A Study on Associations between Occurrence Patterns of Mistake, Which Individual Realized in Team Exercises, and Psychological Type

This study aimed to verify whether there were associations between the patterns of mistakes realized by an individual member and Jungian psychological type of the individual. The survey was performed on 250 subjects, of which 160 (127 men and 33 women, mean age ± SD = 18.8 ± 0.7 years) were included in the statistical analysis using Mantel-Haenszel test and Fisher’ s exact test. The results suggested that Jungian psychological type served as a basis of cognitive style in many aspects. Specifically, for example, in the association of occurrence of mistake due to misconception, intuition type was statistically significant (p < .01) . It should also be noted that the psychological type could have an adverse effect, especially when the individual failed to adapt to the given situation. These results present a clue to promote complementary cooperation in teamwork education, although further studies are required.