Mbti Changes After Self-development

[SFRL]

Has your MBTI personality type changed after doing self-development for while? 

Last time I took the test I got INFP-T as a result. 

Now I got INTP-T as a result. 

I started following Actualized.org 2 years ago. 

You can take the test here:

https://www.16personalities.com/free-personality-test

 

[Toby]

It is the same question like "has your gender changed since self-development?". Types don't change. They might appear different or more flexible and balanced but overall they don't change imo. And tests are not that accurate without studying what the given tupels mean.

[SFRL]

47 minutes ago, Toby said:

It is the same question like "has your gender changed since self-development?". Types don't change. They might appear different or more flexible and balanced but overall they don't change imo. And tests are not that accurate without studying what the given tupels mean.

So that's a question of nature vs nurture. 

So what you are saying that personality is purely nature? ( I think it is to a degree, but environment has something to do with it.) 

 

Also this makes me think: Was Caitlyn/Bruce Jenner always a woman? Or has they been a man? Or just stuck somewhere on a male - female spectrum and off on a wild goose chase? Since you made parralels to gender, tell me what about it? 

Edited October 4, 2017 by SFRL

[Steph1988]

INTJ-T from INTJ-A 

Self development put some fire into me for certain i'm no longer lazy but extremely hardworking and goal focused but the turbulent trait seems right because i also burn out fast and i'm still outcome dependent in a lot of situations things have to go right otherwise i begin to doubt myself.

I got slightly more insane i think, i wish i could be more happy and satisfied because there was a lot of improvement in lots of area's last 2 years.

[vizual]

The outcomes of those tests can change every time depending on your mood. When you are in love you will test as a feeler, when you are depressed and cynical you will test as a thinker etc. Also, the questions themselves in these tests are so simplistic that they can never accurately assess the cognitive processes that are happening within the test taker. Just because two people make the same decision in a certain situation, does not mean they came to that decision the same way, cognitively speaking.

It's more reliable to study the cognitive functions of Carl Jung(on which MBTI is based) if you want a more accurate assessment of your personality. Because then you are more capable of explaining the cognition that goes behind the way you make decisions, in stead of just looking how you react to certain stimuli. 

[SFRL]

1 hour ago, vizual said:

The outcomes of those tests can change every time depending on your mood. When you are in love you will test as a feeler, when you are depressed and cynical you will test as a thinker etc. Also, the questions themselves in these tests are so simplistic that they can never accurately assess the cognitive processes that are happening within the test taker. Just because two people make the same decision in a certain situation, does not mean they came to that decision the same way, cognitively speaking.

It's more reliable to study the cognitive functions of Carl Jung(on which MBTI is based) if you want a more accurate assessment of your personality. Because then you are more capable of explaining the cognition that goes behind the way you make decisions, in stead of just looking how you react to certain stimuli. 

I agree that every test and every model is limited. 

I am not so sure if the outcome of the test necesairly will be depended on a person's current mood. It certainly can be, it is a trap of the MBTI test that isn't hard to recognize. 

When I take that test though, I try not to let my current state effect me, and I am not taking it when I am feeling a particular strong emotion. I try to factor in my behavior over the past 6 months or so as much as I can. 

[vizual]

Just now, SFRL said:

I agree that every test and every model is limited. 

I am not so sure if the outcome of the test necesairly will be depended on a person's current mood. It certainly can be, it is a trap of the MBTI test that isn't hard to recognize. 

When I take that test though, I try not to let my current state effect me, and I am not taking it when I am feeling a particular strong emotion. I try to factor in my behavior over the past 6 months or so as much as I can. 

Well, mood can be one of the factors. Another factor can be that people tend to put on certain "masks", whether it be at work or social gatherings. 

Let's say you work as a scientist or as an accountant, jobs that require a lot of "rational" thinking. If you answer all the questions of the test from the mode you work by, the test will show you that you are a thinker. But all are scientists and accountants thinkers? Nope, a lot of feelers in these fields as well. And especially if the feeler has developed an ego around his successful career he can be very blind about the fact that his primary way of decision making is actually based on feeling, and not cold logic. And also vice versa, thinkers that think that they are are actually feelers, when they are not.

A lot of people are blocking out their true way of operating due to ego. And they don't even know it, that's a tricky thing about the ego. It can blind you because your environment actually positively reinforces ego. Which means that you start seeing certain aspects of behavior as true to you, while they might not be really true to you at all.

In conclusion; all I'm saying is is that those personality tests are heavily flawed. But even a broken clock is right twice a day so