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Physiotype

26 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -

On this show Alex Garcia and Colby Whitted discuss personality types. What are personality types? Are they real or pseudoscience? Do personality types have a place in modern psychology? And most notably, can they be inferred visually?

If you're into MBTI (Myers Briggs Type Indicator), Enneagram, Socionics, or any other personality type system based on Carl Jung's cognitive functions, this is the podcast for you.

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Ep.22 – Physiotype Made the Jump to YouTube!

March 09, 2021 20:30 - 35 seconds - 414 KB

The podcast has had a great run but it's time to transition to a medium that's better suited for Physiotype! Join us for the introductory video here! Physiotype Introduction Video - https://youtu.be/HfZsA3UoTjE Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ **Find Out Your Type** - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Check Us Out on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/physiotypes/ **Support us on Patreon to get all sorts of Bonus Content!**...

Ep.21 – Eye Movement, Social Networks, and Personality

October 12, 2020 16:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MB

In this episode Alex and Colby take a look at two research papers: Eye Movements During Everyday Behavior Predict Personality Traits and Similar Neural Responses Predict Friendship. They discuss the possible significance these findings can have on Physiotype and finish off the episode with a special announcement and request. Eye Movements During Everyday Behavior Predict Personality Traits - https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fnhum.2018.00105/full Similar Neural Responses Pred...

Ep.20 – Information Theory and the Problem With MBTI - Ft. Binyamin Tsadik

September 28, 2020 20:17 - 49 minutes - 33.8 MB

Join Alex and Colby as they talk with Binyamin Tsadik - a popular Youtuber in the typology community - about typology as a whole and some of the connections it has with Information Theory. They also discuss some of the issues that the most popular typology theory - MBTI - has and possible ways of remedying them. Binyamin Tsadik's YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/binyamintsadik0 Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https:...

Ep.19 – Emergent Qualities in Each Type

September 14, 2020 19:30 - 52 minutes - 36.2 MB

Colby and Alex take a look at each type and try to find characteristics about the that aren't necessarily predictable by just looking at the functions. Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Chart showing the MBTI personality types and their functions - https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F17944098496173293%2F&psig=AOvVaw3IdVdPfK5kWwVxiZnyFU...

Ep.18 – Dissociation, Escapism, and Se-Ni

September 07, 2020 19:00 - 40 minutes - 27.7 MB

In this episode Alex and Colby interview Cheyenne, a Mesa-Local Supine (SFP) with the ability to imagine things hyper-realistically for long periods of time. How does this talent work? What could it imply about personality types? Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Check Us Out on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/physiotypes/ Chart showing the MBTI personality types and t...

Ep.17 – Philosophy and Personality

August 31, 2020 17:48 - 7.47 KB

Colby and Alex do their best to break down some of the biggest questions in philosophy and and how they expect different personality types to react to these questions. Are there any patterns connecting Physiotype with the different worldviews that are associated with the biggest philosophical questions of our time? Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Check Us Out on Instagram! ...

Ep.16 – Living the Life of an (I)NFJ

August 25, 2020 03:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MB

Alex and Colby interview Colby's brother Levi, an introverted Mesa Universal Supine (NFJ). They try to tap into Levi's mind and in return let Levi ask a few questions about Physiotype! Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Check Us Out on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/physiotypes/ Chart showing the MBTI personality types and their functions - https://www.google.com/url?sa...

Ep.15 – Einstein is an...NFJ?

August 17, 2020 19:30 - 1 hour - 41.2 MB

Alex and Colby visually typed Albert Einstein as an NFJ (Mesa Universal Supine). Surprised by this, they decide to take a closer look at Einstein and see if his life and behavior match with his Physiotype. Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Check Us Out on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/physiotypes/ Chart showing the MBTI personality types and their functions - https:/...

Ep.14 – How to Type Someone by Just Looking At Them

August 10, 2020 19:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MB

The long awaited face typing episode is finally out! Follow Alex and Colby as they do a full breakdown of the simplest ways to tell someone's personality type by just looking at them. Photo Of SFP Squinching With No Effort (Andrew Ucles) - https://cropper.watch.aetnd.com/cdn.watch.aetnd.com/sites/2/2019/07/Fear_the_Beast_Bio_Andrew_Ucles.jpg Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ...

