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    7 months ago

    Something other than Briggs Meyers, as it’s unreproducible bunk from non-experts. Not sure there’s much in the way of accurate personality assessments outside of a clinical environment.

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      7 months ago

      Variations of Briggs Meyers are still a primary tool and part of most legal systems. Like after disability that involved a near death head injury, there was a variation on the B/M when I did my day long clinical eval. Most people misunderstand that it is a spectrum and not intended to have precision. If your spectrum is not well defined, the results may vary, and personalities evolve with time. It is still a good tool to understand how you may or may not be compatible with others, and help create awareness about how best to learn.

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        7 months ago

        Interesting, some of the variations might give valid results, but neither Meyers nor Briggs were qualified in any psychological capacity. As they presented it, and most often encountered today, it is an on/off system. I do like the spectrum idea and would like to see how that is implemented, as co-occuring traits are incompatible with the traditional MBTI results. I did find Kiersey to have some value (author of Please Understand Me), but I do find it odd that useful measures have been built on such a shaky foundation.

        I’m not sure what place would be appropriate in a legal system for a personality test, though. MMPI could be useful, but not MBTI.

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          I didn’t note the exact system used. I typically score high on intuitive and I know when I am taking a test that is thoroughly testing my intuitive spectrum. When I asked if it was a MBTI, I was told it was a variation, but I do not recall which. The test I did was thorough and nearly 8 hours long for court. They did a similar test near the beginning and end. I assume it was assessing consistency across that timespan. The psychologist was a proper PhD and the whole affair was several thousand dollars and very professional for a million dollar case.