Cognitive Processes:
- Represent the ways we gather information and make decisions.
- There are four Perceiving (Gathering Information) Functions and four Decision Making (Judging) Functions
- Reflect what type of information we naturally gravitate towards and what criteria do we then use to make decisions.
| Features | Benefits |
| Desribes what the MBTI “four-letter code” actually represents | Reduces stereotyping and labeling |
| Simple names for each cognitive process | Easy to recognize because the words are verbs (action words) |
| Self-assessment | Validates the questionnaire |
| Helps individuals to identify what information is most relevant to themselves and others | Enables individuals to improve effectiveness in sharing information with their team members. |
| Helps individuals to identify what decision making criteria is most relevant to themselves and others | Enables individuals to increase influencing effectiveness |
| Gives an insight into natural preferences and potential blindspots | Enables individuals and teams to focus more effectively on enhancing strengths and managing weaknesses |
| Provides knoweldge about how individuals might react in a time of change and when under stress | Enables individuals to address the cause of the stress rather than providing fixes to the symptoms thereby increasing long-term resilience |
| Provides another lens to look at personality, which is s complementary to yet different from Type (as assessesed by MBTI®) | Reinforces and builds on previous type learning |