Re: CHAT: Conlanging and Myers-Briggs tests (was Re: Profile of a Conlanger)

>Hi  everybody.
>    I'd never heard of the Myers-Briggs test, but out of curiosity, I
>went to the
>web-site and started to take the test that was there (called the Keirsey
>
>Temperment Sorter II ).  I _gagged_ after the first four questions
>and couldn't continue! I'm sorry, but I don't happen to see the world in
>terms
>of black or white: there's a lot of  black _and_ white out there (not to
>mention
>a whole lot of gray!)!
It's known as a forced choice questionnaire.  It's not assumed
that the world is black and white, that's why it uses words
like "tend." You're supposed to pick the one that is more
likely to describe your behavior.  Because there are multiple
questions one finds that a spectrum is created.  Not everyone
is either introverted or extroverted, for example.  In fact a "pure
breed" probably doesn't exist (even if you score 100% on a
classification).

Etherman