Personality Tests: Who Are You Really?

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

Education, Science, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 12.4K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Personality tests like the MBTI are all over the internet, the workplace, and dating apps — but some say it’s all a bunch of baloney. So are any of these tests legit? And what can science actually tell us about personality? We talk to psychologists Dr. Alexander Swan, Dr. Emorie Beck, and Dr. Ted Schwaba. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/ScienceVsPersonalityTests In this episode, we cover: (00:00) Chapter 1: Personality tests and their impact (05:49) Chapter 2: Personality and the MBTI (13:21) Chapter 3: Why personality ‘types’ flop (24:52) Chapter 4: The scientist’s personality test (30:05) Chapter 5: What personality can predict (33:24) Chapter 6: Can you change your personality? This episode was produced by Michelle Dang, with help from Wendy Zukerman, Nick DelRose, Rose Rimler, and Joel Werner. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Fact checking by Eva Dasher. Mix and sound design by Bumi Hidaka. Music written by Bumi Hidaka, Emma Munger, Peter Leonard, So Wylie and Bobby Lord. Special thanks to all the researchers we spoke to for this episode, including Dr. Nicholas Turiano, Prof. Howard Friedman, and Prof. Paul Duberstein. And special thanks to the Zukerman Family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Science Vs is a Spotify Studios Original. Listen for free on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us and tap the bell for episode notifications. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman, and you're listening to Science Versus.
0:03.0	Today on the show, we are pitting facts against,
0:06.0	are you a feeler or a thinker?
0:08.0	Are you extroverted or introverted?
0:10.0	Yes, it's Science versus personality tests.
0:17.0	Okay, when you go somewhere for the day, would you rather, one, plan what you will do and when, or two, just go.
0:29.0	Why are you laughing? I mean, what do you think?
0:35.0	Our producer Michelle Dang is giving her good friend, Gabby,
0:39.0	the Myers-Briggs personality test.
0:41.0	I think you're more just go. Yeah I would say I'm pretty much just go. This is the one you know that tells you where you would an EMTJ or an ISTP and this test is huge. These days nearly 90% of Fortune 500 companies
0:58.5	give it out to their employees. Well at least that's according to the Myers-Briggs Company.
1:05.0	It's also all over the dating apps.
1:07.3	Are you more attracted to a person with a quick and brilliant mind
1:11.4	or a practical person with a lot of common sense.
1:14.7	Mmm, that's hard.
1:18.3	Okay, if you're gonna give me the absent-minded genius versus like the dude who can be good with money and cook like I think
1:30.4	the latter is much more desirable.
1:33.8	I'm going to hit the submit button and we're going to find out.
1:38.4	Oh no.
1:39.8	Drum roll.
1:44.0	I'm scared. I'm scared. So, I NFP.
1:47.0	This is
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