How accurate is this in terms of judging personality?
My entire family took the test on the humanmetrics site, and it seemed like the analysis of all of our personalities was pretty accurate. I guess it is possible that we were expecting it to be accurate, though, and interpreted the results to fit our expectations. I also imagine that could have been just vague enoough to seem prophetic, like fortune cookies and horoscopes try to be.
So what's the verdict? Is it worth taking? Is it worth listening to the analysis? Is it worth taking the suggestions they offer for recommended partner personality types?
2007-02-27 17:11:54 · 8 answers · asked by Bobby S 4 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I took it and I thought it was very accurate there were few things I disagreed with. It's worth taking and personality types I'm not sure about because sometimes opposites attract and other times people need someone with the same kind of personality but it couldn't hurt to give it a try
2007-02-27 17:15:50 · answer #1 · answered by MelC 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it is worth taking. Unlike horoscopes, the personality types are derived from a test in which you answer questions about how you view and interact with the world. As it is based on ones own truthful analysis of oneself, there is an extent of how accurate it can be, but it definitely is a good springboard for analysis.
It basically comes up with 16 personality types based on 4 sets of attributes: introvert/extrovert, senses/feeling, thinking/feeling, and judgement/perception. What's more, is that even if you are categorized as, say, an introvert or extrovert, you are scored somewhere in the continuum of the two, versus just an either/or scenario, although it is possible to score 100% in either.
It shouldn't be used as the ultimate determiner of personality, but is definitely a good start to exploring that area.
2007-02-27 17:24:42 · answer #2 · answered by scottr 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think the Myers- Briggs Test is very accurate; however, it should be just one of several instruments used in assessing your whole spectrum of personality. I am an INTP. My two main variable are the I-E and the T-F. They tend to interchange at times. My husband in an INTJ, with the J very pronounced. He likes to decide things and I like to keep my opions open. It is very accurat there.
2007-02-27 17:27:21 · answer #3 · answered by Ariel 128 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've taken that test I think four different times now, and, except for getting an 'I' to kick it off, I get a different answer each time. So either I'm indecisive, or my personality changes regularly, or there's a problem with the test when you get close to the middle, or it's just an extended-play fortune cookie.
2007-02-27 17:24:50 · answer #4 · answered by Doc Occam 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have no idea how I'd score if I were disciplined enough to give honest answers, but c'mon, if you take that for a job interview or something it's cake to figure what kind of personality type they're looking for and then game the test.
It's mostly useful in identifying people who are too stupid to figure out how to cheat like that.
2007-02-27 17:25:07 · answer #5 · answered by KevinStud99 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Being requested to take a "personality try" by someone in HR is a few thing i'd have a finished aversion to. Have they themselves taken it? for sure no longer! And in the journey that they did, they regarded on the solutions first.
2016-12-05 01:30:51 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's fairly accurate, but the results tend to change over time. I used to test "INTP" on 3 different tests, but now I test "INFJ".
2007-02-27 17:15:38 · answer #7 · answered by I Know Nuttin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
In my experience it is pretty much spot on. It's just behavioral science. In fact I was really surprised at how accurate it is.
2007-02-27 17:24:06 · answer #8 · answered by AK 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