MBTI Compilation

[Alistair]

It's fascinating how people take pride in being sorted into little boxes. The smaller the box, the greater the pride.

[Shamitako]

Today this one gives me INFP, I usually sit right on the edge of that and INTP. Used to get 100% T every time, now I hit super close to 50/50 (this time I got 46/54)

 

EDIT: Oh and I got a -T as well, which is probably relevant

 

Voted INTP since I generally feel I lean that way a little bit more

[Jelly]

ENFP-T. i took this test almost 2 years ago at the beginning of my university career and i got INTP-T. funny how the development of BPD and coming out affects you

[Tartar]

So, I took this one a while back, and both this time and that, I got ISTJ-A. 

Still, I'm uncertain as to the value of such types of tests, as they seem very broad and don't actually describe a person's actual personality, but rather some major traits, don't seem to useful when describing individuals. Though I can definitely see why such tests are appealing to so many.

[Ironbound]

On 04/04/2017 at 5:37 PM, Alistair said:

It's fascinating how people take pride in being sorted into little boxes. The smaller the box, the greater the pride.

 

 

8 hours ago, Tartar said:

So, I took this one a while back, and both this time and that, I got ISTJ-A. 

Still, I'm uncertain as to the value of such types of tests, as they seem very broad and don't actually describe a person's actual personality, but rather some major traits, don't seem to useful when describing individuals. Though I can definitely see why such tests are appealing to so many.

 

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Generally speaking, people like talking about themselves, especially if it can be construed as praise of one's qualities.

 

MBTI, or any personality test for that matter, is never going to he accurate, and if one hopes to be exactly placed by them, one will usually be disappointed. The human mind is extremely complex, and rarely do you find a combination or permutation of factors that is simplistic enough to be categorised into lots of 16 predetermined casts. Even in the hands of the best psychoanalysts, these tools are just that: tools by which the art and science of understanding people is undertaken. Ultimately, none of these tools can substitute the understanding one develops with a long term personal relationship/interaction with people, and even then one can always be surprised to discover yet another facet of such person. And no tool or language can be generally constructed to fully communicate such understanding of people.

 

That said, what this tool DOES achieve (and better than most) is to give a general direction or spectrum of the bases of thought behind a person's responses. Of course, as I said, they are far from accurate, but from my experience and understanding, the Jungian tests and particularly the MBTI is reasonably 'collectively subjective' (the closest, I think, that any such thing can get to objectivity) when applied to a majority of people, and can be used to make (case-dependant) decisions. 

 

The main use of these tests is to add an extra bit of flavour to a person, especially in recruitment and hires. When swamped with a large pool of people, developing one to one relationships is difficult if not impossible, and one way to screen and filter candidates can he on the basis of what tools like this tend to indicate. It saves a bit of interview time of we can make an educated estimate beforehand about the inclinations of a person and whether or not they are likely to be more naturally suitable for a given placement, or whether they need more intensive orientation.

 

(That, and of course to help people talk about themselves more, and give psychologists something to do with their time. Curiosity and even vanity are strong motivators.)

 

 

[ZEL]

Generally speaking, humans like comparing what they have in common with others, being able to sort themselves and each other into groups, and creating a feeling of belonging/being part of something. As a highly social species we're hard-wired to.

[Hect]

@Mr. Divergent