Ep.13 – How Useful is Facial Typing in Real Life?

August 03, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 43.5 MB

Alex and Colby discuss the usefulness of Physiotype in various fields including: security, HR, match making, marketing, education, therapy, and business. Why would people in these fields be interested in personality typing using faces? Find out in episode 13 of Physiotype. Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Check Us Out on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/physiotypes/ Cha...

Ep.12 – What is Each Personality Type Like?

July 27, 2020 19:00 - 1 hour - 45.7 MB

The Physiotype team does a brief breakdown of each personality type and some of their common behaviors, as well as demonstrate a clear behavioral difference between men and women of some types. How do the personality types hold up to the pre-established MBTI stereotypes? Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Check Us Out on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/physiotypes/ Char...

Ep.11 – Living the Life of an (E)SFP

July 20, 2020 17:30 - 1 hour - 46.8 MB

Colby and Alex interview the artist behind the Physiotype logo, Rosie Kissel, an ESFP. Together they discuss what it means to be an SFP in Physiotype. Can a "Sensor" be as intelligent as an "Intuitive"? Find out now. Rosie's Portfolio - https://www.behance.net/kisselrmc104 Rosie's Website - https://rosiekisselphoto.myportfolio.com/ Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Check Us...

Ep.10 – Facial Width to Height Ratio vs Aggression - What Does the Science Say?

July 13, 2020 16:00 - 42 minutes - 29.3 MB

The Physiotype team review the paper titled "In Your Face: Facial Metrics Predict Aggressive Behaviour in the Laboratory and in Varsity and Professional Hockey Players", and talk about how the findings in this study are relevant to typology and Physiotype. After that Alex and Colby talk about the significance and futility of arguing about theoreticals. Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f...

Episode 9 Footnote 2

July 10, 2020 16:00 - 4 minutes - 3.05 MB

What are inverses/isomorphs? How does this relate to personality types and subtypes? Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Check Us Out on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/physiotypes/ Chart showing the MBTI personality types and their functions - https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F17944098496173293%2F&psig=AOvVaw3IdVdPfK5kWwVxiZnyFUf...

Episode 9 Footnote 1

July 09, 2020 16:00 - 6 minutes - 4.33 MB

Here is the long version of the statistics breakdown that we did in Episode 9. Enjoy! Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Check Us Out on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/physiotypes/ Support us on Patreon to get all sorts of Bonus Content! - https://www.patreon.com/physiotype Join Us on Reddit! - https://www.reddit.com/r/Physiotype/ Check out the blog for simplified sum...

Ep.9 – Face Databases, Subtypes, and Our First On Air Typing

July 06, 2020 18:00 - 53 minutes - 36.8 MB

The Physiotype team talk through their findings using the Chicago Face database, including the statistical analysis run and the significance of the data. Afterwards, Alex and Colby do an overview of subtypes: what are they? Can subtypes change? What does it mean for the Physiotype theory as a whole? To close off the episode, Colby and Alex do their first "on air" typing of a listener and important member of the typology community, u/robotmorgan from the subreddit r/personalityinorder. Link ...

Ep.8 – Living the Life of an (E)SFJ

June 29, 2020 16:00 - 42 minutes - 28.9 MB

Alex and Colby interview Colby's wife Kenzie, an SFJ. Together, they talk about real life examples of what its like to be Meta, Supine, Local, and more. What is it like to be an SFJ? How well does the Physiotype model work when used anecdotally? Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqmhjdOQ Check Us Out on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/physiotypes/ Chart showing the MBTI persona...

Ep.7 – The Big 5 - How Does it Relate to Physiotype?

June 22, 2020 16:54 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MB

Colby and Alex discuss The Big 5 personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism. How do these five personality spectrums relate to Physiotype? Why bother to learn about them? Find out in Episode 7 of Physiotype! Wikipedia Article on The Big 5 - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLSdS10f3kqm...

