How did you discover or hear about MBTI?

[cogdecree]

I was randomly searching online for popular forms of taxonomy, and I came across the MBTI.

Nothing facy, anyways, where did you first encounter MBTI?

 

[norepinephrine]

I was randomly searching online for popular forms of taxonomy, and I came across the MBTI.

Nothing facy, anyways, where did you first encounter MBTI?

We invested in it as a team building exercise at work. I found it fascinating, did some web research and typed a number of my coworkers before the official presentation from HR that was to reveal our types. The amusing portion was when the HR expert screwed up and got my type wrong (clerical error).

Afterwards, however, I was asked to do a follow-up, office-specific presentation for my coworkers. Not my forte.

 

[LucrativeSid]

About 6 or 7 years ago, I found it randomly on the Internet.

 

[One Day]

I heard it on another forum. Then I became psychic and found it on google.

 

[Cenomite]

My Mom made me take it when I was very young, then my school had me take it, then my college, then my Mom again.

ENTP every time bitches. Except I was 50/50 I/E once.

 

[Mole]

I was invited to join MBTI Central by Geoff.

He said Central was tolerant and well-run.

And he was right.

 

[Wiley45]

About 8 years ago, a friend of mine learned about MBTI in college and had me answer questions so he could see what type I was. I was interested because he talked about the way phone "psychics" used these questions to type people, and the INFP profile was a near-perfect description of me.

Within the last few years, I took various random "quizzes" online for fun, and always scored INFP. A facebook application called "MyType Personality" renewed my interest because I could see all the types of my friends, and it helped me communicate with and relate to them. Then, I went searching around the Internet and eventually wound up here!

 

[BlackCat]

A friend and myself discovered the MBTI when we were looking on the internet. We were using a new addon for firefox "Stumbleupon" that takes you to random websites that deal with your interests. I set mine up, and psychology was one of those topics. I stumbled on the test and took it, read the description and I was like "wow", so then my friend took it as well and we discovered that we were very similar. He's INFJ.

 

[Mole]

About 8 years ago, a friend of mine learned about MBTI in college and had me answer questions so he could see what type I was. I was interested because he talked about the way phone "psychics" used these questions to type people, and the INFP profile was a near-perfect description of me.

Within the last few years, I took various random "quizzes" online for fun, and always scored INFP. A facebook application called "MyType Personality" renewed my interest because I could see all the types of my friends, and it helped me communicate with and relate to them. Then, I went searching around the Internet and eventually wound up here!

Of course you always find what you are looking for.

And to avoid this error, we do double blind experiments.

And this is precisely why no double blind experiments have been done with MBTI.

'Cause we are as happy in our error as pigs in shit.

 

[wolfy]

I noticed Keirsey's book in the library in 1986.

 

[placebo]

First heard of it from my sister, via email

 

[Ghost of the dead horse]

I was badly depressed in 1999, partly because of the lack of money. I was a young INTJ desperately willing to enter life, abandon my extreme shyness, willing to learn some of the things people usually do. I found MBTI probably from some psychology related site, or some related to mental development, social skills or something of the kind.

 

[bluebell]

We invested in it as a team building exercise at work. I found it fascinating, did some web research

Same here. I had to take an MBTI test at work just before a team building day thingy. I tested INTP, read the brief description in the handouts we got and then obsessively read everything I could find online for a whole weekend. I was fascinated by it all and blown away by the accuracy of the desciption (nice to finally not feel like a total freak).

 

[Riva]

a long time ago at school a teacher from another school came to one of our weekly assemblies and gave a personality test.

i did it and forgot about it.

about 4 years later i suddenly remembered about that teacher and searched my brain to remember how HOT she LOOKED. and damm she does look hot.

after a while i tried to remember what she was talking about the whole time 4 years ago and realized it was a personality test.

so i went online and did it again.

so here i am....:hi:

 

[Halla74]

Marriage Counseling...

 

[Geoff]

I was invited to join MBTI Central by Geoff.

He said Central was tolerant and well-run.

And he was right.

Come on. Own up.. who's taken control of your keyboard

 

[garbage]

Introduced to it by a therapist, then rediscovered it years later (last October)

 

[JAVO]

I don't remember if I just stumbled across it or took it as part of a student leadership workshop--not sure which came first.


Or maybe it was during an alien abduction long ago?

 

[simulatedworld]

Does the "psychic" option mean I discovered it through my own psychic abilities, or that I heard about it from Ms. Cleo?

Come on. Own up.. who's taken control of your keyboard

Finally, we know whose fault he is.

 

[Azseroffs]

A facebook application called "MyType Personality" renewed my interest because I could see all the types of my friends, and it helped me communicate with and relate to them.

We were using a new addon for firefox "Stumbleupon" that takes you to random websites that deal with your interests.

That's funny
I found out about it from the facebook app, but I didn't become interested in it until I Stumbled a website dedicated to it.

That app is shit btw I kept getting ENTJ.