Selects: How Personality Tests Work | STUFF YOU SHOULD KNOW
The discussion focuses on the fundamentally flawed nature of personality tests, highlighting that many, if not all, lack scientific validity and can mislead individuals in serious contexts such as mental health diagnoses and employment decisions. The episode touches on popular tests like the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, emphasizing the potential negative implications of their misuse.
Key Takeaways
- Personality tests: More like astrological signs in office attire.
- Using Myers-Briggs for hiring? It's like using horoscopes for weather forecasts.
- 13% of companies trust personality tests - proof some businesses still love horoscopes.
- Personality tests: Scientifically unfounded, yet still a worldwide obsession.
- Over 89 of Fortune 100 use Myers-Briggs - corporate peer pressure at its finest.
Who is mentioned in this episode?
8 people come up, including Grabster, Hypocrates, Alfred Benet.
- Grabster (Person)
- Hypocrates (Person)
- Alfred Benet (Person)
- Josh Malcolm Clark (Person)
- Katherine Cook Briggs (Person)
- John Xner (Person)
- Exner (Person)
- Howard Garb (Person)
Mentioned in this episode
- MyersBriggs type inventory (Concept)
- iHeart Radio app (Product)
- How Stuff Works (Company)
- MyersBriggs personality test (Concept)
- MBTI (Concept)
- ITJ (Concept)
- Corporate America (Location)
- British companies (Company)
- Rorschach test (Concept)
- ink blot test (Concept)
- four humors (Concept)
- yellow bile (Concept)
- blood (Concept)
- sanguine (Concept)
- psychoanalysis (Concept)
- German (Concept)
- CPP (Company)
- objective (Concept)
- Big Five (Concept)
- agreeableness (Concept)