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Myers briggs reliability and validity8/26/2023 ![]() ![]() And so too is the MBTI itself with its “four pairs of opposing preferences.” Personality traits just don’t fit the either/or structure of the MBTI any more than weight does. ![]() Can you imagine taking that seriously? Saying one’s weight is either obese (O) or anorectic (A) is not just lacking validity, it’s actually pretty absurd. You stand on the MBWI scale and it says your weight type is either obese (O) or anorectic (A). The fictional MBWI, just like its namesake, is an either/or designation. They claim doing so allows “companies to maximize individual and team effectiveness from entry to executive levels."Ĭonsider an imaginary single-letter Myers-Briggs Weight Indicator. But they are also part of a mystery, a mysterious theft of rationality in which reducing anxiety again overwhelms reason.Īccording to the web-site of its publisher CPP, as you might already know, the MBTI “measures four pairs of opposing preferences, which are inborn and value-neutral, to form a person’s four-letter type.” The self-report tool discerns a preference for either “Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I),” “Sensing (S) or Intuition (N),” “Thinking (T) or Feeling (F),” and Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).” The result is 16 different personality types, like an ISTF or ENTP. In fact, they are so popular as to be nearly ubiquitous in corporations and large organizations, including 89 of Fortune 100 companies. Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessments are extremely popular, as well as profitable for both the publisher and the many certified consultants who use them. ![]()
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