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Hey crew, (excuse the bad grammar- I'm really sleepy.)
The Backstory:
So I've been thinking about the MBTI test... and of course, I hate the test. I love the theory, hate the test. It's so black and white.
I going through the test, question by question, with a friend of mine. He's an INTP in his early twenties. (I hadn't realized he was an INTP- I've known him too long, and it's difficult to type people like that.)
Here are some questions he answered.
(All the A answers are J answers, all the B answers are for P.)
(Questions from "Please Understand Me".)
Michael answered P for these questions:
6. Do you prefer to work: (A/J) to deadlines (B/P) just whenever.
7. Do you tend to choose (a/j) rather carefully (b/p) somewhat impulsively
20. Do you usually (a/j) settle things (b/p) keep options open
35. Do you put more value on the (a/j) definite (b/p) variable
41. Are you more comfortable with work (a/j) contracted (b/p) done on a casual basis.
Michael answered J for these questions:
13. Are you usually more (a/j) Punctual (b/p) leisurely
21. Are you usually rather (a/j) quick to agree to a time (b/p) reluctant to agree to a time
27. Are you more comfortable (a/j) setting a schedule (b/p) putting things off
34. Are you more prone to keep things (a/j) well organized (b/p) open-ended
42. Do you prefer things to be (a/j) neat and orderly (b/p) optional
(For the record: I think questions 14 and 28 are stupid, and we decided we had collected enough data after question 42.)
If you look at his J answers, it's really showing his Si (or Ti-Si axis) at work, so it makes it hard to identify that he is a P.
READER, do you think that his answers support the case that michael has a well developed Si, as oppose to being a J?
But clearly the test fails from this aspect. We all understand the theory- there must be a better way to do this.
I have been keeping the tests at cognitiveprocesses.com (that look at axises or cognitive functions).
Story telling questions
In the beginning of The Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind there's a quiz that gives situations, and allows you to answer in a few different ways.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Class_Quiz
I feel like this could be a better way to present the MBTI.
And hey, a very complex way of doing this would be to write it as a choose-your-own-adventure book. It might be difficult because where you are in the test depends on your past choices. Additionally when people are not living their own life they like to experiment and try different things.
A good place to start would just be to try to write these kinds of questions for the four temperments (SP, SJ, NF, NT). E/I is really simple to figure out and P/J is difficult to figure out for introverts.Enter text here.
The Backstory:
So I've been thinking about the MBTI test... and of course, I hate the test. I love the theory, hate the test. It's so black and white.
I going through the test, question by question, with a friend of mine. He's an INTP in his early twenties. (I hadn't realized he was an INTP- I've known him too long, and it's difficult to type people like that.)
Here are some questions he answered.
(All the A answers are J answers, all the B answers are for P.)
(Questions from "Please Understand Me".)
Michael answered P for these questions:
6. Do you prefer to work: (A/J) to deadlines (B/P) just whenever.
7. Do you tend to choose (a/j) rather carefully (b/p) somewhat impulsively
20. Do you usually (a/j) settle things (b/p) keep options open
35. Do you put more value on the (a/j) definite (b/p) variable
41. Are you more comfortable with work (a/j) contracted (b/p) done on a casual basis.
Michael answered J for these questions:
13. Are you usually more (a/j) Punctual (b/p) leisurely
21. Are you usually rather (a/j) quick to agree to a time (b/p) reluctant to agree to a time
27. Are you more comfortable (a/j) setting a schedule (b/p) putting things off
34. Are you more prone to keep things (a/j) well organized (b/p) open-ended
42. Do you prefer things to be (a/j) neat and orderly (b/p) optional
(For the record: I think questions 14 and 28 are stupid, and we decided we had collected enough data after question 42.)
If you look at his J answers, it's really showing his Si (or Ti-Si axis) at work, so it makes it hard to identify that he is a P.
READER, do you think that his answers support the case that michael has a well developed Si, as oppose to being a J?
But clearly the test fails from this aspect. We all understand the theory- there must be a better way to do this.
I have been keeping the tests at cognitiveprocesses.com (that look at axises or cognitive functions).
Story telling questions
In the beginning of The Elder Scrolls 3 Morrowind there's a quiz that gives situations, and allows you to answer in a few different ways.
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Class_Quiz
I feel like this could be a better way to present the MBTI.
And hey, a very complex way of doing this would be to write it as a choose-your-own-adventure book. It might be difficult because where you are in the test depends on your past choices. Additionally when people are not living their own life they like to experiment and try different things.
A good place to start would just be to try to write these kinds of questions for the four temperments (SP, SJ, NF, NT). E/I is really simple to figure out and P/J is difficult to figure out for introverts.Enter text here.
