Regarding MBTI personality tests:

[NPC003]

Do you believe its legit?

I think it's a horrible system that causes people to become a stereotype.

It's essentially pseudo-science, similar to horoscopes and I genuinely feel bad for people who base their personalities off of the big 16.

[Mina]

To some degree, I feel

[TwisterCat]

I think in the short-term, they're pretty accurate. I don't think they say much about people's personality, so, no. Not legit.

People's answers change based upon their mood. Maybe if you took the test 25 times in a month, you'd get a general idea of the character, but there's a lot of nuance.

There's a reason people joke Hell is filled with INFP's. People who score that are not all sunshine and rainbows.

[Ȼħⱥꞥꞥēł8753452]

These tests have always been a little off for me personally.

Also the point isn't to base yourself on one of these personalities but it's supposed to describe your personality and personal strengths to you.

[SvarogX]

Messaggio originale di Glue:

Do you believe its legit?

I think it's a horrible system that causes people to become a stereotype.

It's essentially pseudo-science, similar to horoscopes and I genuinely feel bad for people who base their personalities off of the big 16.

It is legit but its not really respected or given much attention amongst psychologists.

These tests are generally considered inaccurate anyway.

In psychology, we take these tests with a big pinch of salt.

[Chaosolous]

I think people by our nature like to categorize things because we enjoy patterns. Are brains are literally hard wired to not only recognize them but also create them, even if they're not really there.

Having a baseline to compare things isn't inherently a bad thing but basing your entire identity on the input or opinion of an outside source isn't particularly healthy in my opinion.

[Hammer Of Evil]

about as legitimate as astrology.

[potato]

Your personality type is:
Logistician
Your full personality type code is ISTJ-T
Logisticians are practical and fact-minded individuals, whose reliability cannot be doubted.

100% Introverted
Introverted
Introverted individuals tend to prefer fewer, yet deep and meaningful, social interactions and often feel drawn to calmer environments.

that sounds about right

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

Oh look, it's this ♥♥♥♥ again. Did you know that ALL of psychology is pseudoscience? Seems like you did not. Do you know whose work MBTI is based on? Do you even have any idea at all what you are talking about?

[potato]

Messaggio originale di Glue:

But this is vague, most people would consider themselves this to some degree. This is as foolish as taking astrology seriously. Everyone is a little bit of everything, pick what mask you want to wear.

If you were fact-minded, you wouldn't even take MBTI seriously as there are no real "facts" to support anything.

i'm not taking it "seriously", just saying it's about right, not that it has every facet of my personality correct

maybe the problem is you take this too seriously

[BlueJC]

No.

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

Messaggio originale di Glue:

Messaggio originale di loerepoot:

Oh look, it's this ♥♥♥♥ again. Did you know that ALL of psychology is pseudoscience? Seems like you did not. Do you know whose work MBTI is based on? Do you even have any idea at all what you are talking about?

oh look its lankaras being lankaras. sorry about whatever is bothering you, hopefully it gets better little man! stick in there.

I asked you some questions. This is a huge dodge you are pulling here. I got at least one answer after reading your other comments though: You have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. F means being able to feel? Wtf dude. You are a total noob at this, yet you think you can make judgments about it.

[Chaosolous]

Messaggio originale di Glue:

Messaggio originale di Chaosolous:

I think people by our nature like to categorize things because we enjoy patterns. Are brains are literally hard wired to not only recognize them but also create them, even if they're not really there.

Having a baseline to compare things isn't inherently a bad thing but basing your entire identity on the input or opinion of an outside source isn't particularly healthy in my opinion.

I definitely understand that people think and feel in different ways, for sure. But visiting some of the MBTI subreddits like INTP, and INTJ -- these people think having F as a weakness or blindspot = not being able to feel. On the contrary, having F as a weakness would make you more prone to outbursts and emotional immaturity, not an emotionless sociopath.

Sometimes it seems people use MBTI as an excuse or cover-up to a mental illness.

T types are emotional. In fact, they'd be more prone to childish outbursts. Emotion doesn't always = feeling. People seem to have a hard time separating these definitions.

Yes, being judgmental based on how you've identified yourself is poor form. There's no denying that. It's also a very human thing to do.

[RaccoonBiceps.♡]

Slightly accurate but it doesn't represent who you are a 100%

[Kapitein Gnapmans]

Messaggio originale di RaccoonBiceps:

Slightly accurate but it doesn't represent who you are a 100%

Obviously not. They are personality TYPES. Not personalities. A common mistake.

[DarkCrystalMethod]

It started as a systematic approach to scientifically categorize people's behavior and attitudes.
It is only half-right half of the time(I made that stat up) so it proves that people cannot be so simply categorized and that other mechanism(if there even is one) should be used, if categorization is even useful in the first place.

Imagine Freud eventually being proven that Frenology(study of bumps on the head) was totally useless and unuseable. Thats what this 'test' appears to be, but it at least can get some things right if the person is consistent.