Despite the Popularity of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) in Business

question 27

Multiple Choice

Despite the popularity of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) in business, counseling, and career guidance settings, research has pointed to several problems with the MBTI. Which of the following is NOT identified as a problem with the MBTI?

• A)Reliability: people can receive different MBTI results on different test-taking occasions.
• B)Validity: there is no support that MBTI personality types have a relationship with occupational success as claimed.
• C)There is no evidence for the existence of 16 distinctly different personality types.
• D)The MBTI is a self-report inventory based on Carl Jung's personality theory and his proposal that people could be categorized into discrete personality types.

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