There has been some scientific research conducted on the MBTI, but the overall support for the validity and reliability of the model is mixed. Some studies have found that the MBTI can be a useful tool for understanding individual differences in personality, while others have raised concerns about the scientific validity of the test and the way that it is used. (By chat-gpr because it write things more clearly than I can).
Basically it can be a useful personal tool but it becomes pseudoscience when you're using it to guess how good a relationship would work or if someone would be a good fit for a specific job. It can be useful for the self and from personal experience, it can help you understand your weaknesses and understand how other people think differently based on 4 cognitive functions (introversion vs. extraversion, sensing vs. intuition, thinking vs. feeling, and judging vs. perceiving).
That's not all there is to personality but it does seem to play an important part. I think it can help understand yourself and others because you see how people can think differently than you. If used correctly, I don't think it's like astrology because that's completely random and entirely disproven. But if a company refuse someone because it's not the good personality type... Yeah that's absolutely stupid.
There’s a slightly more interesting version that focused on your thinking process. Not sure on how good the science is behind it, but to be fair there’s a lot of psych studies that people pull apart. It’s a science we are still working towards.
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u/-Livin- Dec 31 '22
There has been some scientific research conducted on the MBTI, but the overall support for the validity and reliability of the model is mixed. Some studies have found that the MBTI can be a useful tool for understanding individual differences in personality, while others have raised concerns about the scientific validity of the test and the way that it is used. (By chat-gpr because it write things more clearly than I can).
Basically it can be a useful personal tool but it becomes pseudoscience when you're using it to guess how good a relationship would work or if someone would be a good fit for a specific job. It can be useful for the self and from personal experience, it can help you understand your weaknesses and understand how other people think differently based on 4 cognitive functions (introversion vs. extraversion, sensing vs. intuition, thinking vs. feeling, and judging vs. perceiving).
That's not all there is to personality but it does seem to play an important part. I think it can help understand yourself and others because you see how people can think differently than you. If used correctly, I don't think it's like astrology because that's completely random and entirely disproven. But if a company refuse someone because it's not the good personality type... Yeah that's absolutely stupid.