[Magdalen] What Each Myers-Briggs Type Does In A Rut (The Rise Of The Inferior Function) | Thought Catalog

[Christopher Hart]

Groan.

On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 6:51 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com> wrote:

> a swiss psychologist was sitting next to a really nervous fellow.
>
> can you say 'Yung and the Restless?'
>
>
> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 3:53 PM, Lynn Ronkainen <houstonklr at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > https://www.opp.com/en/tools/MBTI/Myers-Briggs-history
> >
> > (snipped)The MBTI questionnaire, first published in 1943, was originally
> > developed in the United States by Katharine Cook Briggs and her daughter
> > Isabel Briggs Myers. Katharine Briggs was inspired to start researching
> > personality type theory when she first met Isabel’s future husband,
> > Clarence Myers. Whilst Clarence was a very eligible match for her
> daughter,
> > Katharine noticed that he had a different way of seeing the world to her
> > and her family, and was intrigued enough to start an extensive literature
> > review based on understanding different temperaments. It was shortly
> after
> > Carl Jung’s publication of Psychological Types (1921; 1923 in English)
> that
> > Katharine realised how closely his theories resembled hers, and how much
> > more developed they were.
> >
> > Lynn
> >
> > website: www.ichthysdesigns.com
> >
> > When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have
> not
> > a single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave
> me."
> > attributed to Erma Bombeck
> > "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk
> > by Richard Rohr
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> > From: "Jon Egger" <revegger at gmail.com>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 15, 2015 3:17 PM
> > To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] What Each Myers-Briggs Type Does In A Rut (The
> > Rise Of The Inferior Function) | Thought Catalog
> >
> >  Agreeing with Eleanor, I have a question for Sally.  This is part of
> your
> >> response to this interesting tool:
> >>
> >> "For example, the idea of "introversion" (not unique to MBTI) is of
> >> tremendous help to people who prefer a quieter, less socially engaged
> way
> >> of life and work, in a culture that tends to value (and promote) the
> >> opposite."
> >>
> >> This leaves me a tad confused.  I was taught that within the MBPI, the
> I/E
> >> are not about how we relate to others, rather I/E are about how we
> >> *process*
> >> information.  To me, this is critical.  For example, if Dawn and I were
> in
> >> a group of 5 people working on something and our group came up with
> three
> >> ideas, Dawn would talk with the others to problem solve, but I am the
> one
> >> who would leave and take a walk in the woods to ponder things.
> >>
> >> Or I have missed something completely.
> >>
> >> Grace and peace,
> >> jon
> >>
> >> On Wed, Jul 15, 2015 at 12:17 PM, Marion Thompson <
> >> marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> >>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>
> >>  No.   Possible insights into oneself or  the other can be interesting.
> At
> >>> a trivial, even humorous, level perhaps as you say, but not really
> >>> seriously to the thinking person.  And knowledge is power, as in
> knowing
> >>> what makes oneself or the other tick.
> >>>
> >>> Marion, a pilgrim
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On 7/15/2015 10:18 AM, Jim Guthrie wrote:
> >>>
> >>>  Is looking for quantification of one' own behavior a way of
> >>>> rationalizing
> >>>> away certain outré personal habits?
> >>>>
> >>>> "I'm an ABCD and she's a WXYZ and that explains everything." I suspect
> >>>> all this is an intellectual version of "What sign are you?" "Oh, I
> could
> >>>> never get along with a Gemini because I;m a Capricorn. Good Bye!"
> >>>>
> >>>> But it's the age we live in, I suppose.
> >>>>
> >>>> Cheers,
> >>>> Jim
> >>>> .
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
>



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