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MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICAT0R
KATHARINE C. BRIGGS
ISABEL BRIGGS MYERS
DIRECTIONS
Do not start the assessment until you have read all of the directions.
Your answers to these questions will help show you how you like to look at things and how you like to go about deciding things.
There are no "right" or "wrong" answers. Knowing your own preferences and learning about other peoples
can help you understand what your strengths are, what kinds of work you might enjoy and how people with different preferences
can relate to one another and contribute to society.
Read each question carefully and indicate your answer by making an "X" in the appropriate box next to the response you select.
If you choose to print this out please use a ballpoint pen and fully mark the box. Do not spend too much time thinking about any one question.
If you cannot decide on an answer, skip that question and return to it later. If you make a mistake, do not erase but blacken in the box marked in error.
Now, please begin answering the questions.
When you are done either:
  email this back to me as an attachment under the assignment button
Thanks, have fun!
Susan.

PART I

PART I
Which answer comes closest to describing how you usually feel or act?
1. When you go somewhere for the day would you rather 10. When you have a special job to do, do you like to 20. Do you prefer to
plan what you will do and when, or organize it carefully before you start, or arrange dates, parties, etc., well in advance, or
just go? find out what is necessary as you go along be free to do whatever looks like fun when the
time comes?
11. In most instances, do you prefer to
2. Do you consider yourself to be go with the flow, or 21. In planning a trip would you prefer to
more of a spontaneous person, or follow a schedule? have most of the time do whatever you feel like that day, or
more of an organized person? know ahead of time what you'll be doing most days?
12. Would most people say you are
3. If you were a teacher, would you rather teach a private person, or 22. At parties, do you
fact courses, or very open person? sometimes get bored,
courses involving theory? always have fun?
13. Would you rather be considered
4. Are you usually a practical person, or 23. Do vou usually
a "good mixer," or an ingenious person? mingle well with others, or
rather quiet and reserved? tend to keep more to yourself?
14. In a large group do you more often
5. Do you usually get along better with introduce others, or 24. Areyou more attracted to
imaginative people, or get introduced? a person with a quick and brilliant mind, or
realistic people? a practical person with a lot of common sense?
6. Do YOU more often let 15. Would you rather have as a friend someone who 25. In your daily work, do you
your heart rule your head, or is always coming up with new ideas, or rather enjoy an emergency that makes you work against time, or
your head rule your heart? has both feet on the ground? usually plan your work so you won't need to work under pressure?
7. Do you prefer to do many things 16. Are you inclined to 26. Would you say it generally takes others
on the spur of the moment, or value sentiment more than logic, or alot of time to get to know you, or
according to your plans? value logic more than sentiment? a little time to get to know you?
8. Are you 17. Do you prefer to
easy to get to know, or wait and see what happens and then make plans, or
hard to get to know? plan things far in advance?
9. Does following a schedule 18. Do you tend to spend a lot of time
appeal to you,or bv yourself, or
cramp you? with others?
19. Do YOU find being around a lot of people
gives you more energy, or
is often "draining"?
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PART II

PART II
Which word in each pair appeals to you more? Think about what the words mean,
not about how they look or how they sound.
27 35 42 48 54
private quiet reserved few friends quiet
open outgoing talkative lots of friends gregarious
28 36 43 49 55
scheduled systematic orderly systematic theory
unplanned casual easygoing spontaneous fact
29 37 44 50 56
abstract theory idea imaginative compassionate
solid certainty actuality matter-of-fact logical
30 38 45 51 57
gentle sensitive compassion warm analytical
firm just foresight objective sentimental
31 39 46 52 58
thinking convincing benefits objective sensible
feeling touching blessings passionate fascinating
32 40 47 53
facts statement no-nonsense build
ideas concept theoretical invent
33 41
impulse unconstrained
decision scheduled
34
x hearty
quiet
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PART III

PART III
Which answer comes closest to describing how you usually feel or act?
59. When you start a big project that is due in a week, do you 70. Do you generally prefer to
take time to list the separate things to be done and the make your social engagements some distance ahead, or
order of doing them, or be free to do things on the spur of the moment
plunge right in?
71. Overall, when working on a big assignment, do you tend to
60. In social situations do you generally find it figure out what needs to be done as you go along,
difficult to start and maintain a conversation with some people, or begin by breaking it down into steps?
easy to talk to most people for long periods of time?
72. Can you keep a conversation going indefinitely
61. In doing something that many other people do, does it only with people who share some interest of yours,
appeal to you more to with almost anyone?
do it in the accepted way, or
invent a way of your own? 73. Would you rather
support the established methods of doing good, or
62. Can the new people you meet tell what you are interested in analyze what is still wrong and attack unsolved problems?
right away, or
only after they really get to know you? 74. In reading for pleasure, do you
enjoy odd or original ways of saying things, or
63. Do you generally prefer courses that teach like writers to say exactly what they mean?
concepts and principles, or
facts and figures? 75. Would you rather work under a boss (or teacher) who is
good-natured but often inconsistent, or
64. Is it a higher compliment to be called sharp-tongued but always logical?
a person of real feeling, or
a consistently reasonable person? 76. Would you prefer to do most things according to
however you feel that particular day, or
65. Do you find going by a schedule a set schedule?
necessary at times but generally unfavorable, or
helpful and favorable most of the time? 77. Can you
talk easily to almost anyone for as long as you have to, or
66. When you are with a group of people, would you usually rather find a lot to say only to certain people or under certain conditions?
talk individually with people you know well, or
join in the talk of the group? 78. When making a decision, is it more important to you to
weigh the facts, or
67. At parties do you consider people's feelings and opinions?
do much of the talking, or
let others do most of the talking?
68. Does the idea of making a list of what you should get done
over a weekend
appeal to you, or
leave you cold?
69. Which is a higher compliment, to be called
competent, or
compassionate?
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PART IV

PART IV
Which word in each pair appeals to you more?
Think about what the words mean, not about how they look or how they sound.
79 83 87
imaginative possibilities novel
realistic certainties already known 91
devoted
80 84 88 determined
bighearted tenderness sympathize
firm-minded strength analyze 92
competent
81 85 89 kindhearted
fair-minded practical strong-willed
caring sentimental tenderhearted 93
practical
82 86 90 innovative
production make concrete
design create abstract
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