Ep.6 – Can You Read Dark Triad Traits In People's Faces?

June 16, 2020 11:43 - 31 minutes - 21.9 MB

Alex and Colby dissect the research paper "Facing a psychopath: Detecting the dark triad of personality from emotionally-neutral faces, using prototypes from the Personality Faceaurus." Is there scientific evidence for being able to predict personality traits from static facial features? Can you tell if someone is machiavellian, narcissistic, or psychopathic just by reading their face? What does it even mean to be a machiavellian, a narcissist, or a psychopath in relation to Physiotype? Find...

Ep.5 – A Recap of Physiotype and Q&A!

June 08, 2020 21:13 - 25 minutes - 17.8 MB

Colby and Alex summarize what Physiotype is and where it fits in with other personality type/typology theories. After that they answer some listener questions! Does personality type trap you in a box? Do different cultures have more of certain personality types? Are some types more compatible with each other than others? Find out in Episode 5 of Physiotype! Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Physiotype YouTube Channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCOfwYFmLS...

Ep.4 – Meta vs Mesa

June 03, 2020 18:20 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MB

What is Meta? What is Mesa? What functions relate to this dichotomy in MBTI and Socionics? Find out with Colby and Alex as they discuss this divide in great detail. Furthermore, they relate this dichotomy to the communication problems that people can have when they have slightly different definitions for the same words. Colby's Video on Abstracts - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6E9jMLTh1g Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Chart showing the MBTI personality ...

Ep.3 – Sensing vs Intuition - The Local/Universal Dichotomy

May 18, 2020 16:00 - 51 minutes - 35.4 MB

Colby and Alex discuss what it means to be a Local or a Universal, and how that relates to being a Sensor or an Intutitor by MBTI standards. They review what MBTI/Socionics analogues to the functions relate to this dichotomy. There can be huge communication issues between Locals and Universals. Colby shows frustration over trying to communicate with sensors (locals), and a discussion ensues on how to bridge communication barriers. Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-typ...

Ep.2 – The Prone vs Supine Dichotomy

May 08, 2020 21:39 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

Listen in as Alex and Colby discuss the first of the 3 dichotomies in Physiotype, and how they relate to MBTI. How do people who are prone behave compared to people who are supine? Can animals have a personality type? What do prone and supine people look like? Find out in the latest episode of Physiotype. Random video of a domesticated fox!!! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1G2yZMUNUQ Support us on Patreon to get all sorts of Bonus Content! - https://www.patreon.com/physiotype Join Us ...

Ep.2 – Thinking vs Feeling - The Prone/Supine Dichotomy

May 08, 2020 21:39 - 38 minutes - 26.4 MB

Listen in as Alex and Colby discuss the first of the 3 dichotomies in Physiotype, and how they relate to MBTI. How do people who are prone behave compared to people who are supine? Can animals have a personality type? What do prone and supine people look like? Find out in the latest episode of Physiotype. Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Chart showing the MBTI personality types and their functions - https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pintere...

Ep.1 – Introduction to Physiotype

May 08, 2020 21:34 - 20 minutes - 14.4 MB

In their first installment of the Physiotype podcast, Alex and Colby break down the basics: What are personality type theories? What is MBTI? What is Physiotype? How does it all relate? They give a brief overview of Carl Jung and the history of cognitive functions. Are personality type theories just pseudoscience? Find Out Your Type - http://physiotype.com/find-out-your-type/ Chart showing the MBTI personality types and their functions - https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2...

#000 - The Physiotype Trailer

May 05, 2020 19:45 - 52 seconds - 612 KB

000 Episode Notes This is Alex Garcia, here to introduce Metro Cast.FM’s show for the personality type enthusiast. Are you into psychology? Join me and Colby Whitted as we talk about personality type theory, or the idea that different people’s personalities can be categorized into 16 different personality types. So, if you’re into MBTI, Enneagam, Socionics, or just enjoy general psychology and epistemology, you’ve come to the right place. Here we take a closer look at personality types, a...

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