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My3ers Briggs chatter (was Re: Is this)
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Wed, 25 Sep 2002 22:02:38 GMT
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If you have questions about the test, READ THE BOOK it was originally
published in, or one of the others (see note).
Go to a library. It's good for you.
The terms used in the test are defined in the book.
The type indicator is not a general theory of psychology. It is a
collection of the authors' observations, with ideas borrowed from Jung and
the ancient theory of "humours" (phlegmatic, melancholy, sanguine etc).
It is not the DSM (no symptoms of mania are catalogued.)
It is not based on cognitive psychology (is the person reality-oriented and
in control of their mental processes, or the opposite?). I do not think that
the degree of a person's rationality determines the answer to any MBTI test
question, though some types seem natural recruiting grounds. Rationality is
a fundamental -- but the test does not discuss fundamentals of psychology.
The test covers only observed features which it considers equally valid
alternatives in life.
If you want an experiment, join the Internet list for your identified type
(for example enfj-list), and see if the chatter doesn't drive you crazy,
like the episode where Seinfeld meets his female double. As a control
measure, join the opposite group.
-Erik
* Myers, Isabel Briggs and Myers, Peter B. Gifts Differing. 1980.
* Keirsey, Peter and Bates, Marilyn. Please Understand Me. 1984.
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