I’ve been meaning to do a thread about this for a while: Myers-Briggs ?

These links are good.

www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/

www.myersbriggs.org/my-mbti-personality-type/mbti-basics/the-16-mbti-types.htm

But I have not (at this time) found anything that lists the letter codes with the names that people are stating here.

So from where do the one word summaries come?

SD
This page explains the letter codes.
(At the end of the section!)
Each abbreviation in the personality codes refers to the following sections:

Mind
Energy
Nature
Tactics
Identity

And each subsection contains two variables eg. ‘Mind’ can either be Extrovert or Introvert (hence the first letters in the code - Ex or Int)

I saw on another thread that you mentioned that you have found it a helpful resource; I’m pleased that you have enjoyed it.

Sorry. Link www.16personalities.com/articles/our-theory

Thank you Fanny, just like Howard Gardener's multiple intelligences test, mine was spot on. I am an Advocate.

I used to be sceptical about these tests, until I needed to do some research for a thesis.They are fascinating.
I don't think anyone will be surprised to hear that my dominant intelligence is linguistic. ?

Not meaning to hijack your thread, Fanny, but for anyone who is interested:

www.mentalup.co/blog/multiple-intelligence-test

Hello Mary
I was just thinking of you; I knew that you’d enjoy it.

I am an Advocate too!

It’s quite odd because it’s very widely believed that is Advocates are the rarest type; and yet there are quite a few GNers who are Advocates.
Very interesting stuff.
I will have to update my Gransnet Archetype - she is now a Scottish retired teacher called Kate, who shops at SeaSalt and is an Advocate on the Myers Briggs scale!

I haven’t done the test for a while, so shall do it later to see if I have changed at all.

I’ll do yours now…

I too am a defender.

Mary My Spacial Awareness Intelligence was highest, followed by the Verbal one; and Maths and then Kinaesthetics were lowest.

(I did notice that questions 1 and 4 were identical - ironically a question about noticing text!)

I am a defender, I think that sums me up.

I always thought GN was a microcosm of society!

I am An adventurer which to my mind doesn’t fit at all, the least adventurous person I know. Cautious would define me better.

Someone I know doesn’t rate MB assessments. It’s now put me in mind of a bit of fun - like an in depth horoscope. I can’t be bothered reading all the detail now but then again, maybe that’s just because I’m #lazygran!
?

Urms there’s always someone ready to pooh pooh anything (usually because they think that they know better)
It sounds like ‘someone’ has made you question yourself!
MB is simply repeating back what you have ‘told’ it, and considering how your answers relate to each other.
To my mind it’s more than a ‘bit of fun’

I am going to repeat the test when I finish this course of steroids (another 42 days to go).

I am interested to see if in a different headspace I will get a different outcome,

I thought mine was pretty accurate. Scarily so!

Logistician here too!

I’ve just completed the test again.
It was about five years ago that I last did it; and about 15 years since I first did it.
I’ve consistently been an Advocate.

Urmstongran

Someone I know doesn’t rate MB assessments. It’s now put me in mind of a bit of fun - like an in depth horoscope. I can’t be bothered reading all the detail now but then again, maybe that’s just because I’m #lazygran!
?

Assessments like these are a helpful tool for teachers, when working with children and trying to break down barriers to learning for those pupils..

‘Someone I know doesn’t rate M-B assessments’. Ok that dismisses them totally then ?

Someone I know used them extensively in her working life. Found them a real aid to many aspects of her role.

Does my someone rule out urmston’ d someone. Or is it one balanced out the other

My comment wasn’t meant to annoy or upset anyone. Yes Fanny it did just make me question it, that’s all. ? No harm done! I’m inherently lazy. And it’s a lot of deeper reading. It’s just my personal decision. Once someone (academic) gives me an alternative take on things I start to doubt the veracity of this tool. Never mind, I’m not being assessed for a job if I regard it as a bit of fun!

Urmston - just to clarify I wasn’t upset or annoyed. Personality tests like psychological assessments are often dismissed, despite being accurate. I’ve just been reading about Trump’s behaviour around the storming of the capital. Maybe one of us could complete a MB based on what we know of him ???

Very interesting, as mine is Mediator. I have done this kind of test before in a working with groups setting, and got thecsame result. Fascinating, as I can see these traits in myself clearly. Thank you! I enjoyed this.

I think that anything that aids out understanding of ourselves and each other is a good thing.
I also know that many people have derived more than a degree comfort from feeling more understood themselves.

Waves to Auden - another mediator

I was a Defender 15 minutes ago. Forgot to save my results and hadn’t checked it out properly, so did the test again and now I’m an Assertive Logistician. Split personality, anyone?

I am a Defender. Agreed with most of it!!