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I should admit that for most of the questions, I could not come up with the correct answer (yes/no). I feel I answered many incorrectly. Did anyone else have di

by niyazpk 17y ago

I should admit that for most of the questions, I could not come up with the correct answer (yes/no). I feel I answered many incorrectly. Did anyone else have difficulty in answering the questions objectively?

robryan 17y ago
I had this problem with quiet a few of the questions, but the end result (INTJ) seems to fit well to me when reading the description. This could just be that I haven't read the other descriptions and am bending it to fit to myself subconsciously though.
- tokenadult 17y ago
  but the end result (INTJ) seems to fit well to me when reading the description. This could just be that I haven't read the other descriptions and am bending it to fit to myself subconsciously though. Yes. It is very likely that once you have gone through what appears to be a laborious procedure to generate a description, you will accept whatever description comes out of that procedure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect http://www.skepdic.com/forer.html http://www.skepdic.com/forer.html
  - nandemo 17y ago
    In this case I think there's a simpler explanation: the result fits us well because there are so many overlapping questions. You might answer one question in a way that indicates you as an extrovert, but there will be many other answers that will clearly mark you as an introvert.
aikiai 17y ago
They're decidedly NOT objective questions. M-B is deliberately built to be non-judgemental. All answers to a good test will be equally "right".
gruseom 17y ago
You could try what I did once: give yourself two columns to put answers in. When you have an unambiguous response, put it in both columns; for questions where you're ambivalent, put each answer in one. Then do the results on each column. I found this surprisingly meaningful. Gives literal meaning to the phrase split personality :)

by niyazpk 17y ago

robryan 17y ago

I had this problem with quiet a few of the questions, but the end result (INTJ) seems to fit well to me when reading the description. This could just be that I haven't read the other descriptions and am bending it to fit to myself subconsciously though.

tokenadult 17y ago
but the end result (INTJ) seems to fit well to me when reading the description. This could just be that I haven't read the other descriptions and am bending it to fit to myself subconsciously though. Yes. It is very likely that once you have gone through what appears to be a laborious procedure to generate a description, you will accept whatever description comes out of that procedure. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forer_effect http://www.skepdic.com/forer.html http://www.skepdic.com/forer.html
- nandemo 17y ago
  In this case I think there's a simpler explanation: the result fits us well because there are so many overlapping questions. You might answer one question in a way that indicates you as an extrovert, but there will be many other answers that will clearly mark you as an introvert.

aikiai 17y ago

They're decidedly NOT objective questions. M-B is deliberately built to be non-judgemental. All answers to a good test will be equally "right".

gruseom 17y ago

You could try what I did once: give yourself two columns to put answers in. When you have an unambiguous response, put it in both columns; for questions where you're ambivalent, put each answer in one. Then do the results on each column. I found this surprisingly meaningful. Gives literal meaning to the phrase split personality :)