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Personality Test

What is your Meyers-Briggs Type?

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Yea you'll notice less Extraverts also. Which is probably not representative of the general population.
 
I am an ENFJ or Teacher now, which describes me so well that I got chills. I know I wasn't this when I last took the test about 7 years ago, but I remember being unsatisfied with the result at that time.
 
Interesting survey. A few questions I didn't understand but the results seem okay . . . wonder if all the results (types) in some way describe me/my situation like reading ur horoscope in the newspaper.
 
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^ I'd already typed you as INFP before I saw your test results in this poll, if that's any consolation.
 
I know I've mentioned this in other posts, but I just took the trademark Myers-Briggs test for the first time a month ago -- ENFP -- all of them very much in that direction, except for Extroversion, which was very, very slight. I'm going to vote for the type that I got on the real mccoy, despite the fact that the knockoffs consistently gave me INFP and INFJ.

Props on the poll, ebola!
The predominance of INTPs and INTJs has given me pause for thought. Now that I think about it, I think modding this board has prepared me well with the social life in an academic and career environment that's predominantly INT!
 
For what it's worth, the online tests usually resemble the briefer official Meyers-Briggs tests.

I would say that the internet at large, there's a large quantity of introverts and especially INTPs. While philosophy and perhaps the more "basic" of natural sciences have an INT* bias, other sectors of academia don't share this leaning.

Medicine happens to have an INTJ bias, oddly enough.

ebola
 
Lol this test is grade A bullshit, here is what it said about me

Like the other Idealists, Champions are rather rare, say two or three percent of the population, but even more than the others they consider intense emotional experiences as being vital to a full life. Champions have a wide range and variety of emotions, and a great passion for novelty. They see life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for both good and evil, and they want to experience all the meaningful events and fascinating people in the world. The most outgoing of the Idealists, Champions often can't wait to tell others of their extraordinary experiences. Champions can be tireless in talking with others, like fountains that bubble and splash, spilling over their own words to get it all out. And usually this is not simple storytelling; Champions often speak (or write) in the hope of revealing some truth about human experience, or of motivating others with their powerful convictions. Their strong drive to speak out on issues and events, along with their boundless enthusiasm and natural talent with language, makes them the most vivacious and inspiring of all the types.
Fiercely individualistic, Champions strive toward a kind of personal authenticity, and this intention always to be themselves is usually quite attractive to others. At the same time, Champions have outstanding intuitive powers and can tell what is going on inside of others, reading hidden emotions and giving special significance to words or actions. In fact, Champions are constantly scanning the social environment, and no intriguing character or silent motive is likely to escape their attention. Far more than the other Idealists, Champions are keen and probing observers of the people around them, and are capable of intense concentration on another individual. Their attention is rarely passive or casual. On the contrary, Champions tend to be extra sensitive and alert, always ready for emergencies, always on the lookout for what's possible.
Champions are good with people and usually have a wide range of personal relationships. They are warm and full of energy with their friends.
They are good in public and on the telephone, and are so spontaneous and dramatic that others love to be in their company. Champions are positive, exuberant people, and often their confidence in the goodness of life and of human nature makes good things happen.
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It couldnt be further from the truth. I am borderline schizophrenic and spend most of my time isolating myself from society. I find society disgusting, but I try to find intelligent people who I can relate to, and have strong relationships with them.

I bolded what was true, and underlined what was bullshit.

I think this test just tells people something they want to hear, so they believe it.
 
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^^^ I've been diagnosed (many years ago) as schizophrenic and I like to isolate myself too and "find intelligent prople I can relate to", I have just a few friends I regularly associate with. Goethe said something about isolating u'r self it's what he did.

I also agree with U (as I said above) that maybe there's a little of each "Type" within us all . . . like I consider myself a "Teacher" too and the description of "Champion" fits me as well.

R U an Idealist 347? Do U like to take psychedelics (LSD, shrooms, MDMA), those are kinda Idealistic drugs . . . I <3 'em!?
 
