Yes, MB is about "self validation" and can be dangerous when used to pigeon hole individuals into occupations by third parties who rely on the results ~ http://www.skepdic.com/myersb.html
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"... Does the Myers-Briggs personality assessment really tell you anything? ..." |
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"... My guess is that language snobs are INTP, whereas Blub programmers are more INTJ ..." Do you really believe in the "psycho-babble" Myers-Briggs claims it tests? If you can show me any peer reviewed scientific studies that back the claims made by these tests I'd be more than happy to read them and judge for myself. Until then MBTI theories are as believable as any other pseudoscience. |
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"... FWIW, I pissed off a whole entire mailing list of self-described INTJs once by suggesting the same thing, but for differing personality types: that INTJs, being one of the few types that was so self-analytical as to know what type it was ..." Myers Brigg illustrates "self-validation" and is dangerous when used to define careers ~ http://www.skepdic.com/myersb.html |