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Posted by Andy on October 31, 2000 at 05:29:17:

In Reply to: To Freddie posted by K.B. on October 30, 2000 at 00:07:54:

I think test are intresting when done on real life people. It's intresting to see how observation match with test scores.

I recall two people who got very poor along. with lot of misunderstanding, but I got well along with bouth of them.

I got them to take the keirsey sorter. She scored ESFJ, he scored INTP.

Of these two, I was sure the INTP was an INTP from before he took the test, even wrote it on a note before he took it, to impress him afterwards.

The ESFJ was a suprise. I recall I went very well along with her in terms of nonverbal understanding. I related to her on a very intuitive level.

I also got a drinking and party friend to take the test, result ESFP.

For me that was a very intresting experience.

Nobody of these people had any previos experience into personality systems and sush, nor did they know completly what they did, beside answering some questions.

Of the people, only the INTP took any interest in taking the test, following up with a ton of "nerd style with monotone voice questions" the others had to be baited with me promising to reveal some intresting stuff about them.

I think that the more people reads about personality, and types, the less accurate their answering sush test's become.

This because things as wishful thinking enters the picture, people think that some things have more value than other things.

Some people, that are completly normal and boring to the core, might even
try to become fascinating, and make a personality.

The result can be that someone answer more as they would like to be, instead of answering as they are.

Infact testscores might just add more confusion than they reveal truth.

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> I think test are intresting when done on real life people. It's intresting to see how observation match with test scores. > I recall two people who got very poor along. with lot of misunderstanding, but I got well along with bouth of them. > I got them to take the keirsey sorter. She scored ESFJ, he scored INTP. > Of these two, I was sure the INTP was an INTP from before he took the test, even wrote it on a note before he took it, to impress him afterwards. > The ESFJ was a suprise. I recall I went very well along with her in terms of nonverbal understanding. I related to her on a very intuitive level. > > I also got a drinking and party friend to take the test, result ESFP. > > For me that was a very intresting experience. > Nobody of these people had any previos experience into personality systems and sush, nor did they know completly what they did, beside answering some questions. > Of the people, only the INTP took any interest in taking the test, following up with a ton of "nerd style with monotone voice questions" the others had to be baited with me promising to reveal some intresting stuff about them. > > I think that the more people reads about personality, and types, the less accurate their answering sush test's become. > This because things as wishful thinking enters the picture, people think that some things have more value than other things. > Some people, that are completly normal and boring to the core, might even > try to become fascinating, and make a personality. > > The result can be that someone answer more as they would like to be, instead of answering as they are. > Infact testscores might just add more confusion than they reveal truth.

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