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[jeroentiggelman]

As you may remember I have been rather interested in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and involved in communities for it on LJ, though I have not found the time to really expand on the subject as much as I would have liked, as illustrated by this entry. I may come to focus on it more in the newly founded rationals community that I will be co-

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[hygieia180]

Myers-Briggs 101:
It was created by two women, a mother and daughter using ideas from Freudian theories and therapy technique. It really has no scientific basis, and only lines up marginally with the "Big Five" of trait theory.. which is the dominate personality psychology theory in the US at least. However, it is used fairly extensively in the Field of Education and Business because, well, it's intuitive and it works well.

Hope to talk more soon,
Hypatia

[jeroentiggelman]

Yes, the development of the MBTI was started by the personal observations of Katherine Cook Briggs, who, upon reading Carl Gustav Jung's "Psychological types"(1923) adapted her categories to coincide with his theory. Isabel Briggs Myers spent a lot of time doing statistical research, so there actually is a body of data to support certain levels of generalizations on the basis of this (theoretical) division to an extent that is not known to me. The professional psychological community does not value this particular theory much, presumably because the dimensions do not coincide with anything that has been proposed after starting from scientifically usable statistics rather than being proposed a priori on the basis of some grand theory.

it's intuitive and it works well.I find it helps me understand some things, though that is mostly from repetition and at least distinguishing some set of characteristics than because I believe that this particular theory is particularly wonderful. I have considered studying whether the big five might be

[jeroentiggelman]

*grins*

I think that was a request to be added. It's funny how stating there is "no pressure" can be a suggestion, isn't it?

I added you. I have not recently updated my journal, though, and what content is there is >95% public anyway. I post more in communities than in my personal journal.

I also respond more than I update. So I may respond to your entries. We will see if you like it. I can be blunt if I feel free to.