Friday, December 12, 2008

Personality Tests

Jung Typology Test



Results: ISTJ
moderately expressed introvert
slightly expressed sensing personality
moderately expressed thinking personality
slightly expressed judging personality


This test asked a lot of questions based on social concepts and thinking patterns. For this reason, I believe that validity of this test is pretty good - I do think i'm introverted, after all.



Personality Lab - CCQ (Understand Your Personality)

Results
Extraversion: 33
Agreeableness: 73
Conscientiousness: 75
Neuroticism: 62
Openness to New Experience: 57

I think that this test is pretty comprehensive, as it asks a lot of personal and self-evaluation questions and asks you to rank them on a scale of 1 to 9, rather than just "yes or no". It also gives a great description of each of the"Big Five" trait domains., which makes me believe in the validity of the test.



Personality Lab - Life Goals

Results:
Financial Success: Higher than average
Social Recognition: Slightly lower than average
Attractiveness: Lower than average
Affiliation: Average
Community Involvement: Average
Self Acceptance: Less than average
Valuing of Goals: Intrinsic over Extrinsic (Average)


This test seems to cover really broad and general universal concepts, such as love and money. Because of this, I think that this test covers a difficult subject, but still does a decent job in providing the test taker with a breakdown of results. I also think that the test is pretty valid.


Personality Lab - Sim Personality

Neatness (v. Sloppy): 5/10
Outgoing (v. Shy): 2/10
Active (v. Lazy): 2/10
Playful (v. Seriousness): 3/10
Nice (v. Grouchy): 6/10

This test was pretty easy to take. It asked personal questions and scored you based on the different types of Sim personality traits. For the most part, I agree with most of the results; I'm more quiet and reserved, and I am pretty lazy. However, I don't want to think of myself as serious all the time; after all, I spend a good part of my time playing games. Overall, I think this test is pretty valid.


Planet Personality - Followership Test

Proactive Followership: 14/25
Passive Followership: 17/25
Self Efficacy: 30 (Average is 30.34)
Capacity for Power: 26 (Average is 23.73)

This test determines your own 'follower' style. Proactive followership expresses the desire to lead up and occasionally challenge leadership, while passive followership expresses the desire to cooperate and go with the flow. This test was much different than the others, as it targeted a specific area. I generally agree with these results, and I think this test is pretty valid.

11 comments:

Amanda M.'s Psychology Blog said...

Good job Keith! You described the results and what you thought well.

Abrar C. said...

I really liked your blog Keith
Most people just posted the results, such as myself, but you went the extra mile and talked about what you thought.

Alice L. said...

I agree with what the others said. Great job :)

Ivy Chiu said...

Wow, very organized! Good job describing each test and its results! Looks like most of these results are consistent =) at least on the introversion part!

Patrick N. said...

I agree its very organized, i just made a summary on mine on what i thought.

Trevor B. said...

Are you sure you are lazy that post was pretty laid out, great job on breaking down the results and how you think how valid they were

cgrymes said...

Our personalities are pretty much the opposite haha but this was interesting!

Flo F said...

So you pretty much got accurate results. Me too. Good job on explaining the results :D

Dickson T said...

Good job on posting results and explaining how you felt on each one. Good Job.

Gaurav S. said...

These tests do seem to be a good reflection of you Keith, although I wouldn't think of you as judging. The fact that they all pretty much say the same thing attests to their validity. I agree with your assessment that "yes/no" questions are not as accurate as ones that give you ranges. "Yes/no" questions seem to limit the answers you can give.

Hazel said...

I liked that you actually talked about the results rather than just posting them...good job!