Introduction to Personality Types

Personality Psychology

Module 1: Lesson 1

By: Daniela DeMaria

• Analytical Psychology

• Psychological Types

• Extraversion

• Introversion

• Cognitive Functions:

Intuition

Sensing

Feeling

Thinking

Jung wrote…. “what appears to be

random behavior is actually the

result of differences in the way

people prefer to use their mental

capacities.”People tend to Engage in 1 of 2

Cognitive Preferences :

Perceiving, that is taking in information

and knowledge from our environment…

Judging, organizing information and

coming to conclusions about situations

we encounter.

Psychological Types published in 1921

Perceiving or Judging

Sensation and Intuition are two sub-categories

of the cognitive preference Perception…

And Feeling and Thinking are two sub-

categories of the cognitive preference Judging…

UNDERSTAND that Jung was responsible for

classifying these categories in the first place.

REMEMBER that EVERYONE uses ALL of the

cognitive functions from time to time, but we each

have a cognitive PREFERENCE for some over

others!

Isabel MyersKatherine Briggs

World War II Developed the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator Catalogued Jung’s Cognitive Functions and

Preferences The most common personality assessment

used today

E = Extraversion

I = Introversion

N = Intuition

S = Sensing

8 Letters are found in the

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator!

They Stand For….

T = Thinking

F = Feeling

J = Judging

P = Perceiving

These 8 letters form 16 Possible Personality

Type combinations