Art Sloan,eLearning Research Group, School of Computing,

Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin 8, Ireland

Art.Sloan@comp.dit.ie

COMPARING THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE COMPARING THE MYERS-BRIGGS TYPE INDICATOR TO THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE INDICATOR TO THE MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE

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Psychometric tests:Myers-Briggs Type IndicatorKeirsey SorterMultiple Intelligence Inventory

These and many others are available on-line.All work by mathematically ‘scoring’ the responses made by a participant and assigning adjectives to those scores.

Art Sloan,eLearning Research Group,

Dublin Institute of Technology

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

An example version has 72 statements to which the respondent answers Yes or No.

The outcome is that a respondent is:Extrovert or Introvert (E or I)Sensing or Intuiting (S or N)Thinking or Feeling (T or F)Judging or Perceiving (J or P)

16 possible permutations. Art Sloan,eLearning Research Group,

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Keirsey Sorter

The Keirsey Sorter is an extension of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator.The 16 possible permutations of Myers-Briggs are given trait-specific adjectives:

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Dublin Institute of Technology

Guardians Supervisor ESTJ Inspector ISTJ Provider ESFJ Protector ISFJ Artisans Promoter ESTP Crafter ISTP Performer ESFP

Composer ISFP

Idealists Teacher ENFJ Counselor INFJ Champion ENFP Healer INFP Rationals Fieldmarshal ENTJ Mastermind INTJ Inventor ENTP

Architect INTP

Multiple Intelligence Inventory

An example version has 80 statements to which the respondent enters 1 - 5 where ‘1’ is Strongly Disagree and ‘5’ Strongly Agree.

The outcome is that a respondent is given a numerical score that suggests that they apply intelligences in greater or lesser amounts that are these 8:

Visual/SpatialVerbal/LinguisticLogical/MathematicalBodily/KinestheticMusical/RhythmicInterpersonalIntrapersonalNaturist

Art Sloan,eLearning Research Group,

Dublin Institute of Technology

Comparing Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Multiple Intelligence Inventory

The statements of both tests have some distinct similarities:

Myers-Briggs Statement 1, belonging to The Extrovert-Introvert criterion:"You feel at ease in a crowd."

Multiple Intelligence's Intrapersonal Statement 4:"I don't like crowds."

Myers-Briggs Statement 2, belonging to The Extrovert-Introvert criterion:"You rapidly get involved in social life at a new workplace."

Multiple Intelligence's Interpersonal Statement 2:"I like to belong to clubs and organisations."

Comparing Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Multiple Intelligence Inventory

Myers-Briggs Statement 24, belonging to The Sensing-Intuition criterion:"It's essential for you to try things with your own hands."

Multiple Intelligence's Bodily/Kinesthetic Statement 3:"When looking at things, I like touching them."

Myers-Briggs Statement 36, belonging to The Sensing-Intuition criterion:"You are eager to know how things work."

Multiple Intelligence's Logical/Mathematical Statement 5:"I like to find out how things work."

Comparing Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Multiple Intelligence Inventory

Comparable contexts

The Extrovert-Introvert criterion of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is contextually comparable with the Interpersonal or Intrapersonal definitions of Multiple Intelligence Inventory.

The Thinking-Feeling criterion of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is contextually comparable with the Interpersonal, Intrapersonal or Logical/Mathematical definitions of Multiple Intelligence Inventory.

Comparing Myers-Briggs Type Indicator to Multiple Intelligence Inventory

Comparable contexts continued

The statements of the Sensing-Intuition criterion of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator would be adequately described as having the contexts of Convention and Principle and, as such, might be aligned with the Intelligence definition of Logical/Mathematical of Multiple Intelligence Inventory.

The statements of the Judging-Perceiving criterion of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator would be adequately described as having the context of Problem-Solving and, as such, might be aligned with the definition of Logical/ Mathematical of Multiple Intelligence Inventory.

Conclusion

No integration?

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and Multiple Intelligence Inventory psychometric tests have too many differences to allow them to be integrated as a single on-line product.

What is interesting is the contextual similarity between these two tests and the fact that social aspects (extroversion, introversion, thinking, feeling, interpersonal intelligence and intrapersonal intelligence) and logical aspects are very central to both.

The author believes that the social and logical aspects to learning are reflected of these psychometric structures.