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I did change as described. I don't game personality tests.

• j_baker 16y ago
  You mean you don't consciously game personality tests. Psychology wouldn't be very useful if it only accounted for what people consciously did. Besides that, even if you don't do anything wrong, it doesn't mean that the tests you took were good. Did you take a test developed by a psychologist (like paying $60 and taking the MBTI through CAPT) or did you take a free online test? That alone could account for inaccurate results. Saying your type changed is almost like saying your code is broken because of a compiler bug. Is it theoretically possible? Sure. Is it likely? Let me just put it this way: it takes decades (if not your entire life) to develop the type you already have much less change types, yet there are a million and one reasons why a personality test might give inaccurate results. The brain is very plastic, but it has its limits. Even if you developed the cognitive functions to be an INTJ, you wouldn't just dismiss all of the functions you develop as an INTP. Those have been hardwired into your brain for a long, long time. TL;DR - I suppose it is possible you're an anomaly and was able to change types. But it's a million times more likely that one of the tests was just inaccurate.
  • epi0Bauqu 16y ago
    It wouldn't be the first time I was a legitimate anomaly. The tests seemed solid (as part of leadership courses), but I didn't investigate beyond that. I also took potentially less solid online ones that came out with similar results. We're talking about a period of 10 years btw, from when I was 16 to 26 (now 31). As I said in a comment response on the blog, in retrospect I can see the changes over time and see seeds of them at the original time.