Media Puzzle: Responding to Claims about the MBTI® and Psychological Type – Peter Geyer
AusAPT Type Research and Practice Collection Occasional Papers (#1 – February 2020)A response to False Portraits by Jennifer V Fayard Psychology Today January 2020Peter Geyer peter@petergeyer.com.au Werribee, AustraliaThis article is also available as a pdf download here:Media-PuzzleDownloadTo see what is in front of one’s nose needs a constant struggle George Orwell [Campbell 2011 p187]There’s something about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator® (MBTI) and the notion of types of people that provokes a consistent stream of criticism, whether it be about the questionnaire itself, or the ideas attached to it. Sometimes this prompts defences from various interested parties, when an explanation might be more (more…)