What Does the Empirical Evidence Show About the Myers-Briggs Type

question 46

Multiple Choice

What does the empirical evidence show about the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator's ability to predict a person's behaviour on the job or in relationships?

• A) The evidence supports its use to predict job performance, but not behaviours in relationships.
• B) The evidence does not support it.
• C) The evidence does not support its use to predict job performance, but it does make useful predictions about behaviour in relationships.
• D) The test has been clearly established as strong and reliable for both job performance and relationship predictions.

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Definitions:

Milgram Experiment

A psychological experiment conducted by Stanley Milgram in the 1960s to study obedience to authority, where participants were instructed to administer electric shocks to another person.

Stanford University Prison Experiment

A psychological study conducted by Philip Zimbardo in 1971 at Stanford University, where students were assigned roles of prisoners and guards to explore the effects of perceived power.

Generalization

Drawing a conclusion about a certain characteristic of a population based on a sample from it.

Logical Support

The provision of reasons or evidence to justify a claim or argument.