Ever Take The Myers-Briggs Test? 🤔

[WillBrink]

This is a short version. The full version is quite long. I took the full version in Personality Psych course back in the day, among various psych courses I took. Unlike many/most online personality tests that are nonsense, The Myers-Briggs test is used in all sorts of places, and has been very influential, but not viewed as valid or useful as it once was apparently since I took it mid 90s. Mine, which comes as no surprise:

Your personality type is:

Logician
INTP-T

" Logicians pride themselves on their unique perspectives and vigorous intellect. They can’t help but puzzle over the mysteries of the universe – which may explain why some of the most influential philosophers and scientists of all time have been Logicians. This personality type is fairly rare, but with their creativity and inventiveness, Logicians aren’t afraid to stand out from the crowd."

No surprise, ALBERT EINSTEIN was a Logician. What are you?

https://freshsaga.com/my-purpose/free-mbti-test/

[HKGuns]

Pretty much everyone in the US Armed Services took that.......or at least they used to........

[WillBrink]

Pretty much everyone in the US Armed Services took that.......or at least they used to........

Unlike your usual random untested stuff, that one is heavily researched, time tested, used all over the world, and very accurate.

[chuckman]

I am also a logistician, ISTJ-A.

[GTF425]

Logistician. ISTJ-A.

[Aries144]

I've found Myers Briggs does a poor job with repeatable results, providing useful insight, predicting motivations, and predicting behavior. It seems to still have wide use in corporate circles, but I wouldn't take that as a measure of accuracy or success.

The only personality test that's stood up well to scrutiny over time, about 40 years now, is the Five Factor Personality Analysis (Big Five). I recommend using that instead.

If you want a cliffs notes test that doesn't require as much study, Hartman's People Code does a very good job of accurately predicting motivations and behaviors with less resolution, but also less time invested.

[Defaultmp3]

Unlike your usual random untested stuff, that one is heavily researched, time tested, used all over the world, and very accurate.

Not really. MBTI is largely despised by the research/academic community as pseudoscience, and studies have shown that folks can get different results when retaking the test at different times. It was created by people with no formal education in psychology nor educational testing, and was always a product to be sold to the business world.

The Big Five personality traits model, which has some overlap with some of the things that MBTI score for, typically has much more credence in the scientific community.

[WillBrink]

Not really. MBTI is largely despised by the research/academic community as pseudoscience, and studies have shown that folks can get different results when retaking the test at different times. It was created by people with no formal education in psychology nor educational testing, and was always a product to be sold to the business world.

The Big Five personality traits model, which has some overlap with some of the things that MBTI score for, typically has much more credence in the scientific community.

I edited the OP:

It's been decades since I took it, so perhaps the modern POV is as you say among modern academics now. It was standard in several psych courses I took, one by personality psych proff at Harvard who was tops in her field at the time, mid 90s. We took that one, the MMI, and others. She didn't put a lot of stock in any of them as I recall, didn't single out MBTI as useless either. Does not surprise better has been developed. A little digging I found this article that's supportive of your comments, it's fallen out of favor:

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/b...-fad-won-t-die

[AKDoug]

ESTJ here.. and the description pretty much fits me to a T. I do realize it's pretty much junk science though.

[FromMyColdDeadHand]

Logician
INTP-A

I’m very extroverted in that I can and usually can engage strangers in conversation. I’d love to be a talk show interviewer- i get to meet and interact with people and learn new things- but then they go away. I don’t make ‘friends’ easily.

These self reported tests are interesting. One filled out by other people about you are more interesting.

Self delusion is very powerful.