Posted by Faith (66.189.152.124) on October 19, 2002 at 21:21:09:
In Reply to: Normal People Also Feel This Way.... posted by Rich (152.163.188.34) on October 19, 2002 at 17:05:10:
hello Rich,
well Rich, I am not sure what to say. I have not read that book, however I have spoke to a councilor that does use a system in the same. For which you are charted with reasons and configured into your personality type..I found it to be very enlightening. However it was noticed to me that many people felt invaded..As if there safety bubble around them had been popped. Maybe this is because the majority of the people fit a certain type of personality that keeps them almost safe in there own shelter.. Weather right or wrong I am not saying. Just saying that maybe most people fit the personality profile of that sort..Myself I was told to be strong earth and do tend to walk to my own drummer..what are you Rich?
I only ask not for a response , unless you wish to send one. But more of how does it make you feel to be asked to step inside yourself? I imagine this is intesified to the ill..thanks, Faith
> > Often I meet with people who reject doing psychological tests 'because they are not valid'. Of course there are very bad tests, but when using a well 'tested' test, its still something to pay attention to and reflect on.
> > > > When putting things into perspective:
> > > > ++ correlation coefficient of relation between smoking an lung cancer:
> > > > r = 0,08
> > > > ++ predictive power of a job interview r = 0,25
> > > > ++ predictive power of a assessment center (predicting job performance)
> > > > r = 0,37
> > > > ++ predictive power of (good) job aptitude tests r= 0,30
> > > > ++ predictive power of weather forecast r= 0,4-0,65
> > > > ++ predictive power of MMPI test towards psych. disorders 0,37
> > > > ++ predictive power of astological 'forecasts' r = 0
> > > >
> > > > Re-test correlation when using good psychological tests: r= 0,8-0,9
> > > > Jan
> > > Hello Jan:
> > > Why do these people want to avoid self knowledge? What are they afraid that they will find out about themsleves ? Rich
> > Rich, I don't feel these people want to avoid self knowledge..In fact the very state of mind they are in only allows them to think that the ones conducting these tests are involved with "them" whom ever them is to us is merely a fiction of there mind...As for the ill they often see themselves as well and the rest of us as some sort of evil demon trying to break there strength.And this is the same with any illness...Alcoholics even don't see themselves as ill so often of the time..And self rationalism can often prolong ones ability to even take notice they are ill...
> > Faith
>
> Hello Faith:
> I worked with normal people who felt is way, too! Its like finding out about themsleves, limits them some how.... Every employee was give Keirsey's " Please Understand Me ", but no one would read it1 Rich