“Although the test does appear to measure several common personality traits, the patterns of data do not suggest that there is reason to believe that there are 16 unique types of personality,” wrote David J. Other critics point out that Briggs and Myers had no formal training in psychology that human traits exist on a much more complex spectrum than the binaries the test draws and that the assigned “type” might influence a person’s behavior and choices, making it a self-fulfilling prophecy.
“It is easy to use … but there is also an error of over-generalization or fixation,” said psychology professor Lim. Take the test at two different times and you may get two different results, they say. Many psychologists have questioned its methodology, saying there is insufficient evidence to support its claims and inconsistencies in its results. By the 1980s, the MBTI had become ubiquitous in the Western corporate world, where it was often used in hiring decisions and management development courses.īut since then, skepticism over the scientific merits of the test have seen its popularity in the workplace decline. The relative simplicity of the test is part of its enduring appeal. Their test posits that each person leans toward either extroversion or introversion sensing or intuition thinking or feeling and judging or perceiving.Įach of these “preferences” is represented by a letter, and the various combinations of these four letters make a total of 16 personality types.
The mother-daughter duo of Katharine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers created their indicator - which they based on theories of the Swiss psychologist Carl Jung - in the 1940s, when women were for the first time being encouraged to take on industrial jobs vacated by a male workforce that had been sent to war. Some experts - some of whom may remember the MBTI from its previous incarnations - wonder if the younger crowd is overlooking swathes of eligible partners in the misguided hope of finding their happily-ever-after within an elusive four-letter combination. Her boyfriend’s type is supposedly compatible with hers - and “we’ve been together for over 1,000 days, so that’s proof these types are good for each other,” she said.īut not everybody is convinced. Lee’s experiences have only strengthened her belief in the system. “Everyone knows one’s type and the personality of that type nowadays.” I can save time by saying that I’m ENFP (“energetic and friendly”), and they can understand what kind of person I am,” Lee said. “I don’t need to go on and explain about myself. That’s why Lee Da-hyun, a 23-year-old university student in Seoul, always lets people know her MBTI type before meeting them for the first time. “In this society, if you know the type that suits you well in advance, that is considered more efficient,” Lim said. The MBTI approach to dating appeals to the practicality of the “MZ Generation” (a combination of Millennials and Gen Z), according to Lim Myoung-ho, a psychology professor at Dankook University. Rather than waste time with more traditional ways of finding a partner, some diehard believers of this younger generation, mostly in their 20s and 30s, are using the MBTI to cut to the chase - and rule out personalities deemed incompatible. But its most recent surge in popularity is among hip young South Koreans, for whom knowing your MBTI type has become the latest craze - particularly when it comes to dating.
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