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Post by CaryGrant on Mar 11, 2004 14:46:06 GMT -5
I happened across a great personality survey on a dating site on the web. It was about 95% accurate for me, doing a good job of pinpointing my strengths and also the areas I need to work on. The survey is really good (ok'ed by the APA), but i had zero matches on the dating site! Here's the survey: www.truebeginnings.com/Takes about 45 minutes to complete. Match.com also has a personality survey that I found to be about 80% accurate. Have fun! |
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Post by Ghost on Mar 15, 2004 4:42:13 GMT -5
I tried to take th test, but I would have to register first to be able to take it. so i skipped to Match.com.
Cute tests at Match. Especially the 3% of all people would be very attracted to me..I knew I was hopeless *snickers* But on the other hand: 40% would be "normal" attracted to me...at that website of course.
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Post by spitzig on Mar 16, 2004 2:55:21 GMT -5
I took the match.com test twice and got distinctly different percentages of attraction. On both sides. Lots of those questions could go either way. And, obviously they did.
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Post by Ghost on Mar 16, 2004 7:32:01 GMT -5
The truebeginnings test was so-so right, at first sight. In general it fitted nice to my personality, though some things seemed off. However, reading the details it was quite accurate after all. I am surprised about that and how reasonable I came out of the test. But I guess shyish people tend to view themselves more negative then they are. Well, if the site is unable to provide any matches, then the datingsite is not as effective as they hope to be  |
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Post by Alecto on Mar 16, 2004 8:52:44 GMT -5
I took they test, it seemed pretty accurate for the most part. What I don't get is, why take a personality test to find out what you already know about yourself?  |
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Post by CaryGrant on Mar 16, 2004 13:32:31 GMT -5
Alecto...why go to therapy or read self-help books or talk to friends when you know what you need to do? I find personality tests are useful to:
* make me consciously aware of things I had not been before, and awareness is required before change can occur
* when it comes to positive traits, the validation is nice. It's like someone telling you something good about yourself
* provide some objectivity when I'm feeling down, because the test reminds me that I do have good qualities (and that some percentage of women will be attracted!)
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Post by Alecto on Mar 16, 2004 14:04:55 GMT -5
I don't think I would compare therapy and self help books to personality tests.
I don't always know what to do, so if I needed guidance on something I think I might use a self help book or therapy to get some general ideas about what would be the best solution to my problem.
As far as personality tests go, those I do purely out of boredom. I have NEVER taken a personality test, and at the end results go:
"Gee I never knew that about myself"
Of course I'm not saying that they aren't fun, and can't be useful to some people
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Post by Jarous on Mar 16, 2004 15:10:40 GMT -5
What I don't get is, why take a personality test to find out what you already know about yourself? Such is life. Think about mathematics or logic. Most of the stuff you already knew before they told you. The teacher merely guides you to your own knowledge - makes you more aware. Personality tests make you more self-aware. Another good example is diaries. You would say diaries could as well be thrown to the bin the moment you write something down, yet there's so much to learn from your own writtings... We know a lot. Yet we understand soooo little. |
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Post by Alecto on Mar 16, 2004 15:23:23 GMT -5
I think diaries are a bit different. There to record daily events or feeling you're having at a certain time, so you can look back years later and see how you felt about something or what was going on in your life at a certain time.
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Post by spitzig on Mar 17, 2004 1:49:48 GMT -5
I think diaries are a bit different. There to record daily events or feeling you're having at a certain time, so you can look back years later and see how you felt about something or what was going on in your life at a certain time. They are currently called "journals" on the web. My main purpose is self-awareness type stuff. If it were to look back in the future, I would probably delete it. Looking back on my past depresses me now. And, it's because not that much has changed--at least as far as shyness goes. I also see a possible use in the tests as suggesting POSSIBLE routes to take. As in "people with this personality are likely to enjoy/be good at X, so I'll try it." |
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Post by Alecto on Mar 17, 2004 8:25:39 GMT -5
"Currently" called journals?
From what I've always understood the words diary and journal are synonymous.
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Post by CaryGrant on Mar 17, 2004 12:17:14 GMT -5
A lot of things lurk in your subconscious, and the value of therapy, tests, books, journals, etc can be to bring those things into your conscious mind, at which point you can do something about them. You may, for example, be making relationship choices that don't work out due to subconscious motivations, or, as spitzig said, the tests may help guide you to behaviors, jobs, etc., that are a better fit.
In my case, I discovered that my MBTI score has changed significantly. If nothing else, this helped make me conscious of the fact that I have changed for the better - it helped give me perspective on the progress I have made.
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Post by Ghost on Mar 17, 2004 13:24:22 GMT -5
Yep. Agree. It makes you aware of some/all things that you sunconscious and conscious may have known, but never really realized, or gave a serious thought.
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Post by spitzig on Mar 17, 2004 23:37:10 GMT -5
"Currently" called journals? From what I've always understood the words diary and journal are synonymous. Yeah, but I don't think I've heard weblogs referred to as diaries. I guessed it had something to do with who uses each of them. Diaries seem associated with teen/pre-teen girls. Journals don't. I know I associate journals with scientific research. |
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Post by Alecto on Mar 17, 2004 23:58:10 GMT -5
There are a few weblog sites that call them diaries.
It really doesn't matter to me though, as I use both terms
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