The MBTI assessment was developed from the work of prominent psychiatrist Carl G. Jung in his book Psychological Types . Jung proposed a psychological typology based on the theories of cognitive functions that he developed through his clinical observations. From Jung's work, others developed psychological typologies. Jungian personality assessments include the MBTI assessment, developed by Isabel Briggs Myers and Katharine Cook Briggs, and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter , developed by David Keirsey . Keirsey referred to ENFJs as Teachers , one of the four types belonging to the temperament he called the Idealists . ENFJs account for about 2 5 % of the population. The MBTI instrument The MBTI preferences indicate the differences in people based on the following: By using their preference in each of these areas, people develop what Jung and Myers called psychological type. This underlying personality pattern results from the dynamic interaction of their four preferences, in conjunction with environmental influences and their own individual tendencies. People are likely to develop behaviors, skills, and attitudes based on their particular type. Each personality type has its own potential strengths as well as areas that offer opportunities for growth. The MBTI to...