From: Anders Sandberg (asa@nada.kth.se)
Date: Thu Jun 24 1999 - 08:42:54 MDT
"O'Regan, Emlyn" <Emlyn.ORegan@actew.com.au> writes:
> >From the lame:
>
> What is a Myers-Briggs test (more info than "a personality classification"
> please)? Any online versions which don't involve aliens/dragons/R2D2 (ie:
> more serious)?
It is a personality test where personality is defined along four
different axes (extroverted/introverted, intuitive/sensing,
feeling/thinking, perceiving/judging), and your personality is coded
with four letters depending on which end of each axis you are at. See
http://typelogic.com/ for an overview of the types. The test itself
consists of questions you answer yes or no to, and each shifts the
balance along one of the axes a little bit.
Since the families of Meyers and Briggs are currently on a copyright
crusade to rid the net of all "their" information, the FAQ
(http://metalab.unc.edu/personality/faq-mbti.html) has been
deleted. There are tests out there, but you have to do a websearch for
them.
Myself, I regard me as XNTX - the X vary quite a lot over time.
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