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Do personality tests work? - Merve Emre

n 1942, a mother-daughter duo named Katherine Cook Briggs and Isabel Briggs Myers developed a questionnaire that classified people’s personalities into 16 types. Called the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, or MBTI, it would go on to become one of the world’s most widely-used personality tests. But do these tests actually reveal truths about personality? Merve Emre examines their design flaws. Lesson by Merve Emre, directed by Seoro Oh.

English
  • Originally Aired December 22, 2020
  • Runtime 5 minutes
  • Production Code lN7Fmt1i5TI
  • Network YouTube
  • On Other Sites Official Website
  • Notes Is a season finale
  • Created October 23, 2022 by
    Kocha
  • Modified October 23, 2022 by
    Kocha