How do thinkers and feelers process information and make decisions?
THINKER
- Make decisions based on facts and objective criteria.
- Use logical analysis to solve problems.
- Have very clear rules about what is right and what is wrong
- Value the truth, justice and fairness above all
- Motivated by achievement and the accomplishment of specific tasks
- Like work that requires order, critical analysis, or finding inconsistencies in a system
- Step back from emotional problems —truth over tact, logic over feelings
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FEELER
- Make decisions based on personal value system and social considerations.
- Use own moral compass and the feelings of others to determine right from wrong.
- Value connections and relationships.
- Motivated by the desire to understand and help people.
- Choose work based on what or who is important to them, and they like to support others.
- Step back from the facts of a situation—tact over truth, feelings over logic.
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Adapted from "Thinking or Feeling." The Myers & Briggs Foundation, https://www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/thinking-or-feeling.htm. Accessed 2 Nov. 2020.