kai2: Does this fit?
ISTJ "People with an ISTJ personality type tend to be reserved, practical and quiet. They enjoy order and organization in all areas of their lives including their home, work, family, and projects. ISTJs value loyalty in themselves and others, and place an emphasis on traditions." (verywellmind.com)
StationaryNomad: Yep, pretty much. For every person I personally know that has taken it, the results are at least mostly accurate.
Yeshu: Considering that the test has NO scientific merit and was made by a bored house wife and her daughter, I don't care about it.
StationaryNomad: "Despite the popularity of the test, many psychologists criticize it — hardly a few months go by without a harsh take-down of the MBTI in the media, where a psychologist will say that the Myers-Brigg is unscientific, meaningless or bogus. But there are others who take a milder view of the test. "Many personality psychologists consider the MBTI to be a somewhat valid measure of some important personality characteristics but one that has some important limitations," said Michael Ashton, professor of psychology at Brock University in Ontario."
https://www.livescience.com/65513-does-myers-briggs-personality-test-work.html It is not 100% scientifically accurate, but that doesn't mean that it completely lacks value. Kinda like Star Wars. heh :D
Your quote states that the majority of the scientific community disregards it outside of a few who seas it as a interesting take on the subject. Hence why it says "somewhat valid" and not valid.
Yeshu: Considering that the test has NO scientific merit and was made by a bored house wife and her daughter, I don't care about it.
kai2: You're free to disregard it. But from my experience (and that of my wife), we both have found that the test actually accounted for specifics in our lives (careers) and intimate parts of our personalities. IMO this test has been invaluable... and although I tend toward skepticism, I don't think a person lacking an alphabet after their name disqualifies them from making useful application of theory. But, to each their own.
As far as the test being pseudo-science, there are often people and articles claiming it's bogus, but having a few counselors in my family who use it, I tend to believe there is some level of validity.
It's not about me not agreeing with it. This test is design like a horoscope. Extremely vague and set up so that anybody who takes it will get an answer that will make them think that it's right. And in the end, what does it provide? Nothing beyond a vague "you are this" that in the end means nothing to a well functioning adult and mostly rings with teenagers and young adults who desperately want some validation to feel special.
That's why at the end of these tests they usually put the names of people who are supposedly the same personality type to make you go: "Oh wow! This famous person has the same personality type! I must be as awesome as they are!".
Again, until the test gets honestly verified by some scientific research (which to this they was unsuccessful) It will be as valid as head bump analyzing.