Valdis states one can not predict/understand behavior from only knowing
someone's MBTI....
Yes, prediction is a difficult task, and really not what the MBTI is all
about. But I have typed hundreds of folks and have found that people do
react to situations "true to type" more often than not Valdis, even though
you will always find exceptions. And I believe much evidence does exist
to show the MBTI to greatly increase people's understanding of themselves
and each other.
Once again, MBTI looks for preferences, not abilities. In fact, the goal
of knowing your type is to develop your non-preference abilities to know
when and where to use them.
On Wed, 3 Jul 1996, Valdis E. Krebs wrote:
> >Human Dynamics has concluded that there are three dimensions to all of us,
> >which are the mental , emotional, and physical.
>
> What about the Social? Does this model imply we all act independent of
> the social situation we are embedded in? If so, then IMHO it is a flawed
> model. IMHO, you canNOT predict/understand behavior from only knowing
> someone's MBTI, or Human Dynamics dimensions, etc. Much research shows
> that an individual exhibits different behavior when put into varied
> situations.
>
> Valdis Krebs
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