Exploring the history of the Myers–Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and astrology, how they work, and why you shouldn't take them too seriously.
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Chapters:
0:00 - Origin of Myers-Briggs
2:21 - The scientific context for MBTI
3:42 - Arguments against MBTI
5:46 - History of astrology
7:24 - Other approaches to personality
9:00 - What is personality?
10:50 - Why are MBTI and astrology appealing?
12:34 - Conclusion and end card
References:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myers%E2%80%93Briggs_Type_Indicator
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharine_Cook_Briggs
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Jung
https://opentext.wsu.edu/psych105nusbaum/chapter/history-of-psychology/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits
MacKenzie, Matthew. “Self-Awareness without a Self: Buddhism and the Reflexivity of
Awareness.” Asian Philosophy , vol. 18, no. 3, 2008, pp. 245–264.
Hume, David. A Treatise of Human Nature. Edited by Ernest Campbell Mossner, Penguin Classics, 1985.
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