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| Date: Monday, October 18, 5:30 – 7:30 pm Location: Flowe Bldg., Room 110, Peace College [Directions below] Limit: 100 Cost: FREE
The expression of psychological type preferences in the young child is critically different from the mature expression of that same preference. Come explore these differences and enjoy some examples of the unconscious energy of the personality of the young child. |
Childhood, Adolescence, and Adulthood
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Tuesday, October 19, 8:00 am - 12:30 pm Presenter: Elizabeth Murphy, Ed.D. Location: Belk, President’s Dining Hall, Peace College [Directions below] Limit: 50 Cost: $45 members, students; $60 non-members (brunch included) CEU’s available
This workshop focuses on psychological type development in three age segments. We examine the differences between immaturity and immature development. Discussions focus on identifying the level of self-control and function management expected at each level. Learning how to manage self and learning to recognize developmental levels in others is explored, as well as strategies to encourage development and adjust for developmental differences. |
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Tuesday, November 16, 5:30 – 8:00 pm Presenter: Dori Wilson and Dawn Scott-Raxter Cost: $15 members, students; $25 non-members; $45 program + membership, $35 program + student membership Location: TBD Did you hear the one about the Extraverted Intuitive’s exercise program? He goes to the sporting goods store, has a great chat with the sales person, buys all the gear, goes to the gym, joins the club, has a great meeting with the personal trainer, makes a connection with everyone in the club. Unfortunately, he can’t understand why he hasn’t lowered his blood pressure! Or the one about the Introvert who joins the health club but never goes because they only offer “group” exercise classes? There is a story for every type preference on what moves us to move . . . or not! This workshop will explore how the body is a tool for type development. Using the elements from a variety of movement forms, participants will discover how the types respond, what intrigues or repels them, and what to do about it. Participation in the program is open to all levels of fitness. Some movement will be demonstrated and guided (movement is optional). Participants should wear comfortable clothing and bring a towel or mat. Dori Wilson is a certified Nia technique instructor (Nia is a mind, body, spirit fusion fitness program) and Dawn Scott-Raxter is a Life Coach. |
| The Developing Child: Using Jungian Type to Understand Children by Elizabeth Murphy 1992, Consulting Psychologists Press, Inc. ISBN 0-89106-060-X
Is doing homework in front of the TV good or bad? Is the answer the same for all children? Does self-esteem develop differently for thinking preference children than it does for feeling preference children? |
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| Editor’s note: The reason why Sensing and Intuition are two ends of one scale on the
MBTI® is because they are diametrically opposed to one another. To the Sensate the Intuitive has his or her head the clouds with their grandiose ideas. To the Intuitive, the Sensate is a ‘stick in the mud’ with their attention to detail. The following vignette is a good example. It is an
MBTI® take off of “Who’s on First?” by that famous team of Abbott and Costello. COSTELLO CALLS TO BUY A COMPUTER FROM ABBOTT . . . Abbott: Super Duper computer store. May I help you? Costello: Thanks. I’m setting up an office in my den and I'm thinking about buying a computer. Abbott: Mac? Costello: No, the name's Lou. Abbott: Your computer? Costello: I don't own a computer. I want to buy one. Abbott: Mac? Costello: I told you, my name's Lou. Abbott: What about Windows? Costello: Why? Will it get stuffy in here? Abbott: Do you want a computer with Windows? Costello: I don't know. What will I see when I look in the windows? Abbot: Wallpaper. Costello: Never mind the windows. I need a computer and software. Abbot: Software for Windows? Costello: No. On the computer! I need something I can use to write proposals, track expenses and run my business. What have you got? Abbott: Office. Costello: Yeah, for my office. Can you recommend anything? Abbott: I just did. Costello: You just did what? Abbott: Recommend something. Costello: You recommended something? Abbott: Yes. Costello: For my office? Abbott: Yes. Costello: OK, what did you recommend for my office? Abbott: Office. Costello: Yes, for my office! Abbott: I recommend Office with Windows. Costello: I already have an office with windows! OK. Let’s just say I'm sitting at my computer and I want to type a proposal. What do I need? Abbott: Word. Costello: What word? Abbott: Word in Office. Costello: The only word in office is office. Abbott: The Word in Office for Windows. Costello: Which word in office for windows? Abbott: The Word you get when you click the blue "W". COSTELLO FINALLY GETS HIS COMPUTER BUT NOW THERE ARE OTHER QUESTIONS: Abbott: Super Duper Computer Store, may I help you. Costello: Can I watch movies on the Internet? Abbott: Yes, you want Real One. Costello: Maybe a real one, maybe a cartoon. What I watch is none of your business. Just tell me what I need! Abbott: Real One. Costello: f it's a long movie I also want to see reel 2, 3 & 4. Can I watch them? Abbott: Of course. Costello: Great! With what? Abbott: Real One. Costello: OK, I'm at my computer and I want to watch a movie. What do I do? Abbott: You click the blue "1". Costello: I click the blue one what? Abbott: The blue "1". Costello: Is that different from the blue w? Abbott: The blue "1" is Real One and the blue "W" is Word. Costello: What word? Abbott: The Word in Office for Windows. Costello: But there are three words in "office for windows"! Abbott: No, just one. But