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After Myers' death in May 1980, Mary McCaulley updated the MBTI Manual and the<br />

second edition was published in 1985. <strong>The</strong> third edition appeared in 1998.<br />

Origins <strong>of</strong> <strong>The</strong> <strong>The</strong>ory<br />

Jung's theory <strong>of</strong> psychological types was not based on controlled scientific studies, but<br />

instead on clinical observation, introspection, and anecdote—methods regarded as<br />

inconclusive in the modern field <strong>of</strong> scientific psychology.<br />

Jung's typology theories postulated a sequence <strong>of</strong> four cognitive functions (thinking,<br />

feeling, sensation, and intuition), each having one <strong>of</strong> two polar orientations (extraversion<br />

or introversion), giving a total <strong>of</strong> eight dominant functions. <strong>The</strong> MBTI is based on these<br />

eight hypothetical functions, although with some differences in expression from Jung's<br />

model (see Differences from Jung below).<br />

While the Jungian model <strong>of</strong>fers empirical evidence for the first three dichotomies,<br />

whether the Briggs had evidence for the J-P preference is unclear.<br />

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