HP characters/Myers Brigg

[joanne0012]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "davewitley" <dfrankiswork at n...> wrote:
> Does anybody have access to the full MB questionnaire?  I was 
> thinking that instead of lining up the descriptions against the 
> characters, you could have prominent opinionated list members imagine 
> they are the character (particularly if they identify), and then take 
> the test in character, and see what the result is.

> BTW, Amy, what does TI stand for in MBTI? 

The TI stands for Type Indicator.  I have a "hard copy" of the questionnaire and 
other materials.  Of course, they are copyrighted.  One place where you can take 
the test online and get a full report (for $55 US!) is at 

http://www.discoveryourpersonality.com/MBTI.html?source=overture

One key thing about the MBTI is that it is a moving target -- you are not one type 
of personality, carved in stone (or brain cells, or whatever), for your whole life.  I 
took the test many years ago and looking over my answers, I find that I have 
mellowed and many of the responses would change if I took it now.

Don't bother with the free online imitations of the real MBTI test.  The questions 
usually are imitations of the original MB questions but different enough to avoid 
copyright challenges.  Unfortunately, those very changes undermine the validity 
of the test items and make them moot.  Most of the "real" test questions are in 
terms of what do you prefer, or what do you usually do, whereas the fake 
questions often ask the respondents to draw conclusions or inferences about 
their characteristics.