Are you an INTP? Or maybe an ESTJ? Most of us have taken the Myers-Briggs personality test perhaps in college or associated with a job. Carl Jung developed core personality concepts (Functions), introvert, extrovert, thinking, feeling, intuition, and sensation, which were later developed into the Myers-Briggs.
Sensation and Intuition are both perceptive functions. “We use them to acquire data which we then process with Thinking and Feeling. Thinking identifies and classifies the information we’ve acquired through sensation or intuition. Feeling assigns a value to it, tells us what it’s worth (or value), and what is the best for the people involved” (p.76)
“Judging implies evaluating external data and methodically making decisions while perceiving suggests a more natural, sensory, and time-consuming approach to receiving, assessing, and deciding on the information” (Myers-Briggs).
Most people are unaware that Carl Jung was the creator of these psychological types. Jung realized that “we can’t even begin to understand anyone’s proper developmental path unless we recognize that people of different psychological types develop in different ways” (p. 81).
Knowing your core personality attributes as well as your less-developed attributes, provides insight into your personality and where you are psychologically comfortable.
References:
Marie-Louise von Franz and James Hillman, Jung’s Typology (Dallas, TX, Sprig Publications, 1971)
Robertson, R. (1992). A Beginner’s Guide to Jungian Psychology. Nicolas-Hays, FL.
Myers-Briggs