PSYC37H3 Lecture : Chapter 9.docx
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Chapter 9 topic 9a assessment within the normal spectrum. A broad bang test is one that measures the full range of functioning, as opposed to limited aspects. Published in 1962, the mbti is a forced choice, self report inventory that attempts to classify persons according to an adaptation of carl jung"s theory of personality types. The mtbi is the most widely used individual test in history and proponents of it deem it valuable in vocational guidance and organization counsulting. The mbti is scored on four theoretically independent polarities: extraversion-introversion, sensing- intuition, thinking-feeling, and judging-perceiving. The test taker is categorized on one side of each polarity, resulting in a four letter code hence there are 16 different personality types. The opposite ends of each polarity are simply different modes of being and is neither better nor worse to be one side than the other. (read textbook for what each one means pg 375)
