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Can you describe the examples used in the group session? The primary flaw with MBTI types is that they cannot be tested for. The common descriptions are too v
by Goladus 15y ago
Can you describe the examples used in the group session?
The primary flaw with MBTI types is that they cannot be tested for. The common descriptions are too vague and inclusive to devise real tests. The tests that are given sort you into categories of other people who have answered the tests in a similar way, not necessarily with people who demonstrate scientifically observable traits exclusive to one type or another.
Contrast MBTI types with zoological taxonomy. Classification of animals into categories starts out with basic, concrete observations like "has a spine vs. doesn't have a spine" and over time has grown to include hundreds and hundreds of categories and subcategories-- all based on the increasing volume and quality of empirical observation. MBTI types, in contrast, aren't based on empirical observation. They're based on ideas and subjective interpretation of human behavior.