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Have you ever taken a personality test? I certainly did. Recently I began wondering what the Myers Briggs and Big Five tests actually tell me. Is there science behind those tests? Or are they just better horoscopes? In this video, I'll tell you what I've learned.

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00:00 Introduction
00:55 Personality and How to Test it
04:30 The MyersBriggs Type Indicator
10:00 The Big Five Inventory
13:49 Nature vs Nurture
15:20 The Barnum effect
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