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Humans are curious beings. By and large, we spend our lifetime discovering. We try to understand the world and its many complexities, we search for new ways of thinking, we aim for a greater adaption to changing circumstances, and we continually explore how as people we're able to fit into an ever-changing globalised world. This brings us to one of the most significant forms of discovery; self-discovery.
Throughout childhood, we begin to understand the world and its mechanisms of operation, even if the development of this understanding is only in its infancy. Throughout adolescence, we take what we've learnt about the world and we start to try and find out where we belong. Who am I? What do I believe in? Questions concerning the meaning of life begin to emerge. What's it all about? Is there a point to it all? You hit your twenties and you are confronted with fitting in and contributing as a member of society. The questions still remain. Who am I really? Why am I doing this, that, etc.? Some of us aim to find a suitable partner, most of us a suitable career path and the vast majority of us, a certain circle (or crowd) of friends. This continues throughout a human's lifecycle. These decisions and their outcomes (positive or negative) are shaped by who we are as people.
One of the ways we can gain an insight into who we are as people is by taking academically accepted personality tests. The two most prominent - and which feed off of each other to a certain degree - are the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS).
These tests consist of answering questions about your temperament in social, workplace and interpersonal situations in either sliding scale format (MBTI) or through a 'one-or-the-other' multiple choice format (KTS). There are sixteen different personalities (MBTI) or temperaments (KTS), with each personality and temperament correlating with a respective MBTI or KTS counterpart.
Essentially, the test (MBTI) analyses whether you are extroverted or introverted, whether you are sensory (observant) or intuitive in your thought patterns, whether you make decisions by thinking (being rational) or feeling (being emotional), and whether or not you use judgement or perception (prospection) to analyse the outside world.
The KTS looks at the various roles and their variants inherent in the temperaments of people. There are four main groups (Artisans (concrete and adaptable), Guardians (concrete and organised), Idealists (abstract and compassionate) and Rationals (abstract and objective), with four roles in each, two roles of which are proactive (directive) temperaments and the other two being reactive (informative) temperaments.
In terms of validity, I believe the MBTI to be the more valid of the tests. Because it is a sliding scale, (you can strongly agree all the way to strongly disagree, for example: Agree: 3,2,1,0,1,2,3: Disagree), it allows for a more accurate reading than a 'one-or-the-other' multiple choice questionaire. The MBTI uses the varying degrees in which a person may agree or disagree with a statement to come up with a relatively accurate reading comparatively.
Of course, the tests only serve as a guideline. It is ridiculous to suggest that seven billion people fit exactly into sixteen personality types. The MBTI aims to address this by having a varying percentage level for all indicators (for example two ENTJs (extraverted, intuitive, thinking, judgement) may have different levels of extraversion, at 60 and 75 per cent respectively). Additionally, due to the sheer volume of people fitting into a personality type, forms of the MBTI (notably 16personalities.com) use two main temperament identifiers, also with a percentage variance (turbulent (perfectionist, self-conscious and sensitive to stress) and assertive (self-assured, even-tempered and resistant to stress)) to determine with relative accuracy a person's personality.
Some people may not care about who they are as person or whether or not they belong in this crazy world of ours. Some people are indifferent, and that's fine. Conversely, you may be sure of who you are and don't need no gosh darn test to tell you who you are! (manyellsatcloud.jpeg). However by and large, humans are inquisitive and open to further self-exploration and discovery, which is why such tests exist in the first place.
You can take the MBTI test here: www.16personalities.com
Alternatively, you can take the Keirsey Temperament Sorter here: www.keirsey.com
By the way, I'm an INTJ (introverted (41%), intuitive (35%), thinking (21%), judgement (13%), with an assertive rating of 84%) on the MBTI test and a Mastermind (Rational) on the KTS (I'm rare. Apparently my type and temperament account for only 1 per cent of the population. Yay me?).
What are you? Do you find that question impossible to answer? Do you find personality tests valid? Can you divide seven billion people (even to different percentage points) into sixteen personality groups?
I look forward to having a chat about it!
NB: I'm not a licenced individual practicing in the field of psychometrics, rather an inquisitive young chap interested in people and what makes them different. Everyone has a story to tell, everyone experiences life differently. Personality tests seem to be able to (to a degree) decipher what at times seems indicipherable.
