We are asking that you complete the following short form of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. The Indicator questions deal with the way you perceive things and go about making decisions. Please be assured there are no right or wrong answers. Thank you.

PART I.

Select the answer that comes closest to describing how you usually feel or act.

1.   Are you more careful about:
  People's feelings.
  People's rights.

2.   When you have to meet strangers do you find it:
  Something that takes a good deal of effort.
  Pleasant, or at least easy.

3.   Does following a schedule:
  Appeal to you.
  Cramp you.

4.   Do you usually get on better with:
  Imaginative people.
  Realistic people.

5.   Are you naturally:
  Rather quiet and reserved in company.
  A good "mixer".

6.   Is it harder for you to adapt to:
  Routine.
  Constant change.

7.   Which of these two is the higher compliment:
  S/he is a person of real feeling.
  S/he is consistently reasonable.

8.   Would you judge yourself to be:
  More enthusiastic than the average person.
  Less excitable than the average person.

9.   In doing something with many other people, does it appeal more to you:
  To do it in the accepted way.
  To invent a way of your own.

10.   Are you at your best:
  When following a carefully worked out plan.
  When dealing with the unexpected.

11.   Do you get more annoyed at:
  Fancy theories.
  People who don't like theories.

12.   Is it higher praise to call someone:
  A man/woman of vision.
  A man/woman of common sense.

13.   Do you more often let:
  Your heart rule your head.
  Your head rule your heart.

14.   When you think of some little thing you should do or buy, do you:
  Often forget it until much later.
  Usually get it down on paper before it escapes you.
  Always carry through on it without reminders.

15.   Can you:
  Talk easily to almost anyone for as long as you have to.
  Find a lot to say only to certain people or under certain conditions.

16.   Do you think it is a worse fault:
  To show to much warmth.
  To be unsympathetic.

17.   If you were a teacher, would you rather teach:
  Courses involving theory.
  Fact courses.

18.   When it is settled well in advance that you will do a certain thing at a certain time, do you find it:
  Nice to be able to plan accordingly.
  A little unpleasant to be tied down.

19.   Can the new people you meet tell what you are interested in:
  Right away.
  Only after they really get to know you.

20.   In your daily work, do you (for this item only, if two are true, mark both):
  Rather enjoy an emergency that makes you work against time.
  Hate to work under pressures.
  Usually plan to work so you won't need to.

21.   In a large group, do you more often:
  Introduce others.
  Get introduced.

PART II.

Which one of the words in each of the following pairs appeals to you more? Select A or B.

22.     A.  Compassion        B.  Foresight

23.     A.  Punctual        B.  Leisurely

24.     A.  Justice        B.  Mercy

25.     A.  Production        B.  Design

26.     A.  Foundation        B.  Spire

27.     A.  Gentle        B.  Firm

28.     A.  Uncritical        B.  Critical

29.     A.  Calm        B.  Lively

30.     A.  Theory        B.  Experience

31.     A.  Literal        B.  Figurative

32.     A.  Imaginative        B.  Matter-Of-fact

Last updated on 23 Jan 2008 by John Barr