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over a year ago
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I'm an entp, has anyone looked into their personality type?
Do you think this lifestyle tends to attract certain personality types or do you think it's not too relevant? |
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I think Myers Briggs is utter pseudo science and therefore the question can't be answered in its present form.
However, there are clearly personality traits that swingers are more likely to have. These include high openness to experience. We also know that certain personality traits accelerate feelings of guilt and shame (e.g. high neutoticism and high agreeablenesss). Since nearly all of us are bought up in cultures promoting monogamy, we need some personality trait that enables us to reject that. |
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over a year ago
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ISTJ.
I think that the MB/Insights Discovery stuff holds some value but I think the key caveat that people all forget when it suits is that like many elements of our psych-social make up it is part of a sliding scale. The test results merely represent your natural, preferred or go to state. It's not to say, as heavily introverted as I am, I don't display and exercise signs of extraverts when a situation or environment calls for it. It's all about having emotional intelligence |
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"I'm an entp, has anyone looked into their personality type?
Do you think this lifestyle tends to attract certain personality types or do you think it's not too relevant?"
Interesting topic : It should not be taken in isolation; based on Jungian psychoanalysis, it is not to be seen as nonsense or ill founded. As part of an overall assessment it can help for example to build effective teams. Your profile can change throughout your life, for example from an extrovert to an introvert and vice versa etc so it is not static.
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"ISTJ.
I think that the MB/Insights Discovery stuff holds some value but I think the key caveat that people all forget when it suits is that like many elements of our psych-social make up it is part of a sliding scale. The test results merely represent your natural, preferred or go to state. It's not to say, as heavily introverted as I am, I don't display and exercise signs of extraverts when a situation or environment calls for it. It's all about having emotional intelligence "
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"ESFJ. It’s only part of a more complex picture. Anyone who thinks that their MB type defines them is daft. "
Had mine done as part of a course I did at work and it was really interesting. The course instructors said that knowing your type is all well and good but you need to understand how your type works and interacts with others to get the best out of interactions. Knowing what to dial up and dial down etc.
Cant remember what mine was off the top of my head though. Some of my scores were very borderline. |
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"ISTJ.
I think that the MB/Insights Discovery stuff holds some value but I think the key caveat that people all forget when it suits is that like many elements of our psych-social make up it is part of a sliding scale. The test results merely represent your natural, preferred or go to state. It's not to say, as heavily introverted as I am, I don't display and exercise signs of extraverts when a situation or environment calls for it. It's all about having emotional intelligence "
I don't think it holds any validity. If you take two tests, 5 weeks apart then there's a 50% chance of getting different result. We know from actual scientific studies that personality is extremely stable in people after the age of ~30. So basically it's like tarot cards, if your birth month changed every 10 weeks. |
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"ESFJ. It’s only part of a more complex picture. Anyone who thinks that their MB type defines them is daft.
Had mine done as part of a course I did at work and it was really interesting. The course instructors said that knowing your type is all well and good but you need to understand how your type works and interacts with others to get the best out of interactions. Knowing what to dial up and dial down etc.
Cant remember what mine was off the top of my head though. Some of my scores were very borderline. "
yeah one of mine was like 60/40, so quite close.
"I don't think it holds any validity. If you take two tests, 5 weeks apart then there's a 50% chance of getting different result. We know from actual scientific studies that personality is extremely stable in people after the age of ~30. So basically it's like tarot cards, if your birth month changed every 10 weeks. "
i'll likely redo the test tomorrow and see what comes out. |
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By *igeiaWoman
over a year ago
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It's more useful I find in understanding work relations, for example, in understanding how I can see a logical and necessary sequence of actions and others can't because they think differently to me. Knowing their 'types' and my own in that context helps me rationalise situations without becoming stressed at lack of momentum and negotiate a way through. INFJ here. |
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"ESFJ. It’s only part of a more complex picture. Anyone who thinks that their MB type defines them is daft.
Had mine done as part of a course I did at work and it was really interesting. The course instructors said that knowing your type is all well and good but you need to understand how your type works and interacts with others to get the best out of interactions. Knowing what to dial up and dial down etc.
Cant remember what mine was off the top of my head though. Some of my scores were very borderline.
yeah one of mine was like 60/40, so quite close.
I don't think it holds any validity. If you take two tests, 5 weeks apart then there's a 50% chance of getting different result. We know from actual scientific studies that personality is extremely stable in people after the age of ~30. So basically it's like tarot cards, if your birth month changed every 10 weeks.
i'll likely redo the test tomorrow and see what comes out."
Alternatively just do a version of the Big 5 which is actually backed by the scientific community. |
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