Tests such as Myers-Briggs promise self-discovery – but here’s why you shouldn’t take them too seriously.
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Assistant Professor of Psychology, Eureka College
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Associate Professor of Marketing, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
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Associate Professor, Centre for Positive Psychology, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of AI and Behavioral Data Science, University of Technology Sydney
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Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, Swinburne University of Technology
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