it's the most popular Word in the world. Costello: It is? Abbott: Yes, but to be fair, there aren't many other Words left. It pretty much wiped out all the other Words out there. Costello: And that word is real one? Abbott: Real One has nothing to do with Word. Real One isn't even part of Office. Costello: STOP! Don't start that again. What about financial bookkeeping? You have anything I can track my money with? Abbott: Money. Costello: That's right. What do you have? Abbott: Money. Costello: I need money to track my money? Abbott: It comes bundled with your computer. Costello: What's bundled with my computer? Abbott: Money. Costello: Money comes with my computer? Abbott: Yes and at no extra charge. Costello: I get a bundle of money with my computer? How much? Abbott: One copy. Costello: Isn't it illegal to copy money? Abbott: Microsoft gave us a license to copy money. Costello: They can give you a license to copy money? Abbott: Why not? THEY OWN IT! A FEW DAYS LATER Abbott: Super Duper computer store. May I help you? Costello: How do I turn my computer off? Abbott: Click on "START.” |
Reproduced by permission of the publisher from Introduction to Archetypes, copyright 2002 Carol S. Pearson and Hugh K. Marr. Further reproduction prohibited without express permission of the publisher, Center for Applications of PsychologicalType, Gainesville, FL. Pearson-Marr Archetype Indicator™ and PMAI™ are trademarks of |
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| Dear Typie, As an "E" and "N", I find myself "talking out loud” and using more words than the people listening to me really need to hear. Not only do I fear that I have this effect on others, but I even feel it myself at times toward other "E's." How can I do a better job of editing myself so that I am less wordy? —Extraverted Moi Dear Extraverted Moi, Talking too much is often an occupational hazard for E’s. Introverts have the opposite problem of not talking enough. I’m reminded of Renee Zellweger’s comment to Tom Cruise at the end of the movie, “Jerry Maguire.” Tom plays a classic extravert who comes knocking on Renee’s door to beg her to take him back. When she appears, he immediately launches into a lengthy explanation of his psyche. Finally, she shushes him and says: “You had me at ‘Hello.’” Never argue after you’ve won your point. There is an old principle in science call Occam’s Razor. Occam was a 12th century monk who said that we need not prove something beyond that which is necessary to prove it. For example, to prove the sky is blue you just have to look at the sky. You don’t have to do a spectral analysis of the atmosphere. Less is often more. I have consulted with my resource people and we have 5 specific suggestions: 1) Analyze - Before important conversations, use your extraverted thinking (Te) function (for ENFP’s it’s the third function and for ENTP’s it’s the sixth) to write down all the things you want to say. Then analyze logically exactly what you need to say to get your point across and no more. 2) Question - To really be persuasive, you must first identify the other person’s issues or concerns. Beginning with a question is not only gracious but allows you to understand how to frame your own statement so that it will be heard. And of course, it gives you a chance to notice the other person’s type and to use language appropriate to that type. 3) Restrict - Whittle down your points to no more than three. When communicating with Sensing types especially, start with: "Three things you need to know about X are . . . “ That keeps them interested until the third item, and forces you to keep it down to three. Then they get a chance to speak, and ask questions if necessary. If you keep a conversation balanced (each person talks the same amount) you are less likely to irritate people. 4) Practice – Converse with your mirror and say only what you need to. One of my resource people suggests that you could have a “thinking session” with a willing partner. The partner’s job is only to listen. This will help you to clarify your thinking. 5) Pause - If you don’t have time to practice, count to ten before giving an answer to any question. If you are in a meeting, monitor the less talkative people and check in with them during a conversation. Also, monitor yourself and the other extraverts for those times when exciting topics launch you all into the stratosphere of energy and possibility. Enjoy the energy, and then come down and calmly summarize what just happened. Remember, too, that Introverts need time to process so checking in with them in the heat of the discussion may just annoy them as they may not have had enough time to process the thoughts enough to share them. You might consider revisiting issues ostensibly “to see if other thoughts on the topic have emerged,” either at the end of a meeting or at a subsequent meeting. |
By Kate Lorenz, Careerbuilder.com Editor
| MSN Careers Editor Kate Lorenz discusses a growing trend in the use of personality assessment tools, and especially the
MBTI. She cites a Harvard University study that found that, “for every dismissal based on failure to perform, there are two dismissals due to personality and communication problems.” She then discusses the growing use of psychological diagnostic tools by businesses. According to Lorenz, “the MBTI endures because it does a great job of improving team relations by pointing out differences between how personality "types" perceive and process information.” To see the full article click
here [submitted by Neill Clark] |
By Carol Linden, ENFP
| Thanks to the local chapter and to my employer, I was able to go to the APT International Conference in Toronto in July and receive two days of training, two days of pre-conference events, and two days of sessions. I return to you renewed and revitalized. And, I believe even more strongly that I plan to use type to help people until I go to my grave. I may retire from corporate America at some point, but I plan never to retire from loving and teaching about type. |  |
