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[Personality Test]

On 12/30/2020 at 3:05 AM, Alexander said:

I need to do it again when I can be bothered some time, but @Fluffeh might kill me as he finds this test too inaccurate

 I won't kill you (yet), but I certainly have a lot to say about the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator. 

On 12/30/2020 at 6:21 AM, SawzAll said:

TO be fair, the MBTI isn't completely scientific.  But it's a lot closer to being scientific than nearly every personality test out there except the Big Five (the only scientificly validated one).

I'd describe it as protoscientific. I'd be remiss if I dismissed its historical value entirely, but it's based on a Jungan theory from 1921, when psychology as a science was very much still in its infancy. The Big Five model has been the academic standard for over 30 years now with much more and much stronger empirical evidence than Jungian theory has ever had, so I'd really take the modern MBTI with a big grain of salt.

It's important to note that the modern MBTI is foremost a business product and not an academic instrument. The Myers–Briggs Company specifically disclaims clinical usage and comparisons with other personality inventories on the basis that it assesses normal personalities and not personality disorders. In my opinion though, that misrepresents the field of personality research as being equivalent to just psychopathology. For example, the NEO Personality Inventory-3, the current standard inventory for Big5, was specifically designed to assess normal personalities. Moreover, much of the research about the MBTI is published by a journal that specifically says its purpose is to promote Jungan theory rather than to advance the field overall.

That being said, Big5 isn't the only model of personality with academic acceptance anymore. A six-factor model called the HEXACO model has been gaining traction in the last 10 years. For anyone interested, the academics behind HEXACO published a book called The H Factor of Personality: Why Some People are Manipulative, Self-Entitled, Materialistic, and Exploitive—And Why It Matters for Everyone. It's a good layman's introduction to HEXACO but also to the overall history and theory behind modern personality research.

On 12/30/2020 at 6:21 AM, SawzAll said:

Also, keep in mind that introversion and extroversion, thinking and feeling, etc, the factors, are a spectrum or a range.  It's not a yes/no.

And keep in mind personality changes over time.  You should, usually, become more balanced as you get older and/or grow as a person.

I'd say the most important thing to keep in mind, especially with all of the weaknesses with the MBTI, is to not let yourself be boxed in by the label you've been given. Personality inventories are descriptive, not prescriptive, and 16Personalities in particular specifically disclaims all usage except for entertainment and information, so in my eyes it's about as valid as the horoscope section of a newspaper. For something more useful, I'd recommend either the International Personality Item Pool Representation of the NEO Personality Inventory-Revised or the HEXACO Personality Inventory-Revised. 

In any case, though: