Is it normal to be unable to disprove this personality theory

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I am really an skeptic person and I didn't believe in any of those personality theories like astrology, horoscopes or big five. I didn't think human beings could be classified. It seemed biased and discriminatory and I hate that. However, I found this theory to be more objective and appliable to real life.

It's called socionics. It states there's 16 types of personalities having different mental functions. There's four different functions: sensing, intuition, feeling, thinking. These four functions are divided in extrovert and introvert so it makes 8 functions in total (extroverted feeling, introverted thinking, etc.). So, each types have 4 strong functions and 4 weak functions which 2 of them are valued while the other 2 or unvalued. So that makes 4 valued functions and 4 unvalued functions which 2 of each one are strong or weak. These 16 types have different kinds of relationship with duality being the best relationship and conflict the worst.

I'm not saying this is entirely true however I consider this to be the best personality theory based on it's application in real life. The problem is I can't fully believe in this but I can't find a way to fully disprove this theory.

If you want I recommend you to check this theory because it's very interesting and it would be nice if you could give your opinions.

Choose normal if you agree with this theory or not normal if you disagree.

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  • dom180
    9 years ago

    As a rule, I don't much like psychometric personality theories. They are useful for categorizing people, and might even be useful in the world of clinical psychology, but to me they feel a lot more like operationalized heuristics than actual scientific measurements with satisfying theoretical work behind them.

    There are cognitive theories of personality which I'm also not entirely convinced by but which I like a lot more than psychometrics. Personality psychology is a huge ocean, and it's a pity that Jung and Myers-Briggs are the only tiny drops of it that get much attention outside academia. I encourage anyone who's interested in this sort of thing and has time on their hands to read about it widely. I wish I had the time myself, but personality psychology isn't my main area of interest.

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  • gorillaphant
    9 years ago

    Same behaviors, different describing words. All these theories do is describe potentials based on familiar archetypes. It's nothing new. These archetypes have existed for centuries for a reason. And not a single person in this world can be described by a single one. It is always a combination. Who are you when this outside influence affects you? How does it change when additional influences are introduced or removed. Do you behave like the hermit, hero, or hanged man?

    So why do we categorize people? Perhaps we it to to find our own identity.

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  • OtherSide
    9 years ago

    The Myers-Briggs is flawed in that none of the the classifications are "douchebag" or "idiot", and those are the two most common personality types in the world.

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  • green_boogers
    9 years ago

    Your theory is a messed up convolution of the Meyers/Briggs model. The Meyers-Briggs model has 4 scales with 16 personality types.

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  • Riddler
    9 years ago

    If you really cant disprove Astrology than you are a real Moron. Astrology is guessing someones personality based on the position of the stars. In what way could that possibly correlate?

    If you are talking about the MyerBiggs test that is a psychological theory of personalities. Its based on different behavior models. Its not like Astrology. The MyerBiggs test is like the test they give people to determine IQ. Its based on different aspects of behavior and mindsets.

    I dont understand why you are trying to disprove MyerBriggs personality models. Its nothing like Astrology. However there is a fatal flaw with tests.

    Tests that ask a person about how they react will change based on mood or faulty perception. I think some people simply lie too. Not everyone sees themselves as they really are and its hard for most people to objectively rate themselves.

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    • Riddler
      9 years ago

      I know I personally have seen people lie on personality tests and either believe they were telling the truth or just lying to look better.

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  • Koda
    9 years ago

    Dude, this is one of the main personality theories... and no, it doesn't always work. The description never really fits me correctly, and each test gives me a different result.

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    maybe there's only one kind but theyre all different

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  • [Old Memory]
    9 years ago

    I don't like classifying people because it's more complicated than that.

    What you are talking about it called the myers-briggs type indicator and I made a post about this before because everytime I take it I score differently.

    For example someone can be right in the middle of extraverted and introverted. They can fluctuate depending on the situation or mood too. I'm this way and I think lots of people are too.

    The test is mostly pointless.

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    • [Old Memory]
      9 years ago

      Those tests are meant to be applied to the statistical "norm"... which you clearly aren't a part of.

      I'm glad there are people like you in the world that truly are unique and interesting. :)

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      • [Old Memory]
        9 years ago

        Thanks. I wish more people just did what they wanted instead of letting things hold them back.
        I think I may have learned that because I never got anywhere when I tried to fit in and realized being myself without being concerned of societys norms is easier and a better option everyone should take.
        I'm still surprised that so many people would be one way or the other on so many things. I think I could be in the middle of the stuff on the MBTI and go either way based on situation.

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        • [Old Memory]
          9 years ago

          Most people are happy being normal... and that is actually normal. haha
          It's just as beneficial for them to be normal as it is for you to be different because that's who they are and that's who you are. (not everyone is as truly extraordinary as you)

          As for those personality tests... Psychologists only wanted to make sense of the patterns they see in people because *most* people (not including folks like you) are actually highly predictable. I know everyone wants to think of themselves as unique, and we actually are to an extent that's governed by our life-long interaction with our environment, but (overall) the majority of people have calculable personality traits.

          There's not even a lot of agreement amongst psychologists, yet, but one thing that's generally accepted is that Myers-Briggs has the most thorough and accurate testing available since it's not an either-or method but, instead, a *spectrum* of evaluation. However, most lay-people misunderstand the categorization and interpret it as either-or. (You, because you are truly different and have completely different thought processes than the average individual, would never get a consistent reading on these tests.)

          There have been another group of prominent psychologists who have been studying the consistency of personality over the past 60 years. I cannot remember their names at the moment and I don't want to rummage through my books to find out (sorry). But, anyway, they have determined that the core of a person's personality doesn't change over time, but fluctuates only slightly within a 'range of reaction'. Because of their research there's been a bit of a debate over whether it's truly considered "personality" or "temperament." Either way, the core of a person's being remains unchanged, but their interaction with their environment has influence over the manifestation of their personality.

          Personally, I wanted them to be wrong, so I put a lot of effort into disproving their theory. In the end, though, all empirical scientific research has shown there are predictable patterns of personality in average people.

          I'm really glad for the statistical "normal curve" and that there are people like you in the tail ends who bend the rules. You are interesting, they way you are. :)

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          • [Old Memory]
            9 years ago

            It's funny that people are thought of as predictable because I cannot predict them as all.

            I would imagine how different I am seen by others is how much I don't understand them either.

            I started coming to this site to help myself figure them out better. It's been helping somewhat but I still do not quite understand.

            I've realized where I am different because people have told me but to me the rest of the world seems insane. Even though society has labeled me as "disabled" in my perception its the rest of the world that's "disabled". It's a very confusing place for me.

            I would compare my life experience to an alien who's been stranded here alone trying to figure out the humans. I can get along with them fine but I don't understand them at all.

            I don't think I'm alone in that but it seems other unique people are just as different from each other as they are from the rest of people.

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  • Couman
    9 years ago

    If the catagories were slightly less stupid it would be a good basis for perspnality classification in an RPG, but real people are way more complicated.

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