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Personality Type

  • A Tale of Two Types, One Temperament, and Different Value Systems

    This is a tale of two psychological Types; they share a temperament group, but different Interaction styles. They also have similar but opposite cognitive function stacks. Pat, a lecturer and non-fiction author, has preferences for INTP. Jan, a programmer and student in one of the areas Pat writes about, has preferences for INTJ. Jan has… Continue reading

  • Time to SOAR

    I presented a two-hour workshop on Temperament and Communication for SOAR for Youth in July. "SOAR for Youth offers an intensive and innovative program to serve some of the most vulnerable members of our community: foster youth. In community partnership with UC Berkeley and with support from many volunteers, partners, and donors, SOAR fosters the… Continue reading

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  • The MBTI Is a Test (and the Unreliable Part is the Test Taker)

    I've been participating (once again) in a Facebook discussion among people who claim that the MBTI is not a "valid" assessment because some people get a different four-letter code the second time they take the inventory. Many people can't bear the idea that the reason for a different result is as simple as the fact… Continue reading

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  • The MBTI Is a Test (and the Unreliable Part is the Test Taker)

    I’ve been participating (once again*) in a Facebook discussion among people who claim that the MBTI is not a “valid” assessment because some people get a different four-letter code the second time they take the inventory. Many people can’t bear the idea that the reason for a different result is as simple as the fact… Continue reading

  • Temperament is Clear Early in Life

    I met a young NT today. [Continued in commentary…] Continue reading

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  • Temperament is Clear Early in Life

    I met a young NT today. A man and two boys came in to the diner and sat at the table closest to us. The boys were about 8 and 12. They ordered and then they were started playing 20 questions. The older boy had picked the thing. (Is it bigger than this table? No.)… Continue reading

  • MBTI: Debunking the Debunkers (again)

    I have been having a "discussion" in The Science Enthusiasts group in Facebook. Someone posted another "debunking the MBTI" article (from 2014). Surprisingly, this one doesn't cite "Wharton Scholar, Adam Grant". The article includes this statement: "Several analyses have shown the test is totally ineffective at predicting people's success in various jobs, and that about… Continue reading

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  • MBTI: Debunking the Debunkers (again)

    I have been having a “discussion” in The Science Enthusiasts group in Facebook. Someone posted another “debunking the MBTI” article (from 2014). Surprisingly, this one doesn’t cite “Wharton Scholar, Adam Grant”. The article includes this statement: “Several analyses have shown the test is totally ineffective at predicting people’s success in various jobs, and that about… Continue reading

  • The 8 Colors of Fitness

    Our September BAAPT program featured Suzanne Brue with a new twist on Type. You'd probably guess that the different Types approach exercise in very different ways. But this meeting provided the opportunity to discover just how different we can be. From one SJ/Blue's comment about exercising, "It never occurred to me that fun could enter… Continue reading

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  • My Labels, My Choice

    I just ran across this question in a LinkedIn group: Do Typology Instruments Box People Into a Category Using Labeling? My understanding is that Jung did not mean for his theories to be used as "labels." He meant them to help people grow and develop beyond a way of being. I have often heard people… Continue reading

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