Personality instrument

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review Chapter 3 in your textbook and the HumanMetrics Jung Typology Test website, and read the Choca (1999), Bracken-Minor & McDevitt-Murphy (2014), and Westen (1998) articles.

For this assignment, choose a historically important figure or a character from a movie, novel, or TV show, then address the following in your paper:

  • Examine your figure or character from the perspective of Jung’s theoretical approach to personality and describe your chosen figure or character based on the dichotomous facets of personality as defined by Jung.
  • Evaluate the current Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) personality instrument, which is based on Jung’s theories, and provide your impression of your chosen figure or character through the major facets of the MBTI.
  • Analyze how ethical issues might affect the implementation of MBTI personality assessment in the setting native to your chosen figure or character.
  • Assess the MBTI and its use to provide results on your chosen figure or character and describe the efficacy and reliability of this assessment as it relates to your chosen person.
  • Summarize and present your opinion about how well this theory describes the person in question. Provide research to support your claims.

The Personality Analysis

  • Must be three to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style
  • Must use at least three peer-reviewed sources, including a minimum of three from the Ashford University Library. These may include the required articles for the assignment.

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concepts, and possibilities. On the other hand, sensing types are keen to detail, more realistic and factual. Obama is intuitive. During his presidential campaigns, his slogan “Change we can believe in” is a clear indication of an intuitive type. He focused on what is possible, ideas that can change American systems, and the transformation of patterns in a bid to make America a great country (Quenk, 2009).

The third MBTI function is thinking versus feeling. These two functions describe thought patterns. Thinkers’ decisions are based on objective and impartial stands. Thinkers generally focus on rules. Feelers make decisions guided by the impact on other individuals and the personal values they hold. They tend to make several exemptions. Obama has characteristics of both thinkers and feelers. His perfect public speaking skills made him stand-out. He delved deeper into surveying the behavior of American citizens, how they thought and felt under different circumstances. He is, however, more of a thinker. He always made sure his decisions are based on cause and effect. He had an uncanny ability to read other people’s

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