The Myers-BriggsTM Personality System and its Place in Science

By Norbert Grygar

This article looks at the Myers-BriggsTM Personality System and looks at the original definitions for "Intuition" and "Feeling" and offers an alternative definition for each.The system works but these two original definitions are in need of review.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Norbert Grygar
• Release date: Jul 15, 2016
• ISBN: 9781311970558

Norbert Grygar

Norbert Grygar graduated from Temple Junior College (TX), attended St. Mary's University in San Antonio and then graduated from the University of Texas in Austin with a BBA. Afterward, I spent the next two years in the US Army during the Vietnam Era. Upon discharge, I entered the business world where I spent over thirty years in Casualty Insurance including earning the CPCU designation. During the time working, I became very interested in personality types after attending a seminar on Social Style which categorizes individuals as Amiable, Analytical, Driving, and Expressive. Much of the text of this book is the result of self study. Other interests include 10-15 years as a youth soccer coach including a stint as the local soccer association president. I am currently retired and living in Temple, Texas.

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The Myers-BriggsTM Personality System and its Place in Science

by Norbert Grygar ©2022

Abstract:

Beginning with Carl G. Jung with the publication of Psychological Types in 1921 and later work added by Catherine Briggs and her daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers, much has be learned about psychological type. However, the MBTI© instruments as a whole have a poor record (75% chance) of individuals duplicating results in retesting. This paper looks at the structural basis behind the instrument(s) and offers an approach to better achieve consistent results.

Keywords: psychological type, MBTI, Jungian psychology, Myers-Briggs

Psychological type, by its very name, is a subset of psychology that is itself a subset of biology. Last, biology is a subset of Natural Sciences. This is clearly recognized by colleges and universities when they place Psychology in their schools of Natural Sciences.

When we speak of psychological type, we speak to the behavior of a person. This behavior is driven by nature with this area by genes in action and by nurture that includes an individual's training and learning and a person becoming an active participant within a given society. In looking at