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Myers-Briggs Type Indicator-Form G (MBTI: Myers and Myers (1990)). The Myers-Briggs indicator is a Jungian-based inventory that uses a paper-and-pencil self-report format. It is composed of 94 forced-choice items that yield scores on each of the eight factors as well as the famous four dimensions: Introversion–Extraversion, Sensation–Intuition, Thinking–Feeling, and Judging–Perceiving. Respondents are classified into one of 16 personality types based on the largest score obtained for each bipolar scale (e.g., a person scoring higher on Introversion than Extraversion, Intuition than Sensation, Feeling than Thinking, and Judging than Perceiving would be classified as an Introverted Intuitive Feeling Judging). The test provides linear scores on each dimension which are usually discussed in terms of types based on cut-off scores. Thus the Extraversion-Introversion dimension has a normal distribution with high scores being considered Extraverted and low...
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Furnham, A. (2017). Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). In: Zeigler-Hill, V., Shackelford, T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Personality and Individual Differences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-28099-8_50-1
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