Middle Results

**Plastikcat** · 07-07-2009, 09:19 PM

Concerning results that are split, anyone have results similar to mine? I've read somewhere that if your results come out in the middle that, somewhere along the lines of, '(the individual) may be having trouble expressing his/her true personality at this time ... ect'

But i've taken the MBTI (
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) in a course of 3-times; my senior year in high school (2006), sometime around (2008), and recently in (2009) and my results remained the almost identical from one another..


	Sensing 42% Intuition 58% Thinking 58% Feeling 42% Judging 58% Perceiving 42%

with the exception of E/I
Extraverted 5%
Introverted 95%

**rara avis** · 07-07-2009, 09:22 PM

I can't imagine why there would be a rule that you can't be in the middle. Why would you be required to get test results that show you polarize your preferences? Maybe you just don't. (Pointless if someone were to say you should, anyway.) Maybe you just happen to be pretty balanced out.

Though I suppose there should be a "type" for that- people who are right in the middle of all the preferences? AAAA? (A for
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**Shifter** · 07-07-2009, 09:42 PM

Scores for each sub scale are normally distributed, so most people score pretty close to 50%.

The test is supposed to measure a preference, but not the strength of that preference, I think a high score just means the test is more "sure" about that preference.

**Asylum** · 07-08-2009, 02:25 AM

The "MBTI" on mypersonalitypage is a mock. It's not the official one and it's results tend to be off.

It could be you don't have enough expression or, pardon the wording, self esteem to greatly express your functions or know who you are. Or it could just be that that test sucks and, if you're interested, you could do more independent study to figure it out. [Look up Jung.]

There's nothing wrong with being near the middle. Perhaps the ideal balance is a personality that is able to shift and adapt according to need. That, however, seems entirely impossible and deceptive. Would it be impossible for someone to be authentic and yet that adaptable? Would a person who could be an ISTP one moment an shift to an ENFJ the next be nuts?

07-07-2009, 09:22 PM	#2
rara avis Core Member [163%] MBTI: INTP Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 6,521	I can't imagine why there would be a rule that you can't be in the middle. Why would you be required to get test results that show you polarize your preferences? Maybe you just don't. (Pointless if someone were to say you should, anyway.) Maybe you just happen to be pretty balanced out. Though I suppose there should be a "type" for that- people who are right in the middle of all the preferences? AAAA? (A for To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. as discussed To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 2 or greater. You currently have 0 posts. a while back...)
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07-07-2009, 09:42 PM	#3
Shifter Member [09%] MBTI: INTJ Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 362	Scores for each sub scale are normally distributed, so most people score pretty close to 50%. The test is supposed to measure a preference, but not the strength of that preference, I think a high score just means the test is more "sure" about that preference.
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07-08-2009, 02:25 AM	#4
Asylum Banned MBTI: INTP Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 59	The "MBTI" on mypersonalitypage is a mock. It's not the official one and it's results tend to be off. It could be you don't have enough expression or, pardon the wording, self esteem to greatly express your functions or know who you are. Or it could just be that that test sucks and, if you're interested, you could do more independent study to figure it out. [Look up Jung.] There's nothing wrong with being near the middle. Perhaps the ideal balance is a personality that is able to shift and adapt according to need. That, however, seems entirely impossible and deceptive. Would it be impossible for someone to be authentic and yet that adaptable? Would a person who could be an ISTP one moment an shift to an ENFJ the next be nuts?
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