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| 1913 | At the Munich Psychological Congress, C.G.Jung speaks on typology, introducing the terms extraversion and introversion. |
| 1917 | Katharine Cook Briggs begins her research into personality. She develops a 4 type framework : Social ; Thoughtful ; Executive ; Spontaneous. |
| 1923 | C.G. Jungs Psychological Types published in English translation (originally published in German in 1921).
Katharine Briggs reads Psychological Types and recognizes that Jungs theory corresponds to and elaborates on her own observations about people. |
| 1923_1941 | Jungs typology becomes part of the Briggs family discourse
and is tested through observation and discussion.
Katharine Briggs has two articles describing Jung's theory published in the journal New Republic in 1926 and 1928, to no overt response. Katharine Briggs daughter, Isabel Briggs Myers writes a prize-winning mystery novel Murder Yet to Come (1929) using typological ideas. (recently republished). The two women meet Jung briefly in 1937. |
| 1942 | US World War II entry prompts creation of the MBTI® (as Briggs-Myers Type Indicator®). |
| 1942_1944 | Many potential Indicator questions written and validated through
the first criterion group of about 20 relatives and friends of the
Briggs and Myers families.
J_P Attitude scale developed as an extension of Jungs theory. Early Forms developed. Copyrighted in 1943. |
| 1944_1956 | Indicator data collection and research.
First thesis using the Indicator (Laney, 1949). Agreements with Edward Hay and Donald MacKinnon. Isabel Myers corresponds with Jung, sending him the Indicator. |
| 1956 | Isabel Myers presents on the Indicator to Educational Testing Service (ETS). |
| 1956_1962 | Name change and development of new Forms of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator®.
ETS becomes the first publisher of the Indicator, as a research instrument. Myers meets with diffidence from the psychometric community. ETS publishes MBTI® Manual for Form F (1962). |
| 1962_1969 | Some researchers and clinicians discover MBTI® & find it useful. |
| 1969 | Isabel Myers meets Mary McCaulley_begin research collaboration |
| 1971 | Myers and McCaulley form Typology Laboratory at University of Florida, Gainesville and create centralised database. |
| 1975 | Typology Laboratory becomes Center for Applications of Psychological Type Inc. (CAPT) independent from the University
and part of AMSA (American Medical Students Association)
First Conference on MBTI® Gainesville, Fl. ETS contract terminated; Consulting Psychologists Press (CPP) becomes new Publisher. |
| 1976 | MBTI® becomes generally available to test users. |
| 1977 | MBTI® Scales restandardised; Form G published. 2nd MBTI® Conference, Michigan |
| 1978 | Keirsey & Bates' Please Understand Me published. |
| 1979 | 3rd MBTI® Conference Philadelphia, on Isabel Myers birthday.
Formation of the Association of Psychological Type (APT). Publication of Research in Psychological Type, later the Journal of Psychological Type (JPT) dedicated to MBTI® research. |
| 1980 | Isabel Myers dies; her book Gifts Differing published. |
| 1981 | Otto Kroeger Associates commences training in the MBTI®. |
| 1985 | Revised MBTI® Manual published.
Qualifying Workshops instituted by CPP. Otto Kroeger Associates Programme approved. CPP commences publication of MBTI®_related books, materials. |
| 1986 | First approved Qualifying/Accreditation Programme conducted in Australia by Katharine Myers and Margaret Hartzler (Sydney) |
| 1988 | Otto Kroeger and Janet Thuesens Type Talk published. |
| 1991 | First Australian MBTI® Conference held in Sydney. Founding of Australian Association for Psychological Type (AAPT) |
| 1992 | AAPT publishes Australian Journal of Psychological Type (AJPT) First AAPT Conference in Maroochydore (Qld) |
| 1995 | AAPT and Deakin University co_establish Psychological Type Research Unit to establish database, library and promote research |
| 1996 | CPP institutes standardised exam for all Qualifying Programmes. |
| 1997 | New MBTI® (Form M) previewed at APT Boston Conference |
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