Myers Briggs Types

last modified: June 20, 2005

The MyersBriggs personality test classifies people (roughly) into to the following types:


What are the funny letters? Each of the 4 letters in your acronym shows your preference along one of the following four dimensions:

E/I = Extrovert / Introvert
        (E reenergizes from being around people, I from being away from people)
S/N = Sensation / iNtuition ("I" was taken, so they use "N")
        (S wants concrete, 'now' relevance, N likes abstraction)
        (S watches things external, N looks inward)
T/F = Thinking / Feeling
        (T values rules, F values relationships)
J/P = Judging / Perceiving - the mode of thought used first
        (J  likes to have decision made, P likes to defer decision making)
        (J uses T or F first, P uses S or N first)

Temperaments:

SJ (Sensation+Judging) - "The Guardians" (Security Seeking)
SP (Sensation+Perceiving) - "The Artisans" (Sensation Seeking)
NT (iNtuition+Thinking) - "The Rationals" (Knowledge Seeking)
NF (iNtuition+Feeling) - "The Idealists" (Identity Seeking)

And MbtiFamousPeople.

Use the MyersBriggsSearch script to find "MyersBriggs pages."


My husband took a class at work once, where they shorthanded the four major divisions as follows:

*SJ is Capt. Kirk
*SP is Scotty
*NT is Mr. Spock
*NF is Bones

Works for me. --KGrace

Oh, I almost forgot. It was at IBM, and something like 70% of the class tested NT. Big surprise!


A Gaggle of ... (humour)

Naming Type Groups

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