<P> The MBTI was constructed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers . It is based on the conceptual theory proposed by Carl Jung , who had speculated that humans experience the world using four principal psychological functions -- sensation , intuition , feeling , and thinking -- and that one of these four functions is dominant for a person most of the time . The MBTI was constructed for normal populations and emphasizes the value of naturally occurring differences . `` The underlying assumption of the MBTI is that we all have specific preferences in the way we construe our experiences , and these preferences underlie our interests , needs , values , and motivation . '' </P>
<P> The MBTI was constructed by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter Isabel Briggs Myers . It is based on the conceptual theory proposed by Carl Jung , who had speculated that humans experience the world using four principal psychological functions -- sensation , intuition , feeling , and thinking -- and that one of these four functions is dominant for a person most of the time . The MBTI was constructed for normal populations and emphasizes the value of naturally occurring differences . `` The underlying assumption of the MBTI is that we all have specific preferences in the way we construe our experiences , and these preferences underlie our interests , needs , values , and motivation . '' </P>
on whose work was the myers-briggs temperament indicator based
on whose work was the myers-briggs temperament indicator based
Carl Jung
Carl Jung