The Myers-Briggs Personality Test

Maintenance Phase

How a mother, a daughter and a crackpot Swiss psychologist gave us the world's most popular Buzzfeed quiz.

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Links!

  • The Personality Brokers by Merve Emre
  • Myers Briggs Type Preferences
  • What Personality Tests Really Deliver
  • The $2 Billion Question of Who You Are at Work 
  • Cautionary Comments Regarding the MBTI
  • The Barnum Effect in Personality Assessment
  • The Mysterious Popularity Of The Meaningless Myers-Briggs
  • Why the Myers-Briggs personality test is totally meaningless 
  • Can you truly know yourself in a quiz?
  • What You Don't Know about This Personality Test Can Hurt You
  • MBTI, If You Want Me Back, You Need to Change Too
  • Personality Tests Aren't All the Same 
  • The Utility of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator 

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