In Reply to: I believe MB... posted by mkuller on July 17, 2017 at 11:59:38:
mkmuller wrote that the Myers-Briggs is "the standard for defining personality types." Whose standard? It's rarely used in research because it's psychometrically a poor instrument (see one of my earlier posts in this thread for a Wikipedia link that contains references to the scientific literature). Essentially, the "types" are neither temporally stable nor predictive of real-world behavior. For these reasons, it isn't used except in "pop psych" applications.
Actually, the most generally accepted theory of personality "types" is the Five Factor model, which also has methodological problems.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits
This post is made possible by the generous support of people like you and our sponsors:
Follow Ups
- RE: I believe MB... - pbarach 14:13:19 07/17/17 (4)
- MB is used heavily... - mkuller 15:22:57 07/17/17 (3)
- In the context of: tutoring university students, being a change agent, and trainer-trainer of volunteer fireys - Timbo in Oz 19:42:35 07/22/17 (0)
- RE: MB is used heavily... - pbarach 15:29:20 07/17/17 (1)
- Since you asked... - mkuller 15:48:57 07/17/17 (0)