CS 2335 - Software Practicum

Lab 1 - Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Summer Semester 2001

DUE:

Electronic turn-in by Thursday, 11PM on May 24, 2001.
 

TURNIN:

Your gt number and four letter type preference.  Enter the data at: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~cs2335/lab1.html

ASSIGNMENT:

PURPOSE:  For student's to determine their personality preferences using the MBTI technique.

 GENERAL:

Working in a team means working with people.  Many team problems are commonly called "personality conflicts" and are caused by people who have difficulty relating to each other.  The MBTI gives an indication of your preferred reactions to situation .  By understanding how others approach problems, it can enhance your ability to function cohesively in a team.

The MBTI is not a pigeonhole into which you can place someone.  People will often operate outside the envelope and surprise you.  People also adapt to different situations, so that an introvert who is a project manager may actually appear to others to be an extrovert.  You have to be really careful how you use MBTI information about yourself and your other team members-especially given the informal test we will use in this lab.
 

YOUR ASSIGNMENT

You are to read a short description of the type indicators located at: http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/mb-simpl.htm.  You can disregard the commercials about their team stuff and focus on the discussion of the personality types.  Using that information and the simple test at: http://www.haleonline.com/psych/   to determine your personality type.  We will use this personality information in the team portion of the course.  IMPORTANT:  If you have taken the real MBTI, then use that data because it is (obviously) much more accurate that the free web instruments available.

®Myers Briggs Type Indicator and MBTI are registered trademarks of Consulting Psychologists Press Inc..

DISCLAIMER: These instruments are only approximations of the real MBTI test instrument.  Do not use these results to make important life choices or choose a future mate!  The lab may not be perfect.  If there are any questions or problems about clarity, please post to the newsgroup: git.cc.class.cs2335 or send e-mail to:  watersr@cc.gatech.edu


 
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