What is your MBTI?

[Gomoto]

These tests: I completely dis-regard their results, and look on anyone trying to make me take it seriously as a fool, fraud or charlatan.

+1

People with a certain temperament more likely to play go? Board game lovers!

[Sumatakyo]

Any time Myers-Briggs comes up in conversation, I always find it interesting that some people feel the need to discredit it.

Love this quote. Thanks for sharing Elom.

Somehow I feel that a few people are attracted to the idea of people fitting into types while a few others find it repulsive, instead happier in the belief that they're unique. Fortunately, most fall in between, although it may be that the videos' creators are near one end; the idea that giving value on a scale for each process implies you one must must either be A or B doesn't seem quite right, so perhaps they are mixing up MBTI's past origin with its present use. I think the point about positive descriptions however is more than 'not quite right', as they have less to do with the theory and more to do with its promoters since all traits can be spoken of in a positive or negative light.

Granted, I do not think of MBTI as a personality type indicator where you 'fit' someone into a 'type', but rather a tool that measures one small aspect of their personality—their cognitive functions—and extracts it out for us to see. This perhaps is how one might make peace between the two different extremes. To me, MBTI's 'accuracy', if you will, is impressive considering how and when it was made.

I think that the first characteristic needed in order to play go is the ability to sit down and be quiet for three hours.

I think this is why we are likely to find a greater number of "introverts" than would be reflected in the general population.

My results are INFJ.

Our sample size is quite small, and putting biases aside (which I think are quite strong here), we seem pretty heavy on the I's and N's

[Bill Spight]

Isn't the Myers Briggs test on a par with the flying spaghetti monster?

There are two kinds of people in the world: those who think there are two kinds of people in the world, and those who don't.

My educated take is this. Psychology is full of dichotomies, nearly all of which are matters of degree. In terms of personality, a person's place on these scales tends to persist over time, so the dichotomies are valid in that sense. The Myers-Briggs makes use of four such dichotomies. What is problematic is the implications of these differences. Even generalizations which have been tested in certain populations may not be valid in other populations. And, OC, their application to any individual has very limited validity. For instance, tall people tend to be more successful than short people, by a variety of measures — and then there's Napoleon Bonaparte.