Myers-Briggs

[JBCrowson]

That is a good point as well. I imagine if you would test an American group of people and (for example) a Finnish group of people, the latter would be skewed toward "introversion", whereas the former would have an even divide, simply because the test is (I assume) unintentionally made with American cultural norms in mind.

Very much so, but even within 'Americans' education, socioeconomics, race, religion, gender, geography will all make a difference.

 

[Finchbearer]

I scored INFJ-T Advocate. Much of it aligns with me to be fair.

 

[Finchbearer]

Oh so the T stands for turbulent advocate. Galadriel is apparently also the same personality type…

 

[Ban]

Ah yes, I didn't notice they added that aspect to the result. Seems the cookies haven't been cleared yet. I got INTJ-A.

 

[Finchbearer]

Since astrology has been brought into the conversation...Heh, I used to be "into" astrology, decades ago, and I always thought it interesting that I was both INTP and Aquarius, given the similarities. For what it's worth.

I’m Aquarius and tested out as something different - although still introverted.

 

[pmmg]

Ill stand by my results of long ago.

I was initially an INTJ mastermind, but the other one, architect, is not far off either.

I've never cared for astrology, but I am a Gemini.

 

[Finchbearer]

Ah yes, I didn't notice they added that aspect to the result. Seems the cookies haven't been cleared yet. I got INTJ-A.

That comes up as ‘assertive INTJ’

 

[skip.knox]

To me, the only thing Meyers-Briggs demonstrates is the human passion for categorization.

I resist this both as a historian and as an author, for the same reasons. It obscures individuality by creating pigeonholes into which we are all stuffed. Or in this case, into which we cannot resist stuffing ourselves. As a historian, my job was to study the behavior of human beings without pre-judging them. As a writer, I'm far more interested in what makes each of us distinct, even peculiar. If other writers find inspiration in M-B, more power to them. We can use all the inspiration we can find.

This is no shade on these scholars. They're social scientists and cannot help it. <g>

 

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It has been asked some years ago, but I'm once more curious what the average Myers Briggs types are on this forum. I'd imagine a majority of us would in the intuitive section, and would be very surprised if this were not the case, but besides this I have no expectations.

I personally score consistently as INFP and occassionally as INFJ. Strong imagination, focused on the feel of things over the substance, quick to fall in and out of passion, private and ... kind of terrible with critique. Feels accurate to me, and reading through the descriptions gives me chills from time to time due to the accuracy. These people are spying on me, I know it.

Finally, just to be certain, let me state that these tests are of course never perfect and your result can change depending on the mood you are in. As personality tests go, Myers-Briggs is reputable and has been used professionally, but you should never take the results for gospel.

I have often received the result that I am an ENFJ, although I think that I am more of an INFJ.

 

[JBCrowson]

I sometimes get told I'm a F*N TWT but I usually ignore it.