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Hi! I’m doing my liberal art capstone paper on MBTI’s reliability and application, and would love it if people could answer the following questions(under the readmore). 

Feel free to go into as much detail as you would like! 

If any questions do not apply to you just put N/A as an answer.

Reblog and copy/paste to fill out your answers or message them to me!

if any one doesn’t have a tumblr and would like to participate, please send me an email address I can reach you at.

Even if you can’t do the survey please reblog to reach as many people as possible, I would greatly appreciate it if people who use another personality indicator would also answer!

How familiar are you with MBTI?

Why do you, or why do you not, use MBTI?

Briefly describe how you use MBTI/other system.

If you chose not to use MBTI, why and what, if any, system do you use now?

What caused you to switch to that system?

What qualities of this system lead to it being prefered over MBTI?

Why do you find this system more accurate than MBTI?

How familiar are you with Jung’s theory of cognitive functions?

Do you think the cognitive functions should be used instead of traditional MBTI?

How well do feel the cognitive functions mesh with traditional MBTI?

What are the chief reasons that could lead to test-retest reliability issues?

Have you mistyped yourself or others?

How many times have you taken an MBTI test?

What were your results compared to what type you consider yourself to be now?

What are the chief reasons to trust MBTI reliability?

What are the chief reasons to doubt MBTI reliability? How does this impact your use, if any, of MBTI?

Given its reliability, how is MBTI best used in any given life situation?

Is it useful in clinical, career planning, hiring or other professional situations?

As familiar as a nerd on the internet can possibly be. I’ve never done any official certifications but I’ve read everything from Please Understand Me to Carl Jung’s stuff on archetypes.

Why do you, or why do you not, use MBTI?

It’s useful to describe people to my friends and helps with getting along with folks I would normally find difficult to relate to. Initially I also found it useful for better understanding myself.

Briefly describe how you use MBTI/other system.

“I met this really cool ENFP-ish person the other day who I think you would really like” is mostly how I use it nowadays. I don’t really type people on sight anymore but I do instinctively get a general feel for who they are which lines up somewhat with MBTI. I’ve spent so much time obsessing over this system that it’s mostly subconscious at this point.

If you chose not to use MBTI, why and what, if any, system do you use now?

I looked into enneagram which makes some degree of sense but I had trouble with its background. Big Five seemed promising but was ultimately useless to me because of how tautological the classifications are.

How familiar are you with Jung’s theory of cognitive functions?

I’ve read the book and spent hours arguing about it on the internet.

Do you think the cognitive functions should be used instead of traditional MBTI?

No absolutely not.

How well do feel the cognitive functions mesh with traditional MBTI?

The way Jung originally wrote about them doesn’t line up at all. The internet seems to have invented an entirely new cognitive functions theory which does mesh with the Myers-Briggs model. Note that I haven’t actually read anything by Myers and Briggs, the new model may have come from them.

What are the chief reasons that could lead to test-retest reliability issues?

The questions are garbage. The test should be a choose your own adventure style, not a points towards x quiz.

Have you mistyped yourself or others?

Of course.

How many times have you taken an MBTI test?

Zero. Unless you count those online quizzes.

What were your results compared to what type you consider yourself to be now?

I test reliably as INTP with occasional forays into E territory. This lines up with what I consider myself to be.

What are the chief reasons to trust MBTI reliability?

It reliably predicts interests, communication style and behavior.

When tested correctly, the majority of people find their type description to be eerily accurate.

Folks with no knowledge of MBTI often look up to celebrities who share their types.

What are the chief reasons to doubt MBTI reliability? How does this impact your use, if any, of MBTI?

It’s all (well mostly) based on anecdotal evidence. 

MBTI is a reflection of what we think it’s like to be other people and it’s an idea that has changed with every person who has written about it. Nonetheless, there are definite patterns among the types that I (and many others, apparently) believe signal underlying ways of thinking that are distinct to your type.

Given its reliability, how is MBTI best used in any given life situation?

Absolutely use it to better understand yourself and others. It’s great for that.

Is it useful in clinical, career planning, hiring or other professional situations?

Please for the love of all that is good do not use it in hiring. Clinical *maybe* and career planning probably won’t hurt but I wouldn’t make any decisions solely off of MBTI.

How do you practically use knowledge gained from MBTI in casual situations of daily life?

Js tend to find comfort in planning (lower order Se/Ne and Fi/Ti)

ESFJ - Plans make sure everyone will have a good time by preventing what could go wrong

ISFJ - Plans prevent what could go wrong by making sure everyone will have a good time

ENFJ - Plans make sure everyone will have a good time by allowing me to implement my vision

INFJ - Plans allow me to implement my vision by making sure everyone will have a good time

ESTJ - Plans make sure we do things efficiently by preventing what could go wrong

ISTJ - Plans prevent what could go wrong by making sure we do things efficiently

ENTJ - Plans make sure we do things efficiently by allowing me to implement my vision

INTJ - Plans allow me to implement my vision by making sure we do things efficiently

Ps tend to feel constrained by planning (lower order Si/Ni and Fe/Te)

ESFP - What if I want to do something else? Also, what if I don’t feel like it?

ISFP - What if I don’t feel like it? Also, what if I want to do something else?

ENFP - What if there are better possibilities? Also, what if I don’t feel like it?

INFP - What if I don’t feel like it? Also, what if there are better possibilities? 

ESTP - What if I want to do something else? Also, what if it doesn’t make sense to me? 

ISTP - What if it doesn’t make sense to me? Also, what if I want to do something else? 

ENTP - What if there are better possibilities? Also, what if doesn’t make sense to me?

So this might surprise you, but most of the biases and misconceptions within Jungian Typology aren’t Tumblr’s fault, they come straight from the biggest names in typology.

For anyone planning on making one of those photo posts.

Jessica: ISTP. She even has the glasses.

Jeri: ENTJ business lesbian.

Jeri’s Wife looks like an IxFJ EDIT: definitely INFP

The secretary is INTP. Hear me out. I’ll probably end up making a whole post about this one if I don’t decide I’m wrong by the time I finish the series.

Luke: ISFP (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

Trish: ESFJ <3

Cop Guy: ESTJ

Hope: Not sure, probably ISTJ, maybe ISFJ

Malcolm: a beautiful and amazing ENFJ

I want to type the twin sister as INFJ and her brother as like.. INFP.. but idk

Kilgrave……………….idk

um hell yes

ENTP

INTP

ESTP

ISTP

ENFP

INFP

ESFP

ISFP

ENFJ

INFJ

ESFJ

ISFJ

ENTJ

INTJ

ESTJ

ISTJ

I’m sorry in advance

ENTJ:

INTJ:

ENTP:

INTP:

ENFJ:

INFJ:

ENFP:

INFP:

ESTJ:

ISTJ:

ESTP:

ISTP:

ESFJ:

ISFJ:

ESFP:

ISFP: