2007-03-06 03:15:15 · 9 answers · asked by o_mars91 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
those test can distinguish the dominate traits in your life and I like taking them.But shouldnt did depend on it to find who you are. Thats why your living your life.
2007-03-06 06:14:49 · answer #1 · answered by surpassingangel 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not as a final answer about someone's personality.
What they measure is not one's personality but one's test taking skills and their willingness to take the personality test. They're only as accurate as the answers the person gives, and there's no way to ensure that the person doesn't fake it.
But even if YOU are taking it, and you know you're telling the truth there are problems. Depending on the test it may ask questions for which there is no correct answer, and other problems.
Trained therapists can sometimes use them to zero in on treatment issues to be addressed, but the tests themselves are just a tool, not a diagnosis or a solution... even though some therapists say they are.
2007-03-06 03:30:38 · answer #2 · answered by Behaviorist 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are quite accurate but not totally. I believe there are many sides to people. Human personality is inconsistent and personality tests cannot tell every side of a human personality. But they can distinguish simple and deep-rooted traits.
2007-03-06 03:22:16 · answer #3 · answered by HopeGrace 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. My mood swings a lot, so when I take one of those tests, it only tells how I feel at that particular time. This, I believe is the problem with such tests.
2007-03-06 03:18:39 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No!!! The last one I took said that I was an untrusting, mean, violent person. As far as I'm concerned, anybody that makes up those test is a lying SOB, and they should be tortured and shot.
2007-03-06 03:32:00 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I do to an extent. IT really interesting to see how right they are.
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2007-03-06 03:23:37 · answer #6 · answered by jenleebrandt 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you answer it honestly it really works. Some people answer it dishonestly based of how they would like to be and not how there are really like. You need to answer it how you really are and stop being in denial about certain things.
2007-03-06 03:24:42 · answer #7 · answered by everythingszenidontthinkso 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they can give you a general idea of someones personality
2007-03-06 03:17:35 · answer #8 · answered by just me 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
not really, most have said I am a woman but I'm not. So I suppose if it is what you expected maybe, otherwise no.
2007-03-06 03:18:32 · answer #9 · answered by The Caesar Virus 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