The MBTI Comes Calling ...

[chomiji]

Courtesy of blue-hobbit (I already knew that she and I have the same MB type ... chances are, most of you won't get the same result):

The trouble is, it's hard for me to answer these quizzes objectively ... I am a keen amateur student of the MBTI and own several books on the subject, even. But the display on this one is nice because it reflects the fact that my perceiving-judging axis (basically, how organized I am and how much I prefer routine) doesn't show as strong a preference as the other axes.

ETA: It had a "Multiple Intelligences" section too ... so I subbed in a combo results box.

Comments

Re: it's interesting to note

[chomiji]

The definitions I've found for Interpersonal in this theory are disturbing to me because they don't differentiate between introverted and extroverted social skills. People frequently end up telling me their problems, for example, but a lot of the other Interpersonal things have to do with being aggressively social, which I am not. Also, they put "reading body language" under Kinesthetic. I'm good at reading body language, although I'd be hard put to describe exactly what I'm noticing when I'm doing it.

Also, although I'm very clumsy, I got much better after taking Aikido for several years ... and the key thing about Aikido for me vs. other forms of exercise (including other martial arts) was that you learned by working with a more experienced person who, if necessary, moved and pushed your body into the proper positions. This helped me a lot, but wouldn't that be kinesthetic learning?

So although I liked the idea of the multiple intelligences very much, I'm not sure their questions are indicating what they intend.