The Possibility And Analysis Of The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is popular a personality test, renowned for its detailed, and often very accurate results. The way the test works is simple; the person taking the test answers a series of questions, and, depending on their responses, the test returns four letters, each representing a certain trait. The first trait will either be introverted or extroverted, represented by I and E respectively; the second will represent either intuition or sensing, represented by N and S; the third will be either thinking or feeling, represented by T or F; and the final trait will be either judging or perceiving, represented by J and P. If, for example, a person answered 75 percent of the questions that were related to the first group of

Nearly 50 percent of people who take the test twice get different results the second time (Pittenger). Because of the nature of the test, if there were 20 questions related to introversion and extroversion, and someone were to answer 11 in favor of extroversion and 9 in favor of introversion, they would receive an E. Upon taking the test again, however, if they even slightly altered their answers, this time answering 11 in favor introversion, the person would now receive an I (Riggio). It can be reasoned, therefore, that the test does not accommodate very well for people in the

Standardized tests are just one example. Anyone who has been in school since the start of standardized testing has most likely heard phrases like, “They don’t affect my grade, so I don’t care about them.” I have seen several kids who just answer all the questions on standardized tests within a few minutes because they are in a rush to get them over with. If some students do not take regular tests seriously just because they do not affect their grade, why would they take something like a personality test seriously, and take the time to answer