An amusing analysis of its utility, from a multi-personality viewpoint. Like a lot of pop psych, I’ve always thought it was a lot less useful than its proponents do.
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An amusing analysis of its utility, from a multi-personality viewpoint. Like a lot of pop psych, I’ve always thought it was a lot less useful than its proponents do.
[Via Geek Press]
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Very funny, but this statement…
You can’t be a mix of both, and your personality doesn’t change over time.
…is wrong on both counts, AFAIK.
That’s all you really need to know.
What a typical ISTJ comment…
I went to a talk recently by people who use this professional (for matching top level executives for companies). They said they used this test heavily *but* they used several other ones as well. Based on their experience, each test of itself was a weak correlation but if you did 4 or 5 different ones you could get a fairly accurate view of someone’s personality.
Sure, it’s pretty much of a parlor game, but it can be helpful if you take enough other kinds of tests too. Think of it as one piece of a puzzle; a more complete picture takes a lot more work.
I find Myers-Briggs useful.
*Of course* it is a *drastically* simplified model. There are more than 16 people in the world. I find it more useful with the 4 axes continuous, instead of bang-bang. But still the whole concept is a very rough model.
But it reminds me that not everyone is like me. And gives me a little bit of a feel for how individuals will react. Which I appreciate, since I’m at the mild edge of the autism spectrum.
The main utility I find in Myers-Briggs is in fending off attempts by my wife to get me to take a lot of other similar tests. I just ask her, “And how many times did you make me take the Myers-Briggs test? You used up your quota.”