Scientific, Objective Personality Psychology
Channel: Erik Thor
Date: 25/02/2019

Too much content on personality psychology, the MBTI and Typology is rooted in personal bias. There's a lack of critical thinking and careful evaluation of the concepts and theories that are used. Negative stereotypes are constantly reinforced and speed-typing is used to box people in. How can you type people through critical thinking and what can we do about the lack of critical thinking in the MBTI?

10 STEPS TO START TYPING PEOPLE CRITICALLY

Get rid of biased opinions and assessments about a personality trait or at least be mindful of the bias you have when you are predicting another person’s personality type
Note down and be aware when you have a positive or negative impression of a person before you try to type them
Make sure you have looked at all the evidence presented to you before you rush to a conclusion about the person.
Take time to process and assess your read and note down the confidence you feel in your own assessment
Take note of arguments and evidence that contradict your read of the person and make sure you come up with an explanation or can correct this.
Look over your base definitions and the concepts you are using to read a person and MAKE SURE THEY WORK.
Make sure the other person is given a chance to challenge your read and to correct you if you have been misinformed or if you have misunderstood something.
Make sure the person you are typing is correctly informed on the concepts and the definitions you use so that they can self-evaluate their read over time. 
Give the other person time to process and evaluate your read before you push/assert it on them -- or there is a chance they will admit to or disagree with your read before having had time to look over the evidence.
Submit your methods and definitions to the other person if necessary so they can critically evaluate these and determine if they work

+ Have friends that can evaluate and apply the methods you use and work together with others to assess your reads!

Hey! My name is Erik Thor, and thanks to all the help from my viewers and patreons at patreons.com/erikthor I've been able to build a living on the side of my part-time job making videos about different personality types. I seek to cover Carl Jung and the sixteen personality types in the MBTI from an original perspective. I believe there are sixteen, not eight cognitive functions. I write about them at www.erikthor.com/cognitive-functions. 

I also develop successful personality tests that can accurately predict your personality type. www.erikthor.com/test/personality-test with high accuracy. Try it out and share your results with me! 

Why do I do it? Because I want to spread more flow and happiness in the world. I believe we spend too much time going against our own true nature, denying ourselves nad pretending to fit in. We should break free and find ourselves and find a lifestyle more suited to our needs and values. If we can do that, the world will be a better place, for everyone. Join the community @ https://discord.gg/wGXtwQQDn4