[Ailist] Another take on Myers-Briggs

[Marge Schiller]

Dear Stephanie,

The  article you site  describing the flaws of the Myers Briggs Type  
Indicator  supposes that indicators or other  sorting mechanisms  
provide answers.

I think indicators raise questions and to  use them in any other way  
diminishes diversity of preferences and abilities in ourselves and  
others.

Several years ago I tried an experiment- I used masking tape to set  
out four unlabeled  quadrants on the floor.

Then I asked about 15 people to sort themselves out.  They did so.   
Each person had reasons as to why they chose  one of the four  "boxes"

We all want to make meaning but the caution comes in making to much or  
too ridged an interpretation.

Those of us who are passionate about inclusion are repelled by  
stereotyping in any guise.

Perhaps a "box" is just a place to stand and contemplate the multiple  
communities that make up our world.

Marge

Marjorie Schiller , PhD

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On Nov 28, 2008, at 6:04 PM, Stephanie West Allen wrote:

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