Carol Shumate
44 / Research, Theory, and History
Tags: Big Five, Carol Shumate, cognitivism, Costa and McCrae, critical psychology, Daniel Wegner, deduction, empiricism, FFM, Five Factor Model, free trait theory, idiographic, induction, intersubjectivity, ironic process theory, John Locke, Klaus Holzkamp, MBTI, mental functions, Neuroticism, nomothetic, Peter Higgs, positivism, postmodernism, psychometrics, Richard Owen, sensationalism, subjectivity, Thomas Kuhn, traits
December 28, 2021

Academic personality research likes to consider trait psychology to be the scientific revolution that overtook and replaced Jung’s type psychology. However, it may be more accurate to view type and trait models as complementary because the conceptual divide has been shifting, and many trends in academic personality research now reflect the fundamental principles of Jung’s type system.
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Ann Holm
27 / Counseling, Coaching, and Psychotherapy
Tags: ADHD, Ann Holm, Asperger’s Syndrome, attention deficit, encephalitis, ethical use, MBTI, off-label
April 6, 2016

When does “normal” end and “not normal” begin? Sometimes it isn’t obvious, especially when individuals are just outside of the boundaries of normal. Consider mild Asperger’s Syndrome or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Can these individuals benefit from the Jungian principles that underpin the MBTI® or other type tools and instruments?
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The problem was that I wanted it to be as reliable as a road map. … I wanted the type map to conclusively show me the routes that, say, ESTPs took in their thinking and behavior. When it didn’t ‘work,’ I was disappointed. How could something so useful to me internally be so unreliable in external application, even after extensive study?
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Robert McAlpine
11 / Research, Theory, and History
Tags: archetype, auxiliary, C. G. Jung, Critical Parent, dominant, ENFJ, ESTJ, extraverted sensation (Se), extraverted thinking (Te), function-attitudes, inferior, introverted sensation (Si), introverted thinking (Ti), Isabel Myers, ISTJ, ISTP, John Beebe, MBTI, mental processes, Opposing Personality, preferences, Robert McAlpine, Sensing, tertiary, thinking
September 5, 2012

The type code had another unintended effect, which was to elevate the E-I and the J-P dichotomies to the same level as the functions. I had always thought of myself as an Introvert and nothing else. I had also been taught that I was a Judging type and I had been told that “J’s decide quickly,” but that was not true for me. So there were holes in my preference framework where my experience did not fit what I was taught.
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the Editors, Mark & Carol
10 / Research, Theory, and History
Tags: aberrant types, Carol Shumate, Extraversion, Introversion, Mark Hunziker, MBTI, type dynamics
May 2, 2012

In Douglass Wilde’s article about his method of calculating the function-attitudes from MBTI® scores (right), he adds his voice to the persistent minority who challenge the conventional wisdom about the sequence of function-attitude preferences. … By downloading the Wilde Worksheet for Computing Function-Attitudes, you can test these formulations for yourself.
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Douglass J. Wilde
10 / Research, Theory, and History
Tags: auxiliary, dominant, Douglass J. Wilde, extraverted sensing, Feeling, INTJ, Introverted Intuition, introverted thinking, Intuition, MBTI, Ni, preference clarity index, Se, Sensing, thinking, Ti, type dynamics
May 2, 2012

I describe here how I discovered a new way to find the function-attitudes—the ‘building blocks’ of personality type—associated with any set of MBTI® results. I discovered this method almost by accident. My goal was to form teams of graduate design students working together to conceive, build, demonstrate, and report on a physical project.
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Laurie B. Lippin, Ph.D.
09 / Culture and Cultural Typology / Personal Development, Health, and Spirituality
Tags: anti-Semitism, archetype, Ashkenazi Jew, Carol Pearson, Congress of Racial Equality, CORE, diversity, ENFP, ENTJ, Extraverted Intuition, Feeling, Fi, Hero, introvert, introverted feeling, introverted sensing, Intuitive, ISTJ, Jewish, Jungian, Latina, Laurie Lippin, Magician, MBTI, Ne, Sage, Seeker, Sensing, Si, Wanderer
February 1, 2012

In the MBTI® I found the self-understanding that I had been lacking; I saw myself finally as less of a dilettante than an adaptive explorer, and a powerful implementer of all I had learned. I had been collecting knowledge and skills but had continued to be unclear about my “use of self.” I finally saw my journey as self-actualization.
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Is it INTJ or INTP? Sometimes the MBTI code’s judging/perceiving (J/P) dichotomy is extremely difficult to nail down—showing a low preference clarity on the report and proving elusive to verify. INTJ vs. INTP seems especially problematic. Why is J/P so difficult? Do you have any tips for verification?
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