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Why Learn Type?
Personality type defined, the benefits of learning type, insights that can be gained, reasons for using the official MBTI® instrument, and how the Myers-Briggs® system works for people.
Take the MBTI® Instrument
Where and how to take the official Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI® ) assessment. Sources and suggestions for finding and hiring MBTI certified professionals.
Myers-Briggs® Overview
Learn the framework of the Myers-Briggs® system, definitions of the preference pairs (E-I, S-N, T-F, J-P), explore an interactive type table of all 16 personality types, and explore important key points about the MBTI® assessment.
The Preferences
The term preferences defined and in-depth descriptions of the preference pairs Extraversion-Introversion, Sensing-Intuition, Thinking-Feeling, Judging-Perceiving.
My MBTI® Results
Find tips for understanding your results and learn how to talk about type with other people.
Three Unique Instruments
The MBTI® framework consists of three unique instruments. Learn about the features of the MBTI Step I™ , MBTI Step II™ , and MBTI Step III™ instruments.
Best-Fit Type
What makes the MBTI® assessment unique from many other personality surveys is the ethical requirement of the interpretive feedback session to verify a best-fit type. The value of a verification process is explained in detail.
Is the MBTI® Assessment a Test?
People often ask to take the MBTI® test. Learn the reasons why the MBTI is an assessment, instrument, tool, or inventory, but not a test, and why that matters.
Ethical Use
Myers & Briggs Foundation is committed to upholding ethical standards that protect the client's rights and the integrity of the MBTI® assessment. Learn what people need to know when taking the official MBTI instrument.
Type Dynamics: Overview
Personality type is more complex and far richer than most people know. Type dynamics as revealed through the four-letter MBTI® type code is unique to the Myers-Briggs® system and is the key to understanding type. Learn about process pairs and an overview of how type dynamics works.
Type Dynamics: Processes
Find the order of type dynamics (Dominant, Auxiliary, Tertiary, Inferior processes) for your personality type with an interactive type table. In-depth descriptions of each process as experienced at your best and when under stress are provided.
Type Development
The Myers-Briggs® model is developmental. Discover the pathway for type development over the lifespan.
Careers
The role of the MBTI® assessment for helping you choose a career and manage career changes at every life stage. Learn why it is important to have all personality types in all careers.
Self-Growth
Understanding the results of the MBTI® assessment can help you better recognize various stages of personal growth and type development. Learn how type supports self-growth.
Relationships
Knowing your MBTI® type and that of others in your life can help you appreciate and understand differences in relationships with friends, partners, children, and co-workers.
Children and Families
Type awareness helps families and young people understand, appreciate, and make constructive use of personality differences.
Learning
Learn how MBTI® type affects the way you learn best and how you approach teaching others. Information about type use with young people is provided for parents, teachers, and school counselors.
Organizations
Personality type knowledge can help you manage your own work and how you work with others. Teams are more effective when they understand personality differences. Learn how organizations benefit from type awareness.
MBTI® Code of Ethics
Certified MBTI® Professionals are guided by ethical practice. Information on permissions, trademarks, and translations of the MBTI instrument.
Become MBTI® Certified
Information on how, where, and why to become certified to use the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® instruments.
Master Practitioners
Get information on MBTI® Certified Professionals who take their education and practice to a level of mastery. Find a Master Practitioner.
Research
The Research Department at Myers & Briggs Foundation supports research on the MBTI® instruments and our Jungian assessments and publishes the Journal of Psychological Type® Research Digest .
Scientific Validity
Why is scientific validity of a personality assessment important? Information on reliability and validity of the MBTI® instruments.
JPT Research Digest
Journal of Psychological Type® Research Digest has been published annually since 2016. Access all editions here.
Library
Myers & Briggs Foundation library houses the largest collection of type publications in the world. Access more than four decades of the Journal of Psychological Type ® , MBTI® research, and Jungian topics in our online repository MILO.
Who We Are
The mission, vision, and purpose of Myers & Briggs Foundation
Our Legacy
The history of the Myers-Briggs® system and Myers & Briggs Foundation from C. G. Jung to Isabel Briggs Myers, Mary McCaulley, and Center for Applications of Psychological Type.
What We Do
The range of services, activities, and priorities of Myers & Briggs Foundation in training, research, and our assessments.
While becoming MBTI® certified is a required first step to administering the assessment, many practitioners wish to seek the designation of MBTI Master Practitioner, which allows them to have their ongoing training and professional experience officially approved. This special designation is valuable to those who wish to promote their expertise and knowledge in the business and educational fields.
MBTI Master Practitioners are held to higher standards that include additional education and practical experience. This designation offers the public a way of distinguishing the skill level of the practitioner. Prerequisites for entering the MBTI Master Practitioner Credential Program include first achieving MBTI Certification .
If you are MBTI certified and interested in becoming a Master Practitioner, please visit www.mbtimasterpractitioner.org .
Master Practitioner Referral Network
The MBTI Master Practitioner Referral Network is a one-stop clearing house to search for and contact a Master Practitioner who has committed themselves to advanced education and expertise in their knowledge and use of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® instruments.
To find an MBTI Master Practitioner, go to mbtireferralnetwork.org . To learn more about guidelines for choosing an MBTI consultant, go to Hiring an MBTI Consultant .
