Do our personality type remains the same ?

[Rishabh R]

I remember taking the MBTI personality test 4 years ago and now I took it this year. The result was the same. Mediator  INFP-T.

Could anyone answer why or is it constant ?

[Zeroguy]

Yeah it's a constant I am ISTJ .

[Natasha Tori Maru]

Calling @Joshe for some advices  

[Rishabh R]

@Zeroguy Ok Thanks. Is the test verified ?as last night I surfed the internet and found out that that the test uses some psuedoscientific claims which are prone to confirmation bias .

[Natasha Tori Maru]

As far as I am aware personality type in MBTI is reflective of the cognitive functions behind the 4 letter type: Ne, Ni, Se, Si, Te, Ti, Fe, Fi

Each 4 letter type code has a different order and set of preferential functions - your type remains the same, but as you grown and develop you tend to develop each of the functions in stages. So for example, I type as INTJ - Ni, Te, Fi, Se. Ni comes natural to me as a default: I know no other way to be. Te, Fi, Se have later developed and I recall stages of broadening each, making them feel more dominant at different times.

I view MBTI as a frame - I use it to understand certain ways people (and myself) take in information and make decisions. That is all it is - a way of describing how we perceive and make decisions. It is important not to let it limit you as all frames can. I find it useful as it means I can find a way to better communicate to someone IE some people prefer lots of details prior to understanding the overall picture (don't like to assume or read between the lines) - some prefer the general idea before they can nail down details (comfortable with extrapolating on incomplete data).

By scientific standards MBTI is pseudoscience. There is no solid empirical backing, it isn't as strong as a predictor as say, big 5. And it is based on Carl Jung's work which is more philosophical introspection than scientific experiment. That said, I find it useful. Many others do not. I would operate from cognitive functions and not type codes: the j vs p (judging, perceiving) Myers-Briggs uses isn't needed, and causes a lot of confusion IMO.

[Rishabh R]

@Natasha Tori Maru Got it. 

[Miguel1]

3 hours ago, Natasha Tori Maru said:

I type as INTJ

I am almost certain you have mentioned that you type as INFJ, the introvert version of me