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The problem here is that since the MBTI only collects your own perceptions, it is only as accurate as your own perceptions--it isn't going to tell you anything
by imagist 10y ago
The problem here is that since the MBTI only collects your own perceptions, it is only as accurate as your own perceptions--it isn't going to tell you anything you don't already think. There's some value in bringing what you think of yourself into your conscious awareness, but I don't think that can be represented as increasing self-awareness--it only can cause you to think what you already think. There's even some risk that it may reinforce incorrect ideas you may have about yourself.
> As a Meyers Briggs ENTP I find the descriptions of an ENTP personality flattering and desirable.
Of course, they're your descriptions and therefore they're biased. (Incidentally, I'm an ENTP too).
- grandalf 10y ago> it isn't going to tell you anything you don't already think. Well, if you take a 2000 word write-up about your own type, there may be some thought-provoking generalizations either about your own type or about patterns that are consistent when people of different types interact... things which derive from what you believed about yourself but are consequences of the MBTI's generalizations about human interactions. But I agree, it would be interesting to incorporate the sort of information in the MBTI along with less subjective metrics and come up with a more rich analysis.
- imagist 10y ago> Well, if you take a 2000 word write-up about your own type, there may be some thought-provoking generalizations either about your own type or about patterns that are consistent when people of different types interact... things which derive from what you believed about yourself but are consequences of the MBTI's generalizations about human interactions. Right, but how many of those generalizations are actually verified? The specifics are studied to be consistent, but there are very few generalizations backed up by data.
- grandalf 10y agoI don't know whether they are verified. Not sure how much it matters though, if the goal is to foster self-understanding and communication between people with different personalities. Obviously it would be great if there were research offering a more robust version of all of that.