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What causes someone to feel anxious and lacking in confidence when outside the home? [closed]
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When at home, I feel like being myself - calm, free, productive, clearly thinking and wise person making logical decisions. But should any contact be made with outside world, ...
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What is the difference between confidence and overconfidence?
People say there is a very small difference between confidence and overconfidence.
How can knowledge of psychology help someone know whether they are are confident or overconfident?
What is the ...
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Is there an open-source / free official Myers-Briggs assessment I can adopt?
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I've got an idea for a web site that uses one's Myers-Briggs type as part of the value.
I've seen various web sites offer "quick quizzes" to assess one's MBTI, but I'm not sure how ...
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Do measures of Big 5 personality have a positive bias towards extraverted, conscientious, emotionally stable, ageeable and open individuals?
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One free measures of the Big 5 is the IPIP.
I have noticed that IPIP items seem to have a positive bias towards items loading on the extraversion (EX), emotional stability (ES), ...
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Is the Myer Briggs Type indicator (MBTI) a reasonable scientific theory?
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MBTI stands for Myers-Briggs Type Indicator. It's a theory that suggests that people can be divided into 16 types, based on the way they percieve and analyse information (whether they make ...
