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>2. Jung's theories (the ones used in the test) aren't just "controversial". They're wrong. He says it himself, in the same document they used to create the tes

>2. Jung's theories (the ones used in the test) aren't just "controversial". They're wrong. He says it himself, in the same document they used to create the test. Not a Jungian, but the "wrong" claim is a bold one, in reference to Jung's theories. Are they even falsifiable ? Psychology isn't a hard science. For example, how could you falsify something like the idea of archetypes?

NoOneNew 6y ago
Not trying to be an ass, but i think "hard science" is a bad term. Psychology is a young, very complex science. Real psychology really started with Freud, and yes he was inaccurate. Way better than the understanding of human behavior at the time (wandering womb, look it up), way off the mark these days. We're talking about less than 100 years of real research in the field. Electricity, physics, chemistry and even modern atomic theory (1803) have plenty more time in comparison. Freud had to escape the Nazis, just so you have a general timeline. We dont look back to the 1800s at all the cats that made atomic models and go, "what a bunch of fuck ups". They were building up on knowledge. In some respects, they weren't necessarily wrong, just insufficient. I dont understand the pop culture enjoyment of trashing psychology turn. Every real psychologist in practice and in research are the first to admit how little we know, how incredibly complex it is (meaning we still dont even know all the moving parts involved) and the fact we are still at the starting line. The fact is, we're trying to understand the human mind with millions of broken examples. Learning to rebuild a car using old, junk, crashed, broken, pillaged and uncooperatively hostile junkyard cars isnt an easy feat especially if you dont know what a functional car looks like. Though, Myers Briggs was just a cash grab with some cliff notes on Jung. Its an intelligentsia zodiac horoscope. Cute, fun, dont take it seriously.

NoOneNew 6y ago

Not trying to be an ass, but i think "hard science" is a bad term. Psychology is a young, very complex science. Real psychology really started with Freud, and yes he was inaccurate. Way better than the understanding of human behavior at the time (wandering womb, look it up), way off the mark these days. We're talking about less than 100 years of real research in the field. Electricity, physics, chemistry and even modern atomic theory (1803) have plenty more time in comparison. Freud had to escape the Nazis, just so you have a general timeline. We dont look back to the 1800s at all the cats that made atomic models and go, "what a bunch of fuck ups". They were building up on knowledge. In some respects, they weren't necessarily wrong, just insufficient. I dont understand the pop culture enjoyment of trashing psychology turn. Every real psychologist in practice and in research are the first to admit how little we know, how incredibly complex it is (meaning we still dont even know all the moving parts involved) and the fact we are still at the starting line. The fact is, we're trying to understand the human mind with millions of broken examples. Learning to rebuild a car using old, junk, crashed, broken, pillaged and uncooperatively hostile junkyard cars isnt an easy feat especially if you dont know what a functional car looks like. Though, Myers Briggs was just a cash grab with some cliff notes on Jung. Its an intelligentsia zodiac horoscope. Cute, fun, dont take it seriously.