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It couldnt be further from the truth. I am borderline schizophrenic and spend most of my time isolating myself from society. I find society disgusting, but I try to find intelligent people who I can relate to, and have strong relationships with them.

I bolded what was true, and underlined what was bullshit.

I think this test just tells people something they want to hear, so they believe it.
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1. This would be a great place to level criticisms of this particular Meyers-Briggs inventory, the Meyers-Briggs typology, and personality theory as such. What are yours? I have my own qualms with it.
2. You say that the test is "complete bullshit", yet you think the majority of that description fits you. How does that work?
3. If you think that the test is throwing funky results, why not look at the types and see which one fits best?
4. People cannot be described exhaustively by a single system of 16 categories. You might want to think of "your" type as a jumping off point, giving you tools to think about how you think (and how you do not).
5. The situation you describe where a description is designed so that people will selectively read it so that it fits them is called a Barnum Statement. I think that the 16 Meyers-Briggs types are specific enough that it's not quite that illegitimate.

ebola
 
Fascinating-I wonder if drug use is linked more to certain personality types. I also would be curious to know if the general population's frequency of the various types differs from what the general population of Bluelight is. I know INFPs are pretty rare in the world, but relatively common here. There are also way more Is on here than Es-is that because Is are more likely to be posting on a computer forum than out in the world, talking to people?
 
ebola? said:
1. This would be a great place to level criticisms of this particular Meyers-Briggs inventory, the Meyers-Briggs typology, and personality theory as such. What are yours? I have my own qualms with it.
2. You say that the test is "complete bullshit", yet you think the majority of that description fits you. How does that work?
3. If you think that the test is throwing funky results, why not look at the types and see which one fits best?
4. People cannot be described exhaustively by a single system of 16 categories. You might want to think of "your" type as a jumping off point, giving you tools to think about how you think (and how you do not).
5. The situation you describe where a description is designed so that people will selectively read it so that it fits them is called a Barnum Statement. I think that the 16 Meyers-Briggs types are specific enough that it's not quite that illegitimate.

ebola
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What I want to know is, why is the OCEAN (a.k.a. Big Five) personality test fairly well accepted by the scientific community, but not the Myers-Briggs? Sure, it adds one more independent variable -- neuroticism. But the other four are basically the same: Openness = sensing/intuitive, Conscientiousness = perceiving/judging, Extroversion = E/I, and Agreeability = feeling/thinking, more or less.

Any personality test is very limited as to what it can do. My school used it PURELY as a way to help us understand our own learning and studying styles. It was emphasized to us repeatedly that our MB type in no way doomed us to anything, especially in the way of careers. Most importantly, it holds a mirror up to you and makes you realize your own PREFERENCES. This doesn't mean you can't choose to do things the other way. It just means that if you had your way, in most situations, for example, you'd choose a take-charge attitude (J) rather than a go-with-the-flow attitude (P).

I've found the test helpful.

Ebola, I agree that there are a lot of INTPs and INFPs on the net, because I think the net is a medium that fits their communication preferences well.
 
I am sorry for calling this test "complete bullshit". Let me explain myself in a more logical tone.
Our personality has a very broad range, and can't simply be classified based on 72 questions.
The answers of those questions might vary day to day with people. What mood you are in, how stimulated you are currently, and personal daily outlooks may DRASTICALLY change the results of your test.
Therefore, when it scores your 72 questions, it gives you a description of your "type" so loose that it really could describe anybody.
The conclusion to your test results may be furtherly enforced in your mind if you like what it says about you.

All I'm sayingis, that it is very hard to have an accurate personality test because our personality changes from day to day.
 
Alright, I retook the test today, still the same result of ENFP, but there was a difference between the percentages it gave me for Introverted/Sensing/Thinking/Perceiving. Like I said, results may vary day to day.

I am going to retake the test in a week, try and forget the questions, then see if I get the same result of ENFP. If I do, I will admit that the test is relatively consistent in results.
 
Another INTP here. I'm really not surprised with the outcomes for people on these forums.

I'd say both intuition and perception correlate with drug use.
 
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