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Is any personality test really meaningful? I mean the entire field of psychology apparently doesn't care much about correctness or falsifiability? Why bother to
by lucisferre 10y ago
Is any personality test really meaningful? I mean the entire field of psychology apparently doesn't care much about correctness or falsifiability? Why bother to hold MBTI to a higher standard? [1]
[1]: http://www.nature.com/news/smart-software-spots-statistical-errors-in-psychology-papers-1.18657 http://www.nature.com/news/smart-software-spots-statistical-...
- dragonwriter 10y agoYes, there are models of personality that, unlike MBTI, have a scientific basis for the selection of their dimensions. That there are widespread problems with psychological research does not mean that there is no reason to apply standards when evaluating proposed models in the field (in fact, it's a good reason to be particularly careful in doing so.)
- lucisferre 10y agoI was merely being fatous, I don't seriously think it isn't, I'm just saying MBTI seems like pretty par-for-the-course psychology as far as things go. Sadly.