Governing Blunders - Part 1

by hillary_step 85 Replies latest jw friends

  • wasasister
    wasasister

    HS, I'd appreciate being directed to articles critical of Myer-Briggs testing.

    I touched on this earlier, but I think the testing is - for anything other than a most superficial parlor trick - nonsense. As I said, I have managed to manipulate the test results to come out the way that would serve me best. I admit I was not always honest, but part of my responses were subconscious, knowing the expectations of the interveiwers.

    The point about dividing people between "thinkers" and "feelers" is what I find silly, even if gender was removed from the equation (although gender seems to persist in these comments.) I've always hated being pigeon-holed as one type or another (even refusing to have my colors "done" back when it was imperative for women to know if they were a "summer" or a "fall".)

    The way I see it, ALL people are BOTH thinkers and feelers and call upon those and other resources as the situation demands. If women have developed more sensitivity at times, it is because it was necessary for them to survive or succeed. I have come this far in life by being able to call on both intuition and logic, although I would say at this phase of my life, logic plays a much bigger role in major decisions.

    Wasa/scratching her balls in disbelief

  • logansrun
    logansrun

    HS,

    I'm only kidding 'ol chap. It's not a big deal in my book. I have a lot of respect for you (really, I do) and hope you're not taking my humor to be anything more than that.

    B.

  • hillary_step
    hillary_step

    Wasasister,

    I have to say that according to Dr. Boeree you must definately be in the 33.3% of woman who predominantly 'think' rather than 'feel'. You seem to have grasped the issue at hand while some of the 'thinkers' have not, perhaps though they are in the group 33.3% of men who 'feel' rather than 'think'.

    I will look up some information on the critical evaluation of Meyer-Briggs for you. They have been heavily criticized for many of their more abstract tests, I did some work on this a few years ago and will hunt out my files. The Meyer-Briggs methodology can be remarkably accurate when worked within *defined* parameters, it is when it has been used to measure universal trends and issues that it is clearly completely out of its depth. Your description of 'parlor trick-nonsense' is as accurate as I have heard.

    The poster 'Larc' is a specialist in this field and I am surprised that he has not joined in this thread.

    Kind regards - HS

  • hillary_step
    hillary_step

    Bradley,

    lol..I know, and I hope that you do not mind my perpetual tease mode in writing to you. You bring the teaser out in me.

    Go to Dallas enjoy yourself, you are young but pretty soon you will be old and then one day you will wake up dead, enjoy it all while it is here.

    Best regards - HS

  • wasasister
    wasasister

    Are you familiar with Hari Selden's theory of "Psychohistory"? That made more sense to me than using Meyer-Briggs to project traits on large population samples.

    Thanks for the compliment...I think.

  • Euphemism
    Euphemism
    Perhaps though they are in the group 33.3% of men who 'feel' rather than 'think'.

    I am indeed. And proud of it.

    I'm a borderline thinker, though. Make of that what you will.

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