Would a change to one of these careers make me more fulfilled? Unlikely, according to psychologist David Pittenger, because there is “no evidence to show a positive relation between MBTI type and success within an occupation … nor is there any data to suggest that specific types are more satisfied within specific occupations than are other types.” Pittenger advises “extreme caution in [the MBTI test’s] application as a counselling tool.” Then why is the MBTI so popular? Its success, he argues, is primarily due to “the beguiling nature of the horoscope-like summaries of personality and steady marketing.”
那么,转行从事其中某一项职业是否会让我获得更大的成就感?心理学家大卫-皮滕杰认为不可能,原因在于,“目前还没有证据显示MBTI测试出的性格类型和某种职业的成功之间存在正相关关系,也没有任何数据显示,在从事特定职业的人群中,具备特定性格类型的人士比其他性格类型更有成就感。”皮滕杰建议:“把MBTI测试当作一种职业辅导工具时,应该‘慎之又慎’。”那么,MBTI测试为什么这么受欢迎呢?它的成功主要是由于“像星座那样总结性格类型具有很大的迷惑性,再加上持续不断的营销”。
When I cite the avalanche of critical studies to career counsellors, coaches, and trainers who administer Myers-Briggs tests, they often point out that the test is not designed to match people to ideal careers. Yet many of them ignore the evidence and keep on handing them out, typically because they are still believers in it as a guide to personality types, but sometimes -- I suspect -- because it gives their advice a veneer of legitimacy.
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