<p>"it does measure strengths and weaknesses..."</p>
<p>The MBTI measures PREFERENCES...just because your prefer sensing, for instance, does not mean your are not good at using intuition to learn about your environment.</p>
<p>"...this is why it isnt used in research, bc ppl like you ryanbis obviously dont apply what you've learned..."</p>
<p>Now, don't you think that sounds a little silly?</p>
<p>"...everything i said before is completely accurate...."</p>
<p>Okay. So, I ask again--show me some scientific proof.</p>
<p>"Also, wehn you see relationships fail.....almost always is it a problem w/ personality compatibility.......... its soo obvious to me how our frameworks work together, its a shame that not all of us can see it...and yet even fewer actually can apply it..... this is just so annoying......the connections are so blatant....oh well ..."</p>
<p>Which frameworks are you referring to when you say "our" frameworks? </p>
<p>You seem to believe that you have discovered some hidden gem that has escaped social scientists all this time, or that your understanding of human behavior somehow is far beyond that of those who regularly study it. Hopefully you'll realize--sooner, rather than later--how incorrect you are.</p>
<p>"lol its kinda funny cuz i mite be going to school in boston, Tufts, Bu, or BC...i hope everyone isnt as close minded as you ryanbis, obvioiusly thats a bit of a strong statement and i guess understandably you're attacking my credibility......"</p>
<p>I certainly don't think that disagreeing with you makes me close minded. I am very open to things that are within reason or that are supported with some sort of evidence. I see lots of patterns in people's behavior, too, but that doesn't mean that I can predict it, make gross generalizations about them or give advice that is not backed up by some sort of evidence.</p>
<p>If you end up at BU's SMG, I'm sure that you will have some very interesting conversations with the professors there. One of the freshman year section professors (the OB professor) wrote a book (which is used in the introductory course sequence...at least it was when I was a freshman) about using the Myers-Briggs in negotiations and the MBTI is used in the sophomore year organizational behavior course (the project teams are made so that everyone has a different MBTI type). They will all tell you, though, exactly what I'm telling you now.</p>
<p>"...... but look at what im saying and not my inexperience or whatever and you'll see that it is all W/OUT A SOLITARY DOUBT...legitimate..."</p>
<p>Legitimate based on what? Because it sounds right to you? Because it seems to represent reality based on what you see in your day to day life? That does not mean you're correct for a variety of reasons. There's a reason the scientific method was invented. History is full of situations where an idea sounded right and seemed to fit reality, only to later be disproven. If you truly understood psychology, you would know the dangers of trying to extrapolate and prove theories without some sort of study (including, but not limited to, blindsight, bias, sampling errors and lack of internal and external validity).</p>