What's your personality type?

JoseArmando said:
This is all bullchit pseudoscience with no more real life application than sorting people by their horoscope sign
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It's not, you obviously have not taken a closer look - I guess because the site in the OP looks girly and shallow.

The 16 temperament types were analyzed by Carl Jung and then by Myers-Briggs (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers-Briggs_Type_Indicator)


The best thing to read on the topic is this book though: [ame="http://www.amazon.com/Please-Understand-Me-Character-Temperament/dp/0960695400"]Please Understand Me: Character and Temperament Types: David Keirsey, Marilyn Bates: 9780960695409: Amazon.com: Books[/ame]


It's an amazing book and a must-read if you wish to understand different motivations behind people's behavior. One of the authors is a real scientist btw :) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Keirsey#Early_life.2C_education_and_professional_experience

It's not some feel-good new age stuff or future-telling, it's just a typology of human personalities, and one that is very detailed and precise. Real life application is immense and reading this book if you have/plan a family or a relationship is very helpful.http://www.wickedfire.com//www.pinterest.com/pin/create/extension/
 


JoseArmando said:
This is all bullchit pseudoscience with no more real life application than sorting people by their horoscope sign
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Ummm.... many of the largest corporations in the world use the Myers-Brigg test to help them evaluate / place employees. Obviously, the test say ExxonMobil gives is just a tad more extensive than the 50 yes/no internet questions, but nonetheless...
 
Kiopa_Matt said:
Ummm.... many of the largest corporations in the world use the Myers-Brigg test to help them evaluate / place employees. Obviously, the test say ExxonMobil gives is just a tad more extensive than the 50 yes/no internet questions, but nonetheless...
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So what if they use it? Having big corporations use something doesn't attest to its effectiveness.

Food for thought http://www.indiana.edu/~jobtalk/Articles/develop/mbti.pdf

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In a recent review of the MBTI, commissioned by the Army Research Institute, it was concluded that the instrument
should not be used for career planning counseling.13 The Institute's analysis of the available research showed no
evidence for the utility of the test. Indeed, with respect to career planning they note that "the types may simply be
an example of stereotypes."
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JoseArmando said:
So what if they use it? Having big corporations use something doesn't attest to its effectiveness.
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You do realize you're basically equating people like Carl Jung to ladies like this, right?

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