Myers/briggs Compatibility Test?

[kofh2u]

Have you taken th Myers/Briggs Type Test?

Do you fel it is helpful?

Do you think it is a ood idea to do these peronality Inventorues before meeting a potential mate?

The Net Dating Services are growing fast.
Many people say these serices save time and avoid the "scouting" in places Christians ought not scout.

What up on this?

 

[Ruukah]

Well I met my fiance at Fusion 101, which is an online Christian dating service. Fusion doesn't do testing but I can tell you from experience that the Internet dating thing itself can work out great.

As for the tests, I think they can be helpful but not altogether necessary. We all have a basic understanding of who we are and who we're looking for, even without taking those tests.

 

[Diane_Windsor]

Have you taken th Myers/Briggs Type Test?

Yep.

Do you fel it is helpful?

Nope-the personality tests are really parlor tricks. Not very valid IMO.

Do you think it is a ood idea to do these peronality Inventorues before meeting a potential mate?

Nope.

The Net Dating Services are growing fast.
Many people say these serices save time and avoid the "scouting" in places Christians ought not scout.

What up on this?

I joined a online Christian dating service-I think they are great though I haven't met anyone yet.

Diane

 

[Leanna]

http://www.personalitypage.com/ENTJ.html

Yeah thats what I tested on Myers Briggs and its prettyaccurate... and I am both ashamed and proud of it.... lol....

 

[kofh2u]

http://www.personalitypage.com/ENTJ.html

Yeah thats what I tested on Myers Briggs and its prettyaccurate... and I am both ashamed and proud of it.... lol....

Hmmm... a Fieldmarshal ltype.

I think of the categories as if each person os a team player, and we all are working together forthe goodofeveryone. Not romantic, here, but interms of whether it is true about you.

Like,aFieldmarshallis usully a very tactful leader on a down toearth basis, like the First Sgt in the military.

They CAN be alittle superior and overly selfconfident. But,on the battle field, they know what they are doing, and IT is taking care of every man under their charge. They are like Big Daddy. They have a deep empathy for others which doesn't show through easily, maybe because they fear exploitation if you find out how much they will invest in you.

so, we all have the two faces, some tendencies not so great, but we all are potential assets.

I think whether the tests are valid or not, they get people thinking about their behavior, even if just reviewing their past conduct, and saying, yeah,...I'm like that.

 

[Dmckay]

I have used the Meyers/Briggs and the Taylor/Johnson Temperment tests in pre-marital counseling for years. If you are given the tests by someone who knows the material and how to use the information they are very helpful tools.

The Taylor/Johnson is a better guage of compatability than is the Meyers/Briggs. The Meyers/Briggs is designed to evaluate a persons character type, primarily in the way they like to receive and process information or communication and then how they act upon that information. This information, if properly explained to the persons taking the test will really assist them in understanding their opposite number, and how best to communicate with them.

For instance, I test as a strong INTP, my wife is a strong ESFJ. Basically, this means that we are complete opposites when it comes to the way that we communicate, process information and act. When we finally learned this about each other, I realized that I need to give my wife all the facts and details about things to enable her to be able to be comfortable making decisions. It also tells me that she thinks out-loud. Our kids used to have real problems with this, because they would hear their mother talking about doing something and they would assume that meant that "Thing" was going to happen.

Like any tool, they have to be used properly and the person taking the test needs to be as objective and honest in their answers as possible for the information to be of any use. I have even given the Meyers/Briggs to some of my Bible College and Seminary students who were having grade problems to help them understand how they best process information and think it through. In every case where I have done this with a student, their grades have improved greatly.

 

[intricatic]

I don't like any kind of personality profile, but that's just me.

 

[kofh2u]

I don't like any kind of personality profile, but that's just me.

Hmmm..

I would really like to know what class of mind set that would place you in.

Why not take the test?

I see www sites here, and others have posted sites in this thread.

We would all b emuch ediified to see which Jungian thinker resists insigh tand perfers chance to forethought.

try it and report back to us.

please.

 

[kofh2u]

I have used the Meyers/Briggs and the Taylor/Johnson Temperment tests in pre-marital counseling for years. If you are given the tests by someone who knows the material and how to use the information they are very helpful tools.

The Taylor/Johnson is a better guage of compatability than is the Meyers/Briggs. The Meyers/Briggs is designed to evaluate a persons character type, primarily in the way they like to receive and process information or communication and then how they act upon that information. This information, if properly explained to the persons taking the test will really assist them in understanding their opposite number, and how best to communicate with them.

