The history of humans trying to reduce one another to a personality profile

Re:The history of humans trying to reduce one another to a p... by maxxxxx on Tuesday November 06, 2018 @09:51PM (#18396793)

From personal observation I think it gives me some good hints. It's not even close to being the only factor but I find it useful.

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Re:The history of humans trying to reduce one another to a p... by nradov on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @01:04AM (#18397384)

How specifically do you treat people differently based on their personality test score? Can you give some examples? And how can you be sure that this practice is actually effective rather than just being confirmation bias?

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Re:The history of humans trying to reduce one another to a p... by martindelemotte on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @02:20AM (#18397575)

I wouldn't trust a MBTI personality score because the test is too susceptible to social desirability bias. But on the other hand, assuming that you "are" an INTJ and knowing that your manager "is" an ESFJ, you should be careful to consider social harmony [1] on top of efficiency that you naturally value [2] when taking a decision at work.

Now, indeed nobody is a pure ESFJ nor a pure INTJ. People tend to get hung up a little bit too much on the letters.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_cognitive_functions#Ex... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungian_cognitive_functions#Ex...

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Re:The history of humans trying to reduce one another to a p... by maxxxxx on Wednesday November 07, 2018 @09:30AM (#18399308)

It's a very subjective thing like all other social things. If someone has an "I" in their type it makes sense that the person maybe doesn't feel rewarded when you go to a loud nightclub for a celebration. Again, there are no hard rules but they are a useful hint like many other things.

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