I have already covered the history of MBTI elsewhere on this site - the purpose of this document is to explain the rationale of MBTI according to Isabel Myers Briggs who together with her mother Katherine Briggs was the originator of the MBTI. Isabel’s belief was that many problems could be dealt with [...]

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The Origins of MBTI
Katherine Cooke married Lyman Briggs in the period of World War 1. She had an interest in typology through studying biography and once she discovered Jung she accepted his system then explored and elaborated on it. Lyman Briggs was a scientist who had a major role in modern aviation and atomic energy. [...]

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Peoplemaps is based on the psychology of Dr C.G. Jung - the Swiss psychologist who assesses that people could be identified by their ‘attitude’ to the outside world, which would either be extravert or introvert - and more often than not, somewhere in the middle of these two attitudes.
The ‘attitudes’ that are measured eg, intraversion [...]

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People are complex The environment and other people working with them could influence behaviour change on a regular basis. Behaviour has reasons, not causes and if we understand the reasons why, in most areas will be more committed.
Psychological type gives a snap shot of the preferred behaviour that comes almost unconsciously to most people. This [...]

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The theory underpinning PeopleMaps comes from the work of Carl Jung, the Swiss psychologist who believed every individual was unique. His theory focuses on the cognitive aspects of personality i.e. how people think; take on board information to make their decisions and sense of the world.
He created categories of psychological type through a combination of [...]

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