The Furious Angels
FA Discussion => Off Topic => Topic started by: Da6onet on May 13, 2011, 09:05:49 pm
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After feeling it out in the randomness thread I thought I'd go ahead and give the discussion it's own thread. You can reference the orginal posts here (http://thefuriousangels.com/index.php?msg=104977).
Was having a conversation with a friend today about his company conducting Myers-Brigg personality test as part of a team building exercise. FA is like any organization, and I thought it would be neat and possibly beneficial if people posted what their personality types were. You can find a plethora of tests online just by typing in Myers-Briggs, I tried a few and they all spit out the same thing for me, so I assume they're all pulling from generally the same set of questions. I have taken these things for work and the like as far back as high school sports teams, so I would say the results are accurate, at least for my personality type.
Here are the composite results so far (w/Keirsey Temperament Titles (http://www.keirsey.com/4temps/overview_temperaments.asp))
4xMasterminds (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTJ)
1xCrafter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISTP_%28personality_type%29)
2xFieldmarshals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENTJ)
2xChampions (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENFP)
1xHealer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INFP)
3xTeachers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENFJ)
1xSupervisor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ESTJ)
1xArchitect (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INTP)
1xInventor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENTP)
1xComposer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISFP)
1xCounselor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/INFJ)
1xInspector (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISTJ)
What's your personality type?
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ENFP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ENFP) is what came up for me
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INFP
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I came up ENTJ, as Dagonet has noted, which translates to Fieldmarshal.
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INTJ, though I definitely become more extroverted with alcohol.
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i got ENFJ and translates to teacher
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ESTJ
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INTP
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Have to say I'm already surprised how many different types have come up already. I was also expecting more introverts, very interesting results indeed!
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INTJ it seems
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ENTP Inventor
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ISFP
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Heh, INFJ.
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Have to say I'm already surprised how many different types have come up already. I was also expecting more introverts, very interesting results indeed!
you've never seen me do karaoke...
oh, but this is cute lol
"ENFJ's main interest in life is giving love, support, and a good time to other people."
from http://www.personalitypage.com/html/ENFJ.html
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No one else??
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Care to guess....
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BROIN
In all seriousness, these tests are really horribly inaccurate. On a good day, it gives an idea of how you see yourself, which may not be exactly how you are.
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I actually disagree, I have taken this test a few times over the past 10 years and have found the results to be rather accurate at least for myself.
Taken from the wiki
The accuracy of the MBTI depends on honest self-reporting by the person tested. Unlike some personality measures, such as the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory or the Personality Assessment Inventory, the MBTI does not use validity scales to assess exaggerated or socially desirable responses. As a result, individuals motivated to do so can fake their responses, and one study found that the MBTI judgment/perception dimension correlates with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire lie scale. If respondents "fear they have something to lose, they may answer as they assume they should." However, the MBTI ethical guidelines state, "It is unethical and in many cases illegal to require job applicants to take the Indicator if the results will be used to screen out applicants." The intent of the MBTI is to provide "a framework for understanding individual differences, and … a dynamic model of individual development".
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That quote is basically what I was saying, though the use of "honest self-report" makes it sound like the only source of inaccuracy is out-and-out lying, which usually isn't the case. It's just that, just like your voice sounds different to others than it does to you, you tend to perceive yourself in ways that may differ from how others perceive you.
I'm not saying the test is necessarily useless, just not as accurate as a lot of people seem to think.
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I do tend to agree that the test is only gonna be as accurate as we would perceive ourself. For instance, I always see myself as shy until I get to know you but Pait disagrees and has never seen me as "shy". So it's all in how we see ourselves in a personality test like this one. However I do find that it seems to be pretty accurate to how I see me. ENFB pretty much fits lol.
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ENFJ for me ...
"The teacher" hahaha
http://keirsey.com/4temps/teacher.asp
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Took the test again. INTP instead of INFP this time.
What's interesting to me is the the scale or polarity of each element.
I'm slightly "introverted" (25%)
I'm VERY "Intuitive" (80%)
I teeter totter between Thinking and Feeling based on situations (10%)
I'm slightly perceptive (30%)
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ENFJ
moderately expressed extravert
slightly expressed intuitive personality
distinctively expressed feeling personality
slightly expressed judging personality
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ISTJ - Inspector - took it quite a while ago, still got the same match
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INTJ - Mastermind
I've received the same assessment three years in a row now. I'd say it's pretty accurate if you answer honestly.