科学还是迷信：性格测试到底靠不靠谱？
<p><span word="Personality">Personality</span> <span word="testing">testing</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="grown">grown</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="major">major</span> <span word="industry">industry</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="standard">standard</span> <span word="procedure">procedure</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="leadership">leadership</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="management">management</span> <span word="courses">courses</span>， <span word="as">as</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="job">job</span>-<span word="interview">interview</span> <span word="processes">processes</span>， <span word="and">and</span>， <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span>， <span word="in">in</span> <span word="career">career</span> <span word="counselling">counselling</span>. <span word="But">But</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="really">really</span> <span word="trust">trust</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="deliver">deliver</span> <span word="scientific">scientific</span>， <span word="objective">objective</span> <span word="truth">truth</span>？</p><p>个性测试现已发展成为一大产业，是领导力和管理课程的标准程序，它不仅是求职面试流程的组成部分，而且日益成为职业辅导不可或缺的内容之一。但我们是否真的应该相信这类测试能够揭示出科学且客观的真相？</p><p><span word="I">I</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="bad">bad</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="you">you</span>： <span word="Even">Even</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="sophisticated">sophisticated</span> <span word="tests">tests</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="considerable">considerable</span> <span word="flaws">flaws</span>. <span word="Take">Take</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Myers">Myers</span>-<span word="Briggs">Briggs</span> <span word="Type">Type</span> <span word="Indicator">Indicator</span> (<span word="MBTI">MBTI</span>)， <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>‘<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="popular">popular</span> <span word="psychometric">psychometric</span> <span word="test">test</span>， <span word="which">which</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="Jung">Jung</span>’<span word="s">s</span> <span word="theory">theory</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="personality">personality</span> <span word="types">types</span>. <span word="Over">Over</span> <span word="two">two</span> <span word="million">million</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="administered">administered</span> <span word="every">every</span> <span word="year">year</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="MBTI">MBTI</span> <span word="places">places</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="of">of</span> 16 <span word="personality">personality</span> <span word="types">types</span>， <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="dichotomous">dichotomous</span> <span word="categories">categories</span> <span word="such">such</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="whether">whether</span> <span word="you">you</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="introvert">introvert</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="extrovert">extrovert</span>， <span word="or">or</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="disposition">disposition</span> <span word="towards">towards</span> <span word="being">being</span> <span word="logical">logical</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="emotional">emotional</span> (<span word="what">what</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="calls">calls</span> “<span word="thinking">thinking</span>” <span word="and">and</span> “<span word="feeling">feeling</span>”).</p><p>我有一些坏消息要告诉你：即使最复杂的测试也存在很大的缺陷。以迈尔斯-布里格斯类型指标（<span word="Myers">Myers</span>-<span word="Briggs">Briggs</span> <span word="Type">Type</span> <span word="Indicator">Indicator</span>，简称<span word="MBTI">MBTI</span>）为例。这种世界上最流行的心理测试的原理是荣格的性格类型理论，它每年大约被应用200多万次。<span word="MBTI">MBTI</span>测试通过二分法类别——比如你是一位性格内向者还是外向者，你的性情偏重于逻辑还是情绪（也就是它所称的“思维”和“感觉”）——来判定一个人属于16种性格类型的哪一种。</p>
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