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Poll Question: What personality type are you?
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    Posted: June 26 2008 at 15:44
I'm curious what personality types are here. This is from the Myers-Briggs personality inventory, adapted from Carl Jung's typologies.

I or E: introverted or extroverted
S or N: sensing or intuitive
T or F: thinking or feeling
P or J: perceiving or judging

You can take the test at:
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes2.asp
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I did this recently.  INTJ.

edit:  made link clickable

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There's already a poll about this, with the exact same link. But why not bury the old poll ... maybe our personalities have depeloped since then!Big%20smile

BTW: Used to be an INFP ... I tried it again recently and now I'm INFJ.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 15:57
INTP.

100% introvert.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 15:59
extroverted introvert
 
 
I hate to be a 'stick in the mud', but the Myers-Briggs typology tests are notoriously inaccurate and....pseudo-scientific.  Okay, okay they can be fun if you like that sort of thingSmile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 16:02
Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

extroverted introvert
 

 

I hate to be a 'stick in the mud', but the Myers-Briggs typology tests are notoriously inaccurate and....pseudo-scientific.  Okay, okay they can be fun if you like that sort of thingSmile


how so?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 16:06
You are:

    * very expressed introvert
    * moderately expressed intuitive personality
    * slightly expressed thinking personality
    * moderately expressed perceiving personality

as ever
they do sort of ask each question three times with very similar wording
I'm not consistent enough to answer the same way each time ;P
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 16:15
Your Type is
ENTJ
ExtravertedIntuitiveThinkingJudging
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1122511

Well guise, I was like a INTP last time, so I must be awesome or something (inconsistent).

Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:


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they do sort of ask each question three times with very similar wording
I'm not consistent enough to answer the same way each time ;P


Yeah, I did that a lot.
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Answering "no" to every question yields

Your Type is
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Your Type is
INFJ
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I'm an INFJ.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 16:52
Originally posted by listen listen wrote:

Originally posted by jimmy_row jimmy_row wrote:

extroverted introvert
 

 

I hate to be a 'stick in the mud', but the Myers-Briggs typology tests are notoriously inaccurate and....pseudo-scientific.  Okay, okay they can be fun if you like that sort of thingSmile


how so?
Well...basically, the research doesn't support them (I would...or you would have to look up the studies and expert pieces about the issue if you're interested).  I'm a bit rusty on this, but I can say that there's a running joke in the psychology dept at my uni about the M-B tests (can't remember that either ConfusedLOL but it has something to do with astrology).  Typology tests are often used with first year college students to initiate them into self-analysis and to help them choose a career path, at which psychologists say such tests are not an accurate representation of an individual's personality.  Self-inventory is not as reliable as assessment by a certified professional...or a test that is backed by funding + research.  If you are testing yourself, the door is opened to a slew of outside factors (ie. "demand characteristics") that can affect the way you respond (ie.  some people may WANT to be an introvert...or have an inaccurate self-concept that would reflect in their answers; almost anything you can think of here).  How can you tell which tests actually are supported by peer reviewing and research?  Ask an expert, research it for yourself, etc...you will have to pay for a good test because research requires support/funding. 
 
Without going too much into this...I'll just pick on two specific problems with the Jung typology test.  First of all, it's over-simplified: e vs. i.  You are either one or the other.  This ties into the other big problem in that the "vs" eliminates the manifestation of dual characteristics and different moods (eg. I'm the life of the party at times, one of the most "engaging" people you'll meet, but when I'm not 'feelin' it', I'm as withdrawn as someone on the downswing of bipolar). 
 
 
 
 
 
...Actually, I'll stop there, this stuff IS fun for the less-pedantic-than-I. Geek Just don't live by the results here, you wouldn't want to lock yourself into one of these rigid categories.  One thing that these free tests are good for, is that folks can become intested in aspects of themselves (and human beings in general) that they might not otherwise engage in...get the ball rolling, so to speak.Smile
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 17:18
INTP, GSOH, OHAC, Aries, into Prog, WLTM myself.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 17:42
Originally posted by darqDean darqDean wrote:

IneptNorwegiansTossPorcupines, GodzillaSolvedOurHerpes, OstentaciousHampstersAreCallous, Aries, into Prog, WouldLoveToMasturb**e myself.


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 17:50
@jimmy_row:

Of course these tests are only a bit of fun ... I'd say that the "e vs. i" is usually quite accurate, but it only confirms what people already knew about themselves. I really think that they're either one or the other ... if you're both then you could be suffering from depression/bi-polar, which is not the point of a personality test. The other thing which this test shows is whether you're quick to judge (j) or tend to keep an open mind (p), but I'd say that the latter in this case could also be a case of avoidance (simply being unable to make up your mind).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 18:31
Originally posted by MikeEnRegalia MikeEnRegalia wrote:

@jimmy_row:

Of course these tests are only a bit of fun ... I'd say that the "e vs. i" is usually quite accurate, but it only confirms what people already knew suspected about themselves. I really think that they're either one or the other ... if you're both then you could be suffering from depression/bi-polar, which is not the point of a personality test. The other thing which this test shows is whether you're quick to judge (j) or tend to keep an open mind (p), but I'd say that the latter in this case could also be a case of avoidance (simply being unable to make up your mind).
Whether or not one is quick to judge is not always a matter that they can analyze themselves, especially not with a close-ended question.  People can show consistency and a bewildering amount of deviation in the way they make decsions and solve problems...I'm really harping on the personal expectation demand characteristic because it applies most strongly here (and the results speak for themselves in that this test can be quite accurate but even more often inaccurate, and thus reliability & validity will fluctuate depending on who you ask).  We know that in dealing with deep characterstics of themselves, subjects are going to become considerably emotional, thus decisions...results will depend strongly on feelings - feelings of the moment. 
 
 
Here is an example of how someone could feel unsatisfied with their results:
 
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"The Meyer's Briggs is very inaccurate for me. I remember when I was taking it, most of the answers honestly depended on how I felt. On the day when our scores were revealed to us, the instructor chose me as an example because I scored to one extreme (I forget what my exact score was, but it was very feeley, very emotional). He asked me to read a description of a coffee mug I had written, and it surprised him because it was very quantitative and analytical.

I don't take personality tests well because I tend to pick up on what the question is trying to find and answer in one way or another.
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And getting more specific wrt this thread, being that this is a progressive rock site, folks may feel a social pressure to be open minded, or to see themselves as open minded because that is a valued trait here.  Whether we like to admit it or not, most people have a self ideal somewhere in the mix that interacts with norms that will almost always affect the way they make assessments, especially concerning themselves.  So if I WANT to be that open minded person, I'm going to devise ways to rationalize my choices on the questionaire, and then I'll be super-happy when the results come in.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 18:53
ESFJ

Extraverted: 1
Sensing: 38
Feeling: 12
Judging: 33
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 19:29
Your Type is
INTJ
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 21:53
Looks like I'm the only ISFJ
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 26 2008 at 22:23
...and I'm the only ENTP.
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