Ideas And Evidence

by Bayne, Rowan

• ISBN13: 9780935652758
• ISBN10: 0935652752
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-08-01
• Publisher: Center for Applications of

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Acknowledgments	xiii
Levels of Evidence	1	(8)
What Counts as Good Evidence?	1	(2)
Critical Thinking	3	(1)
Kinds of Research Techniques	4	(2)
Styles	5	(1)
A Salutary Example: My ``Full Stop'' Study	6	(1)
Conclusions	7	(2)
What do Preference and Type Mean?	9	(20)
MBTI Theory and the Big Five	9	(3)
What about Neuroticism?	11	(1)
The Meaning of Preference	12	(8)
Real Self	14	(1)
Is Type Genetic?	15	(3)
What Does Basic Mean?	18	(1)
Is Personality Real? Constructivist Versus Realist Approaches to Personality	19	(1)
The Meaning of Type	20	(5)
Types and Traits	22	(1)
Motives	23	(1)
Reynierse's Critique of Type	24	(1)
MBTI Theory and Other Personality Theories	25	(1)
Conclusions	26	(3)
How Useful are the Other Levels of MBTI Theory?	29	(16)
Four Temperaments	30	(3)
Eight Function-Attitudes	33	(1)
Other Combinations	33	(1)
Twenty Facets	34	(1)
Type Dynamics	35	(3)
Type Development	38	(3)
The ``Unconscious''	41	(2)
Conclusions	43	(2)
The Essential and Defining Qualities of Each Preference and Type	45	(16)
Extraversion Versus Introversion	46	(5)
Sensing Versus Intuition	51	(2)
Thinking Versus Feeling	53	(3)
Judging Versus Perceiving	56	(3)
Conclusions	59	(2)
The Aims and Ethics of MBTI Feedback and Practice	61	(12)
Understanding and Valuing Oneself	61	(2)
Understanding and Valuing Others	63	(2)
Evaluation of Training	65	(2)
Ethical Use of MBTI Theory	67	(3)
Ethical Problem-solving	69	(1)
Conclusions	70	(3)
What Is the Best Approach to Verifying MBTI Results?	73	(12)
Seven Issues in Verifying Type with Groups	73	(9)
Possible Frameworks	74	(3)
Reducing Bias	77	(1)
When to Score the MBTI Questionnaire	78	(1)
When Not to Use the MBTI Questionnaire	79	(1)
Ambiguous Results	79	(1)
Is Everyone a Type?	80	(1)
Using Exercises	80	(2)
Verifying Type One-to-one	82	(2)
Conclusions	84	(1)
Which Are the Best Exercises and Type Descriptions?	85	(12)
Extraversion-Introversion Exercises	85	(1)
Sensing-Intuition Exercises	86	(3)
Thinking-Feeling Exercises	89	(1)
Judging-Perceiving Exercises	90	(1)
Descriptions of the Types	91	(3)
Barnum Statements	94	(2)
Conclusions	96	(1)
Applying MBTI Theory to Communication	97	(18)
Brock's Approach to Communication	97	(3)
Thompson's Approach to Communication	100	(2)
Writing	102	(2)
Giving Feedback in Interviewer Training	104	(3)
Giving Feedback on Essays	107	(1)
Receiving Feedback	107	(2)
Empathy and Listening	109	(3)
A Case Study Example	110	(2)
An Exercise on Empathy and Listening	112	(1)
Conclusions	113	(2)
How Can Type Be Observed More Accurately?	115	(12)
Obstacles to Accuracy	116	(2)
General Strategies for Improving Accuracy	118	(6)
Niednagel	119	(1)
Delunas	120	(2)
Tieger and Barron-Tieger	122	(1)
Rutledge	123	(1)
Conclusions	124	(3)
Clues for Observing the Preferences and Temperaments	127	(14)
The Preferences	128	(4)
An Alternative Approach to Clues: Two Examples	132	(3)
Money and Shopping	132	(1)
Leisure	133	(2)
The Temperaments	135	(4)
A Note on Whole Types	139	(1)
Conclusions	139	(2)
MBTI Practice and Research: Examples and Priorities for Research	141	(8)
ADHD	141	(2)
Job Performance	143	(2)
Sport	145	(1)
Concluding Remarks	146	(3)
Priorities for Research	147	(2)
References	149	(14)
Subject index	163