By Jordan Lock
The Myers Briggs Personality Test is a very well known and often used personality categorizer that is often used in workplaces and other spaces, even I have taken this test multiple times, for leisure or for education. My personality was described as 79% Introverted, 62% Intuitive, 82% Feeling, 94% Prospecting and 60% Turbulent, however to me this reflects nothing as I do not trust that my answer to perfectly reflect myself, nor do I believe I can accurately answer the evaluation without the assistance of context. In all other times I’ve undergone this test, I have always received differing results which shows that the categorization is subject to variability through possible factors such as mood, recent events or otherwise. I also hold the opinion that the results cannot accurately reflect a person’s true nature in a context when a person may not be completely aware of their own habits, mannerism or similar behavior, like most people are. It would be likely a person who would rank highly on the ‘Feeling’ scale metric would not likely be completely considerate of the patterns f their behavior, and mostly act within the moment. Similarly, if one was turbulent and struggled with the assertion of their own abilities, they would most likely either be unsure of their own answers, like I was, or be unsure that their answers reflect accurately on themselves. A distinct positive of the personality test would likely be with the creation of varying categories, of which there is a large variety, can result in allowing others understand of differing styles of communication between people in an environment. Certain people have more difficulty picking up on certain emotional behavior that differs between members of a communicative circle, so the information presented by the personality types would likely create a net positive in those scenarios. In my personal experience, the impact the test could have taken on my understanding of the ways I communicate or work best in has not occurred and has thus been ineffective in my own life.
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https://www.16personalities.com/
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