16 Personality Factors: Correlations with Myers-Briggs, Part III - Sensing

Let's look at how the 16 scales correlate to the scale on the Myers-Briggs.  A positive correlation means that as the score on one scale goes up, the score on the other scale goes up also.  A negative correlation means the opposite. 

For example, someone with a low score on Factor A is likely to show up on the Sensing side of the MBTI.  Someone with a high score on Factor G probably would too.

For Sensing on the Myers-Briggs, here are the correlations from the 16PF:

• Factor A (Warmth): Negative
• Factor B (Reasoning): Negative
• Factor C (Emotional Stability): Negative
• Factor E (Dominance): Negative
• Factor F (Liveliness): Negative
• Factor G (Rule-Consciousness): Positive
• Factor H (Social Boldness): Negative
• Factor I (Sensitivity): Negative
• Factor L (Vigilance): Positive
• Factor M (Abstractedness): Negative
• Factor N (Privateness): Positive
• Factor O (Apprehension): Positive
• Factor Q1 (Openness to Change): Negative
• Factor Q2 (Self-Reliance): Positive
• Factor Q3 (Perfectionism): Positive
• Factor Q4 (Tension): Negative

The factors with the greatest positive correlation to Sensing are Q3, G, and N.  Those with the greatest negative correlation are Q1, M, and E.