Mal12345
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- Apr 19, 2011
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- MBTI Type
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- 5w4
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- sx/sp
While listening to this guy on Youtube compare our old (banned) member Dj Arendee to the Beatles (EJArendee Legacy - YouTube), I've been browsing this forum for something of interest to write about. Here's what I came up with.
The problem with forced choice personality tests is that they force a black-and-white choice even when the answer may be ambiguous to the test taker. So this adds an element of chance to the result.
And then there is the ever-present issue of how to interpret a tie score.
But even with a result that seems to delineate a type perfectly and unambiguously, the formula used by the MBTI people determines whether the last letter in the 4-letter result is a P or a J. The quiz itself does not test for P or J, it is assumed by the highest function score. So if the high score is Ti, then the last letter is, according to the formula, always going to be a P.
There is no proof that a Ti-dom has to have P as the last letter, none whatsoever. And that goes for the rest of the dominant functions. Ni-dominance does not imply that J is the last letter in the type. Si-dominance does not imply that J is the last letter. Se-dominance does not imply that P is the last letter.
I find function tests to be interesting, but only so far as they aren't used to derive an MBTI type. There may even be a personality disorder implied in the results. But more importantly, they help to demonstrate very well that the MBTI is a flawed personality system.
The problem with forced choice personality tests is that they force a black-and-white choice even when the answer may be ambiguous to the test taker. So this adds an element of chance to the result.
And then there is the ever-present issue of how to interpret a tie score.
But even with a result that seems to delineate a type perfectly and unambiguously, the formula used by the MBTI people determines whether the last letter in the 4-letter result is a P or a J. The quiz itself does not test for P or J, it is assumed by the highest function score. So if the high score is Ti, then the last letter is, according to the formula, always going to be a P.
There is no proof that a Ti-dom has to have P as the last letter, none whatsoever. And that goes for the rest of the dominant functions. Ni-dominance does not imply that J is the last letter in the type. Si-dominance does not imply that J is the last letter. Se-dominance does not imply that P is the last letter.
I find function tests to be interesting, but only so far as they aren't used to derive an MBTI type. There may even be a personality disorder implied in the results. But more importantly, they help to demonstrate very well that the MBTI is a flawed personality system.