Well, are you someone who acts spontaneously or carefully? Do you go through life intuitively or do you rely more on facts? Personality tests like the Myers-Briggs test want to find out what personality type you are by asking questions like these. But most of these tests have one major weakness. You can find out what that is in the video and also which personality test really says something about you. // Our chapters: 00:00 – Intro 00:33 – Introverted and extroverted 01:08 – The Myers-Briggs test 04:02 – The problem with type tests 09:44 – The only true test 16:19 – What does that tell me now that I know my personality? // The team: Authors: Corinna Hartmann, Joana Abondo Camera and editing: Carolin Grimm Graphics: Judith Bornmann --- // Our sources: [1] Free online version of the Myers-Briggs: https://www.16personalities.com/de [2] Myers I., Myers P. (1980): Gifts differing. Understanding personality type. https://www.zvab.com/9780891060741/Gi... [3] Scientific evaluation of the Myers-Briggs test: Stein, R., & Swan, AB (2019): Evaluating the validity of Myers‐Briggs Type Indicator theory: A teaching tool and window into intuitive psychology. https://compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.c... [4] Diekmann, J. & König, CJ (2018): Personality testing in personnel selection: Love it? Leave it? Understand it!. https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... [5] Derschka, H. (2013). The four humors theory as a personality theory: the further development of an ancient concept in the 12th century. https://kops.uni-konstanz.de/entities... [6] On the Barnum effect: Forer, BR (1949): The fallacy of personal validation: a classroom demonstration of gullibility. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/1949-0... [7] IPIP40 test questions https://psydix.org/psychologische-tes... [8] NEO-PI-R https://www.testzentrale.de/shop/neo-... [9] Asendorpf, J. (2018): Personality. What makes us who we are and why. https://www.beck-shop.de/asendorpf-pe... [10] De Raad, B. (2000). The big five personality factors: the psycholexical approach to personality. Hogrefe & Huber https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2001-1... [11] Test by the University of Leipzig https://www.lw.uni-leipzig.de/wilhelm... [12] Sharpe et al. (2011), Optimism and the Big Five factors of personality: Beyond Neuroticism and Extraversion, Personality and Individual Differences https://www.sciencedirect.com/science... [13] Wilmot, MP, & Ones, DS (2019). A century of research on conscientiousness at work. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 116(46), 23004-23010. https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/... [14] Angelini, G. (2023). Big five model personality traits and job burnout: a systematic literature review. https://bmcpsychology.biomedcentral.c... [15] Altmann, T., Sierau, S., & Roth, M. (2013). I guess you're just not my type. Journal of Individual Differences. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2013-1... [16] Leikas, S., Ilmarinen, VJ, Verkasalo, M., Vartiainen, HL, & Lönnqvist, JE (2018). Relationship satisfaction and similarity of personality traits, personal values, and attitudes. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2017-5... Further sources: Sointu Leikas et al.: Relationship satisfaction and similarity of personality traits, personal values, and attitudes. Personality and Individual Differences, 123, 2018, 191–198 Tobias Altmann et al.: I guess you're just not my type: Personality types and similarity between types as predictors of satisfaction in intimate couples. Journal of Individual Differences, 34/2, 2013 William J. Chopik, Richard E. Lucas: Actor, partner, and similarity effects of personality on global and experienced well-being. Journal of Research in Personality, 78, 2019, 249–261 -------------------------------- // And here is the University of Leipzig test on the Big 5: https://www.lw.uni-leipzig.de/wilhelm... ------------ Thanks for watching! Did you like the video? Then subscribe to our official Quarks channel on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/Quarks?sub_co... Also visit: https://www.quarks.de Quarks on Instagram: / quarks.de Quarks on Twitter: / quarkswdr Quarks on Facebook: / quarks.de #Quarks #Personality #Psychology