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Old Aug 05, 2015, 09:03 PM
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As far as I am aware there is no Jungian test. Myers and Briggs created the 16 personality test based on what Jung proposed in a book. So calling it Jungian is a little awkward. If it is not the MBTI (which it appears to be) then it would be fair to call it simply Jungian if it had been based around that but not in a similar manner.

Although of course Wiki is awkward at times, here is what it says about the current MBTI:

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The current North American English version of the MBTI Step I includes 93 forced-choice questions (there are 88 in the European English version). Forced-choice means that the individual has to choose only one of two possible answers to each question. The choices are a mixture of word pairs and short statements. Choices are not literal opposites but chosen to reflect opposite preferences on the same dichotomy. Participants may skip questions if they feel they are unable to choose.
The quiz here allows for "Somewhat". If that is used as a way to skip the question, it could confuse people who take it literally (such as myself). I could take it again and refuse to chose that and see what I get. Could be illuminating.

One teensy mention is though companies and the like still use the test, it is heavily criticised and should only be used as fun because of all the flaws which have been found and are accepted in modern day psychology. I get why it's here as a listed test - it's still popular.

In a way it does give you a little bit of insight even if some professionals go as far as to describe it as a horoscope.

INFJ fits me perfectly whereas ISTJ is a very, very superficial view of me. I think the most trusted one online by a lot of people is 16personalities.com but I might be remembering wrong.

Anyway, I'll do the test again with no "Somewhats" and I'll let you know how it changes.
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