For instance, I test as a strong INTP, my wife is a strong ESFJ. Basically, this means that we are complete opposites when it comes to the way that we communicate, process information and act. When we finally learned this about each other, I realized that I need to give my wife all the facts and details about things to enable her to be able to be comfortable making decisions. It also tells me that she thinks out-loud. Our kids used to have real problems with this, because they would hear their mother talking about doing something and they would assume that meant that "Thing" was going to happen.

Like any tool, they have to be used properly and the person taking the test needs to be as objective and honest in their answers as possible for the information to be of any use. I have even given the Meyers/Briggs to some of my Bible College and Seminary students who were having grade problems to help them understand how they best process information and think it through. In every case where I have done this with a student, their grades have improved greatly.

Thanxz for the input.

The tests seem particularly useful academically, just as you are applying them.

It is also a confirmation of Myers/Briggs that you were attracted and married your opposite, which they say is the case.

My own interest concerns an educational project I have been developing which is tied into Learning Style and Multi-intelligence Lesson Planning.

I am happy to hear that you are into such considerations,examining learning styles and applying teaching principles, even to your wife, as an effective application of your understanding of these things.

Those who are reluctant to uses these tools need remember the old adage, "First,young person, know thyself."
And, the second adage, in the choice of friends and mates, "Don't buy a pig in a poke," though, I do not know what a poke is, unless it means poke a finger at someone you intend to focus attention, upon.

 

[Dmckay]

Thanxz for the input.

The tests seem particularly useful academically, just as you are applying them.

It is also a confirmation of Myers/Briggs that you were attracted and married your opposite, which they say is the case.

My own interest concerns an educational project I have been developing which is tied into Learning Style and Multi-intelligence Lesson Planning.

I am happy to hear that you are into such considerations,examining learning styles and applying teaching principles, even to your wife, as an effective application of your understanding of these things.

Those who are reluctant to uses these tools need remember the old adage, "First,young person, know thyself."
And, the second adage, in the choice of friends and mates, "Don't buy a pig in a poke," though, I do not know what a poke is, unless it means poke a finger at someone you intend to focus attention, upon.

A poke is an archaic term for a carrysack or burlap bag. I have found that understanding a student's Meyers/Briggs type always helps in being able to better teach them, no matter their intelligence level. Despite those who deride the use of such tests I believe we have a Biblical precedence. Jesus always varied His teaching style depending on the level and ability of His audience. His use of parables, object lessons or lecture show that the message is the important thing and we should do what ever we can to get that message across.

 

[kofh2u]

A poke is an archaic term for a carrysack or burlap bag. I have found that understanding a student's Meyers/Briggs type always helps in being able to better teach them, no matter their intelligence level. Despite those who deride the use of such tests I believe we have a Biblical precedence. Jesus always varied His teaching style depending on the level and ability of His audience. His use of parables, object lessons or lecture show that the message is the important thing and we should do what ever we can to get that message across.

Hmmm..
Very informative. Now I understand pokin' around, like backpackers. But, am I spelling it wrong, "Poking your nose in where its not wanted?"

hahaa.

Anyway, your other point is very important. Jesus DID teach in various styles. He also spoke differently, in secret with his apostles, than when speaking to crowds.

But, I believe he "spoke" in a "pure language," one that was used and developed long before Modern Homo sapiens appeared upon the scene.
i would even speculate, ignoring the ridicule I might receive, that the language he used was one that Neanderthal man used, noting that Neanderthal preceded us by 120,000 years, had no language, but co-habited with us, even hybriding, too.
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What Jesus did, the Jews of the days of Moses called the Oral Language. It was not so much a communication device, like a sign language, as it was a "library," or a repository of all that those people knew about the world. It was accomplished using the hands. And, it was a form of Graphic Organizer.

 

[MrsSeptemberPenguin]

Heard of it and that's about it. So I don't know what to think

 

[kofh2u]

Heard of it and that's about it. So I don't know what to think

Well, the subject of Human Behavior is the oldest science, and though every generation of humans has heard stories and ideas that purport to explain us. We neither accept the explanations, nor learn to use the information to our advantage.

 

[Sploge]

i dont think i'd agree with them @ all. but then again it depends on how much trust you pu tin the internet and with thing's liek dating services. but then again i am only young. and i am taken so they do not appeal to me in any way shape or form and i hope they dont ever have to!!

 

[kofh2u]

Well I met my fiance at Fusion 101, which is an online Christian dating service. Fusion doesn't do testing but I can tell you from experience that the Internet dating thing itself can work out great.

As for the tests, I think they can be helpful but not altogether necessary. We all have a basic understanding of who we are and who we're looking for, even without taking those tests.

I wondered if it was dangerous?

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