How does TRP interpret/work with the findings from the Myers Briggs Test?

psyflux · 2016-05-04T12:01:40+00:00

Myers Briggs is about as useful as "What's your sign?"

RunawayGrain · 2016-05-04T10:52:18+00:00

There is some debate about whether the Myers Briggs is scientifically valid. The consensus is that beyond predicting introversion or extroversion, it's essentially unreliable.

The practical effect of this is that even though the MBTI claims to reveal a subjects’ inborn, unchanging personality type, as many as 75% of test takers are assigned a different type when they take the Myers-Briggs a second time.

The following quotes are from David M. Boje, Ph.D., Professor of Management in the Management Department, CBAE at New Mexico State University (NMSU). “…do not treat the archetype scores of M-B as anything more than Astrology”

And more important to your point:

Robert Spillane, Professor of Management at the Graduate School of Management at Macquarie University argues that research shows that efforts to predict performance from personality and motivation tests have been consistently and spectacularly unsuccessful.

The thing is that people are super complex creatures. Trying to pigeon hole them into neat categories doesn't really work.

http://www.psychometric-success.com/personality-tests/personality-tests-popular-tests.htm

jrrtrp81 · 2016-05-05T21:23:33+00:00

I don't think it's useful in all cases. I think it's very useful in some. Specifically, IN's. They are very different depending on the F/T and J/P but once you've figured that out, you've unlocked the "code" and will accelerate your perceptions of their behavior and thoughts and suitability as a mate. For instance, INFJ females are basically the prototype of what a true alpha wants/needs, because they will be everything a true alpha desires and a nightmare to a beta, or an alpha that breaks frame. They are also apparently the rarest.

Everything else is more general. N's and S's tend to conflict, especially IN's and ES's. J's are more organized and rigid, P's more free-spirited. A LOT of TRP'ers and Redditors and internet forums in general are INTJ's - much more than society as a whole. Think of it more like a guide than law.

Title	How does TRP interpret/work with the findings from the Myers Briggs Test?
Author	ChashuProsciutto
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Date	May 4, 2016 9:29 AM UTC (10 years ago)
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