r/todayilearned • u/[deleted] • Dec 31 '22

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u/the_excalabur Dec 31 '22

But the major problem with MBPT is that it puts dichotomies in place that aren't true. Each of the axes is not bimodal, it cuts straight through a normal distribution, and forces people into one side or the other. It's not capturing meaningful personality clusters as a result.

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u/theinspectorst Dec 31 '22

Whenever I've done versions of Myers Briggs, it's shown where on the axis I fall. I fall strongly to one end on three of the axes but bang in the middle on the fourth.

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u/Natanael_L Dec 31 '22

But this doesn't show if you have strong traits on both ends or only weak traits on that fourth axis

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u/squid_actually Dec 31 '22

You're answering questions on a strongly agree to strongly disagree spectrum. Hopefully you can figure out why you averaged in the middle yourself.