The Myers Briggs system is the standard in temperament psychology.  Many people who already know their Myers Briggs type will find that the Chiasson Temperament Indicator places them in different temperament group.  Why?

Partly this is due to the fact that CTI (Chiasson Temperament Indicator) is a test which thinks -- that is, it considers a prior answer before presenting the next question.  Each answer opens a path to questions suited specifically to what is already known about the respondent, customizing each self-test. This is a big advantage over older tests.

Unlike the Myers Briggs Temperament Indicator and its imitators, the CTI ignores matters which do not belong to temperament.  These qualities include:  desires and motivations; skills such as planning, analyzing, reasoning; and abilities such as originality, creativity, ability to pre-plan and/or meet deadlines.  This feature of the CTI, combined with its specialized sequencing of questions should give a more accurate test result than Myers Briggs.

Even when the results of the CTI match Myers Briggs temperaments, the personality descriptions may not sound all that familiar.  The temperament profiles which accompany the CTI have subtle differences from those available in Myers Briggs materials. The MBTI materials include descriptions of non-temperament qualities mentioned above. 

Other distinctions between the CTI and the MBTI include our opinion that Feelers are capable of logic while Thinkers can be highly emotional. We also  contend that the differences between introverted and extroverted individuals of the same type pattern are differences of degree and not of functionality.  This is a further departure from Myers Briggs theory, but not from Jung's original intent.

If you have a specific question about the Chiasson Temperament Indicator, you can contact me, Phyllis Chiasson, at athena@olympus.net.
           

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