I took a personality indicator on-line and got a type – isn’t that the MBTI?
Probably not. When the MBTI assessment is administered on-line, the results usually go to an MBTI practitioner, who gives them to the client in the course of a feedback session. (The one exception is CPP’s new MBTIComplete, where you are guided through a self-assessment before receiving results, and then are given whole-type descriptions to read in order to confirm your best-fit type.) The most commonly used on-line type inventory is the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, which is also published in the book, Please Understand Me (Please Understand Me II has a revised Sorter, which is the version currently available on-line.). The Temperament Sorter was created by David Keirsey at the request of his publisher and is not the equivalent of the MBTI questionnaire. In fact, Please Understand Me is based on a different theory of personality – temperament theory – whose categories happen to be describable using Myers-Briggs preferences and 4-letter types. Temperament Sorter items are similar to, but
