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CHAPTER 6
MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE THEORY
EXERCISE 6.1
HOW DO YOU MAKE DECISIONS?
Part One
How Do You View Events and Circumstances in Your Life?
From the two boxes below, circle those characteristics that best fit you.
Box 1 Box 2
Present orientation
Following an orderly path in solving
problems
Develop something new by adapting
something else
Future orientation
Finding new ways to solve problems
Use personal insight to be creative
E. 1. List jobs or job tasks that fit with those characteristics that you have circled. List the characteristic
then the job or job task.
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Part Two
How Do You Make Judgments about Events in Your Life?
From the two boxes below, circle those characteristics that best fit you.
Box 3 Box 4
Putting things in order
Valuing harmony
E. 2. List jobs or job tasks that fit with those characteristics that you have circled. List the characteristic
then the job or job task.
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Part Three
When You Make Decisions, Do You Pay More Attention to Viewing Events and
Circumstances in Your Life or Making Judgments About Them?
From the two boxes below, circle those characteristics that best fit you.
Box 5 – Making Judgments Box 6 – Viewing Events
Deal with new and different situations
Be open to alternatives
Develop and follow a plan
Finish tasks
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Part Four
When You Make Decisions, Are You Influenced More By Your Own Inner Thoughts or by
Concern About Other People and Outside Events?
From the two boxes below, circle those characteristics that best fit you.
Box 7 – About Others Box 8 – Inner Thoughts
Being active
Like meeting people
Thinking quietly
Prefer to be on your own
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Part Five
Summary
E. 5. How well do the characteristics, the jobs, and the job tasks that you have listed describe your
personality and job preference? Explain.
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