I believe that typology is fascinating, it was the gateway that lead me to discover my love for psychology. Catagorizing ourselves and forcing a bunch of labels onto ourselves is often limiting and harmful. We are abstract, and complex. However, I think it is a good starting point to learning about ourselves.

Myers-Briggs Type Indicator

MBTI (Myers-Briggs Type Indicator) is a self-report questionnaire and system created by a mother (Katharine Cook Briggs) and her daughter (Isabel Briggs Myers) to fit individuals into 16 categories, or “personalities” based on studies by Carl Jung (pronounced young).

I think it is important to note that MBTI is widely regarded as pseudoscience, meaning there is not enough evidence to back it up as a scientific method. Originally, I wanted the "study" branch of my site to only involve subjects I learned in school, but I decided to include some of my other interests/hyperfixations that I enjoy collecting information about.

There are 4 dimensions or axes in MBTI - introversion/extraversion, intuition/sensation, thinking/feeling, and judging/percieving. You may see this method being used on personality test sites such as 16personalities. This is a simplified model of Carl Jung’s theory.

Introversion:

• An inward function, where focus is primarily directed on their inner "world" - and priority is put upon their subjective perception/values.
• Gathering energy from solitude and time alone in low stimulation environments.

Extraversion:

• An outward function, where focus is primarily directed on the outer world - and priority is put upon focusing on people/external ideas.
• Gathering energy from interacting with the external world in high stimulation environments.

Sensing:

• A percieving function which one primarily uses their senses (external - by interacting with the physical world, or internal - by interacting with one's previous experiences).

Intuition:

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Quiz Results

25.10.24  -  Sakinorva
Retook this test. I've noticed that sakinorva tends to have an intuitive bias, the scores are usually much higher and specific, with decimal endings for example. I think that in reality, my Ti would be greater than my Ne/Ni. I like how it uses different methods of typing though, and it provides different likely choices in the end.