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Re: Personality tests
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 27 Oct 2004 05:49:01 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, David Eaton wrote:
> > Anyone know any Meyers/Briggs analysis that cross references religion?
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> Ugh. Can we omit this jungian divining rod from our discussions? As a
> predictive model, Meyers/Briggs enjoys about the same level of success as
> palmistry or entrails-reading.
Interesting.
In my own experience, necessarily limited just so, I have found this quite
helpful. Granted its possible for someone reasonably bright to answer the
questions so as to deliver whichever type they desire, but for bonafide
participants interested in what the tool can deliver, its been quite
enlightening. Indeed, forget the questions for a tick, even being sensitive to
the 4 dimensions alone in understanding other folks' behaviour is quite handy.
My repeated attempts to use entrail reading have not met with nearly so much
success...
Richard
Still baldly going...
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| (...) To that, I have no objection. Increased empathy and understanding are always positive IMO, and if this test helps someone achieve these, then great! But in the professional world the test is actually used to evaluate people's management (...) (20 years ago, 27-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| | Re: Personality test vs. Religion
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| (...) This behavior has been described as "confirmation bias," though I don't know if that's a formal designation or just what (URL) calls it. Either way, it speaks of the tendency to exclude data that doesn't fit one's preconceptions, and it's an (...) (20 years ago, 26-Oct-04, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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