Which Myers-Brigg Personality Type are you?

@ArishMell Actually they based it partly on Jung's psychology. Personality theories are constructs of a complexity and as such always limited. But I've also seen this used very powerfully in organisations more than other similar theories. Many people found significant insights into their own processing and were able to better work with others as a result of understanding different modes of operation. So maybe a little better than fortune-telling.

Have you seen any strongly evidence-based alternatives you prefer? It's been a long time since I've dug into this area.

@AliceinWonderland No kidding? You mean the obsessively tidy and organized Virgo that color codes files. Suffers acute anxiety if someone puts on the toilet paper roll backwards? Won't commit to a relationship until you get to know them (several years or so) THAT kind of Virgo? I love it!

@Abstraction They may well have claimed they "based it" on books by Jung, Freud et. al., but that's like Hollywaood's claim of some film or another having been "based on" a novel or real people from other countries.

Whilst I accept this Myers-Brigg "test" might be entertaining provided it is not taken seriously, I am pleased never to have had one. I have had sessions of clinical psychological counselling over the years but have never encountered so-called "personality tests" either there or at work.

You ask which alternatives I would prefer. Simple. Ones in which managers and interviewers with no qualifications in psychology, do not try to play the psychologist.

@Abstraction

@AliceinWonderland That's me to a t. I am an artist - I paint in oils. I've been a counsellor, I play several musical instruments and make them also. In terms of 'political' I work in overseas aid to bring transformation to poor communities. I was a teacher once, but have always taught in some form and pull together trainings that are used globally for tens of thousands of staff. I'm a published author. I'm an idealist, I fight TOO passionately for things that matter. In terms of meaning - ff I don't see the meaning I don't get involved. I spent a year at school doing nothing because I didn't see the point.

@Abstraction Wow! You are brilliant. 🌠

@Nomad7 shuddup and choke me with your piano strings already

@Nanori I'll choke you with something else

@Nomad7 aye papi 😏

@Nanori You just got a thing for bad tempered shits don't you?

@Allelse nah I like your face and wit

@Nanori Heh! :P

@nonsensiclesnail i don't know what the t is for either. i just know the four letters.

@AliceinWonderland The T is for thinking. It means you tend to find the logical alternative. F is for Feeling - it means you are looking for that inspirational or lean towards the relational aspects decision-making.

@Abstraction The T at the end means turbulent, it basically means you're a bit neurotic

@Nomad7 I stopped using the functions years ago, they screw everything up.

@PepsiColaP You're probably an ENFP or ESFP

@AliceinWonderland I myself am pre-jurassic. I loved my psych. studies, everything from James Lange, to William James. I just felt that out there in the jungle, the various and sundry "therapies" generally went nowhere after months, (even years) of intense therapy and as many dollars. I just lost interest.

It wasn't until a year ago when I stumbled across a relatively new approach I'm sure you've heart of, "Positive psychology" based on something so simple yet profound. The psychology of happiness.

Doesn't require a therapist, easy access via YouTube and includes easy and fun exercises. Hardly a cure for whatever DMS problems but certainly an effective aid toward wellness.

@Grateful4you do you know the 6 minute diary?! it is based on positive psychology. i love it.

@AliceinWonderland No. But I just noted this and will give it a whirl. Sounds like fun. Thanks!

@DeWayfarer

@AliceinWonderland

This site saves your test results as well as gives in depth explanations of all 16 personality types.

My last test results:

https://www.16personalities.com/profiles/fb08abb2a2f7d

@DeWayfarer Cool!!!

@SW-User There's probably a 0% chance you're an INTJ based on your posts

@SW-User u don't sound like one tbh

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@Rolexeo

@AliceinWonderland INFPs are cool

@Rolexeo thank you! i think you're type is cool! ☺️

@TurtlePink

@TurtlePink

@somedude15 that is so cool! you are very special person. my mom is an infj.

@PhilDeep I love INFJ's. <3

@AliceinWonderland Well, I'm just a simple soul but it's nice to be appreciated. Thank you 🤗

@Jabulani i love infj's. you are the rarest type!

@Greyscale

@Rolexeo no. what is perC?

@AliceinWonderland oh nvm then, it's an mbti forum

@Max13 it is a personality test. you can be introvert/extrovert, intuitive/sensing, feeling/thinking, and perceiving/judging. if you are into it you can take free test to find out.

@AliceinWonderland Much truth there.

@bijouxbroussard I need to work with STJ people. Particularly the J.
ESTJ person I knew: Ok, so what will we do?
Me: I want to do some more processing of the options.
ESTJ: What are you thinking NOW?
Me: Probably this, but I want to think some more.
ESTJ: Let's go with this for now and get it out.

@bijouxbroussard ...And I've seen these qualities time and again over the years.

@DDonde

@AliceinWonderland dead inside

@Nanori is that a Meyers Briggs

@Nanori idk what you mean. I'm a very shy and unassuming kind of person. An introvert, if you will.

@SW-User... Stfu

@Nanori ok 🥺 I'll shut up. Introverts like me don't need to talk much anyway