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

question 216

Multiple Choice

Despite the popularity of the Myer-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 for the claim that MBTI personality types correlate with degrees of occupational success.
• 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 can be categorized into discrete personality types.

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