I personally feel some of the tests depicted my personality, while other ones did not. For the Metrics quiz, the big 5 personality test, and the second test (Personality test center), I feel it depicted correct results to my personality. The color quiz I feel did not. I didn’t find it as reliable as they were picking my lifestyle out from a group of color.
In the Color quiz, I didn’t quite see how picking colors will allow me to be judged on my personality. The results said I tend to blame others for my shortcomings, which I don’t find to believe true. If anything, I tend to be more hard on myself when I don’t do something correctly, rather than put the blame on someone. It also stated that one of my problems was I feel “held back” which I find also not true, as I have always been one up for a challenge and always push to be on top.
The Metrics quiz showed I was 47% extravert, 25% sensing, 16% feeling, and 38% judging. The personality test center classified me as a supervisor. It stated points that sounded like me such as favoring structure and schedules, making sure there are established plans and procedures, and that time frames are kept. The big 5 personality test also showed good aspects as well such as being open to experience, friendly and optimistic, and outgoing and social. I find all of these characteristics to be most like me, and I found the tests creditable for the most part. The personality test center asked if I would fill out more surveys when I wanted the results, so that made me question a little bit, but for the most part, they produced correct results.
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Hi Alexis!
I took several personality tests for my chapter 13 first impression as well. I also found the color test rather bizarre. I had a hard time trusting that my personality could be evaluated based upon the order I selected certain colors. I think it would make the results seem more trustworthy if the site ad explained the methodology behind using color selection to determine personality trait.
I agree that the other tests seemed to produce more accurate representations of how we view ourselves, since we had to self-report our tendencies, likes, and dislikes in a survey. It is fascinating to see where we fall on the personality scale, like how you fell into the “ESFJ” category. In class, we learned how the “big 5” is also different across cultures, because other cultures have different categorizations for their personality. This is an interesting fact to take into account, because the test may not be representative of people from other cultural groups and backgrounds.
Another aspect of the tests that I noticed is related to the confirmation bias. I think that for many of these tests, we see the results in black or white, either accepting or denying that they truly represent us. We reject results that disagree with our beliefs and accept those that reaffirm our existing beliefs. If I get test results that say I am more introverted, but I am insecure about that and want to believe that I am more extroverted, I may disagree with the test simply because it doesn’t say what I want it to say. For me, I tried to be aware of this and take the results with an open mind.
Overall, I think you shared some great thoughts! Keep up the good work.
Olivia
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