Influence on Learning Style
Personality Types
Carl Jung’s Myers-Briggs Type Indicators
Introverted Sensation
Introverts are more engaged by the world inside of them. Sensation is the processing of tangible information.
Introverted Intuition
Introverts are more engaged by the world inside of them. Intuition focuses on conceptual or abstract information.
Introverted Feeling
Introverts are more engaged by the world inside of them. Feeling is making decisions based on values.
Introverted Thinking
Introverts are more engaged by the world inside of them. Thinking is making decisions based on facts.
Extroverted Sensation
Extroverts are more excited by the world outside of them. Sensation is the processing of tangible information.
Extroverted Intuition
Extroverts are more excited by the world outside of them. Intuition focuses on conceptual or abstract information.
Extroverted Feeling
Extroverts are more excited by the world outside of them. Feeling is making decisions based on values.
Extroverted Thinking
Extroverts are more excited by the world outside of them. Thinking is making decisions based on facts.
Alignment to Kolb's Learning Styles and Adaptive Competencies
Sensing
Sensing aligns to the accommodating learning style, which operates best in the Concrete Experience and Abstract Conceptualization stages of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle. These learners also tend to lead with action skills, organizing the task or roles to address a problem.
Intuiting
Intuitive personality types align to an assimilating learning style, which operates best in the Abstract Conceptualization and Reflective Observation stages of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle. Assimilators will rely on their thinking skills to solve problems involving a lot of information.
Feeling
Feeling correlates to the diverging learning style, which operates best in the Concrete Experience and Reflective Observation stages of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle. Individuals who thrive in this way will utilize valuing skills to incorporate multiple perspectives into problem solving.
Thinking
Thinking correlates to converging learning style, which operates best in the Abstract Conceptualization and Active Experimentation stages of Kolb’s Experiential Learning Cycle. These learners utilize decision making skills to lead collaborative groups toward a goal.