Fire away!
Throughout childhood, we begin to understand the world and its mechanisms of operation, even if the development of this understanding is only in its infancy. Throughout adolescence, we take what we've learnt about the world and we start to try and find out where we belong. Who am I? What do I believe in? Questions concerning the meaning of life begin to emerge. What's it all about? Is there a point to it all? You hit your twenties and you are confronted with fitting in and contributing as a member of society. The questions still remain. Who am I really? Why am I doing this, that, etc.? Some of us aim to find a suitable partner, most of us a suitable career path and the vast majority of us, a certain circle (or crowd) of friends. This continues throughout a human's lifecycle. These decisions and their outcomes (positive or negative) are shaped by who we are as people.
One of the ways we can gain an insight into who we are as people is by taking academically accepted personality tests. The two most prominent - and which feed off of each other to a certain degree - are the Myers Briggs Personality Type Indicator (MBTI) and the Keirsey Temperament Sorter (KTS).
These tests consist of answering questions about your temperament in social, workplace and interpersonal situations in either sliding scale format (MBTI) or through a 'one-or-the-other' multiple choice format (KTS). There are sixteen different personalities (MBTI) or temperaments (KTS), with each personality and temperament correlating with a respective MBTI or KTS counterpart.
Essentially, the test (MBTI) analyses whether you are extroverted or introverted, whether you are sensory (observant) or intuitive in your thought patterns, whether you make decisions by thinking (being rational) or feeling (being emotional), and whether or not you use judgement or perception (prospection) to analyse the outside world.
The KTS looks at the various roles and their variants inherent in the temperaments of people. There are four main groups (Artisans (concrete and adaptable), Guardians (concrete and organised), Idealists (abstract and compassionate) and Rationals (abstract and objective), with four roles in each, two roles of which are proactive (directive) temperaments and the other two being reactive (informative) temperaments.
In terms of validity, I believe the MBTI to be the more valid of the tests. Because it is a sliding scale, (you can strongly agree all the way to strongly disagree, for example: Agree: 3,2,1,0,1,2,3: Disagree), it allows for a more accurate reading than a 'one-or-the-other' multiple choice questionaire. The MBTI uses the varying degrees in which a person may agree or disagree with a statement to come up with a relatively accurate reading comparatively.
Of course, the tests only serve as a guideline. It is ridiculous to suggest that seven billion people fit exactly into sixteen personality types. The MBTI aims to address this by having a varying percentage level for all indicators (for example two ENTJs (extraverted, intuitive, thinking, judgement) may have different levels of extraversion, at 60 and 75 per cent respectively). Additionally, due to the sheer volume of people fitting into a personality type, forms of the MBTI (notably 16personalities.com) use two main temperament identifiers, also with a percentage variance (turbulent (perfectionist, self-conscious and sensitive to stress) and assertive (self-assured, even-tempered and resistant to stress)) to determine with relative accuracy a person's personality.
Some people may not care about who they are as person or whether or not they belong in this crazy world of ours. Some people are indifferent, and that's fine. Conversely, you may be sure of who you are and don't need no gosh darn test to tell you who you are! (manyellsatcloud.jpeg). However by and large, humans are inquisitive and open to further self-exploration and discovery, which is why such tests exist in the first place.
You can take the MBTI test here: www.16personalities.com
Alternatively, you can take the Keirsey Temperament Sorter here: www.keirsey.com
By the way, I'm an INTJ (introverted (41%), intuitive (35%), thinking (21%), judgement (13%), with an assertive rating of 84%) on the MBTI test and a Mastermind (Rational) on the KTS (I'm rare. Apparently my type and temperament account for only 1 per cent of the population. Yay me?).
What are you? Do you find that question impossible to answer? Do you find personality tests valid? Can you divide seven billion people (even to different percentage points) into sixteen personality groups?
I look forward to having a chat about it!
NB: I'm not a licenced individual practicing in the field of psychometrics, rather an inquisitive young chap interested in people and what makes them different. Everyone has a story to tell, everyone experiences life differently. Personality tests seem to be able to (to a degree) decipher what at times seems indicipherable.
Fire away!
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