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Posted by Mikko on December 06, 2000 at 03:28:27:

In Reply to: Re: Why the MBTI fails to measure a person's function order posted by Jan on December 06, 2000 at 00:08:06:

Big five doesn't tell much at all, does it? MBTI tells you the preferences you have and basically are expected to have all the time. The 'neuroticism' scale in Big Five tells you about the level of developement you are at. And gives you some scales which don't help you to understand yourself better, just makes it easier to compare yourself to others.

If you think MBTI doesn't tell anything negative about you, maybe studying it a bit first might help to change you mind?

Your comment sounded like 'my preferred system is better than the other preferred system. (but damn me if I bother to think about it)'

Mikko

> Cory
> You are right on this, the Big Five (including the impopular scale neuroticism) is the 'new generation MBTI'.
> However the MBTI makes you look better by not showing your weak sides and most people don't seem to really want to know themselves (including their dark sides), so the MBTI will be succesful for a long time (just like the E-gram).
> Jan

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> Big five doesn't tell much at all, does it? MBTI tells you the preferences you have and basically are expected to have all the time. The 'neuroticism' scale in Big Five tells you about the level of developement you are at. And gives you some scales which don't help you to understand yourself better, just makes it easier to compare yourself to others. > If you think MBTI doesn't tell anything negative about you, maybe studying it a bit first might help to change you mind? > Your comment sounded like 'my preferred system is better than the other preferred system. (but damn me if I bother to think about it)' > Mikko > > > Cory > > You are right on this, the Big Five (including the impopular scale neuroticism) is the 'new generation MBTI'. > > However the MBTI makes you look better by not showing your weak sides and most people don't seem to really want to know themselves (including their dark sides), so the MBTI will be succesful for a long time (just like the E-gram). > > Jan

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