the myers briggs type indicator was developed during world war ii.
when was the myers briggs type indicator developed?
during world war ii
briggs and myers began creating the indicator during world war ii in the belief that a knowledge of personality preferences would help women entering the industrial workforce for the first time to identify the sort of war-time jobs that would be the "most comfortable and effective" for them. the "briggs myers type indicator handbook" was published in 1944. the indicator changed its name to "myers–briggs type indicator" in 1956. myers' work attracted the attention of henry chauncey, head of the educational testing service. under these auspices, the first mbti "manual" was published in 1962. the mbti received further support from donald w. mackinnon, head of the institute of personality and social research at the university of california, berkeley; w. harold grant, a professor at michigan state university and auburn university; and mary h. mccaulley of the university of florida. the publication of the mbti was transferred to consulting psychologists press in 1975, and the center for applications of psychological type was founded as a research laboratory.
myers–briggs type indicator
what separates brain typing from jungian typology and its offshoots, such as the myers–briggs type indicator (mbti) and socionics, is its emphasis on motor skills. each of the sixteen brain types is said to specialize in certain regions of the brain responsible for varying degrees of mental and motor skills. niednagel believes the types are inherited, possessing a genetic basis. the brain types website and books also explain how it differs from the myers-briggs type indicator in that it believes the entp/fcir type is by far the most common of the sixteen types, whereas some other types presumed as common in the myers-briggs type indicator, such as the istj/beil, are actually only about 3% of the populace according to their estimates.
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