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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Like the horoscope, you see what you want to see.

--PhD psyc.[/quote]

I’m so happy to see a professional say this! That’s what I think but I have no experience  in the field. The test seems ridiculous to me. I took it several times a few years back and my results were basically in the middle for everything. Which makes sense because a) people rarely fall to one extreme or the other with any personality trait and b) the test sets up false dichotomies.

And the results sound exactly like horoscopes.

But if somebody finds the test really helpful, whatever. [/quote]

PhD = “professional”  :roll: [/quote]
 :roll: [/quote]

Um, actually the reliable personality tests have been overwhelmingly developed by PHD psychologists as that is their area of research.  That is the Big Five research cited earlier. None are gospel, the predict some variance in human behavior but can be useful in understanding yourself and how to interact with others.

MBTI loses a lot of utility because the scale is bifurcated when your actual score may be closer to the middle.

PhD in psychology is not an expert in this field it’s stupid to act  like they are.

But that typical of a Ph.D [/quote][/quote]

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