Have you ever been asked which MBTI personality you are? Not sure how to answer this question? This video will help you gain insight into the Myer-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) assessment. It will break down the different letters, go over the history of the formation of the test, skim over the research conducted on MBTI as well as briefly spotlight applications of MBTI personalities, for popular TV shows such as Grey’s Anatomy and The Harry Potter series. It will also describe two big controversial opinions on this assessment!

This video was made by McMaster Demystifying Medicine students, Kate Kim, Liz Jacobs and Yashar Lariei.

Copyright McMaster University 2020.

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16Personalities. (2020). Personality Types. https://www.16personalities.com/personality-types
Bisits, M. (n.d.). Carl Gustav Jung. C G Jung Society of Melbourne Inc. Retrieved October 22, 2020, from http://www.jungsocietymelbourne.com/carl-gustav-jung
Grey’s MBTI personalities—Do you agree and what is yours? (2018). Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/greysanatomy/comments/8jgnv0/greys_mbti_personalities_do_you_agree_and_what_is/
Haslam, S. A. (2018). The self-made women who created the Myers–Briggs. Nature, 561(7722), 176–176. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-018-06614-8
Who are you in Harry Potter? (2020). Reddit. https://www.reddit.com/r/mbti/comments/ha1k2x/who_are_you_in_harry_potter/