If you’ve never spent six days surrounded by people who are passionate about type, let me tell you it’s an incredible experience, and I feel terribly blessed. On a purely practical note, I gained insights about how to structure presentations to help us learn to see people of different types in a very vivid and impactful way (look for an upcoming program on this!). I attended a session by Leona Haas that has helped me see “type opposites” in a totally new light by looking at which functions we introvert and which ones we extrovert. Looked at in this way, the opposites are not ENFP and ISTJ but ENFP and ENFJ. (If you are intrigued, we may consider an upcoming program on this, as well.) And on a final point, I attended a session on Interaction Styles and Virtual Working that has resulted in my looking into how to interweave type into the virtual management and virtual teaming program that I manage. So, the rewards are not only personal, they are bottom-line to what I can offer the chapter and what I can offer my employer. In addition to classes and conference sessions, I was also able to attend an APT leadership dinner and workshop. Our chapter had four people (myself, Mary Charles Blakebrough, Carol Shumate, and Walter Smith) at that workshop, so you were all well-represented, and we had a wonderful opportunity to both share our successes and learn from the successes of other chapters. Somehow I found myself volunteering to help the local chapters share “best practices,” so that we can all learn from each other and maximize our opportunities for being successful in our efforts to produce programs and expand learning. (I do not know how this “volunteering” on my part happened. Mary Charles, Carol, and Walter somehow failed to protect me from myself. I will have to speak with them about that.) Seriously, one of the insights I had was how important activities are at the local chapter level. It is our duty and obligation to help practitioners learn and grow, using the instrument ethically and more and more effectively. That’s where it really happens — at the ground level, between an MBTI practitioner and his or her clients, whether one-on-one or one-on-many. That’s where effective use of the instrument helps create change and empowers people to be more effective in understanding themselves and working with others. And that’s where the work of the local chapters is — to serve practitioners in their growing and learning about the instrument. In service of this goal, in addition to continuing to plan programs, the board is planning a retreat in October , a visioning workshop where we will aim to break out of our boxes to see just how else we can serve the practitioners in the local chapter and even in the region. If you have ideas to share, please feel free to contact me or any of the board members. We welcome your insights and your ideas. One of the new goals that I became aware of is to serve local members in their pursuit of certification. In the future, we need to offer programs that will contribute toward certification. I will work with the region and APT international to see just how we can best do that. I hope to see many of you at one of the two Elizabeth Murphy events on October 18th or 19th. Please feel welcome to speak to me and share your ideas and insights and needs for continued training.. In the meantime, to quote Otto Kroeger, “Happy Type-watching to you!” |
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• Partnering With Other Types, J. Kenneth Boggs, INFJ Paper, $11.50 available here When two people interact, their interaction can be described, in part, as a combination of two psychological types. There are 256 unique sets of these interactions (162). This book explores all of these interactions, moves onto the results produced during the interaction, and suggests ways to obtain more from the interaction. Satisfying interactions are possible even with those whom we previously had great difficulty enjoying. Much of our difficulty is created by the diversity we encounter and our naïve approach in handling this diversity. This book lifts the shroud of our ignorance on these subjects.
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Getting The Most Out Of Teams, J.
Kenneth Boggs, INFJ
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“An Exploration of Show, Don’t Tell in
Education,” APT
Bulletin, Spring 2004,
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“Left Behind,” APT Bulletin, forthcoming in Fall
2004, by Ann Loomis, ESFP, and |
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APT/RTP to Elizabeth Wolgin at: APT/RTP Membership Elizabeth Wolgin 12 Dorset Place Durham, NC 27713 Regular - $30 _____ Student - $20 _____ (School: ________________________) If you have questions concerning your APT/RTP membership, contact Elizabeth Wolgin, 919-361-9988 (H) or ewolgin@cisco.com. Note: An auto-reply will inform you that Elizabeth Wolgin is currently on maternity leave from Cisco Systems, but she will receive the email. |
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The Light Side of Type—a story, can be humorous, of how different types relate to each other. Suggested length 500 words. Book Reviews—the RTP chapter has the policy that if you want to review a book on Type the chapter will reimburse you the cost of the book (up to $25.00). Suggested length: 500-1000 words. Reviews of Workshops sponsored by RTP. Suggested length: up to 2000 words. Articles on different Type subjects—you get to choose the subject and tell us ways you use type in your work or write about a specific type program you have used. Suggested length: up to 2000 words. The Newsletter is published four times a year in October, January, March, and May or thereabouts. How it all works...
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