Has anyone here ever taken any personality tests?

I don't mean the kind where some shrink shows you photos of your mother having sex with the paperboy's dog that some guy named Rorschach spilled coffee all over. That is none of my business, just like it's none of yours what goes on between me and my extortionist psychiatrist.

No, I'm talking about the self-evaluuating quizzes you find in the self-help section of a bookstore, or on sites such as

http://www.emode.com/
http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/JTypes1.htm
http://www.keirsey.com/
http://www.cmi-lmi.com/kingdomality.html

The first site (emode) has a large variety of tests, most of them "just for fun" types

The other three each only have one "serious" test. Of these, the first two are based on the Myers-Briggs by their own admission. I believe, that although it uses different descriptors, the hird (Kingdomality) is also based on M-B

Of the "serious" tests, I like the M-B and its variants the best. Partly this is because I like comparing different tests, and M-B categories are easy to find correspondences to in most other systems, including (perhaps especially) the traditional ones.

My M-B personality is INTP (Intraverted, iNtuative, Thinking, Percieving), which roughly corresponds with a traditional Mutable/Air.

For a description of a Mutable personality type or an Air personality type, go here.

As you can see from the chart at the top of that page, Mutability and Air combine to produce a "Gemini" personality. (I put the "Gemini" in quotes, because, while using the traditional correspondences, I am not advocating astrology as the way to find them. If we were to go by my birthdate, I would be a Pisces(Mutable/Water), not a "Gemini." But even though people have told me that I'm all wet, I'm definitely more of an AIRhead.)

If you take any of the tests on the sites above, or if you've taken similar tests before, I'd like to hear how you've done. If you have other sites or other tests you'd like to discuss, I'd like that, too.

According to the Myers-Briggs I took once I have an ESTJ type personality. I guess thats about right.

Wow, all Yang!

Each of the four scales can be considered to have a "Yin" end (I, N, F and P) and a "Yang" end (E, S, T, and J) Traditionally, Yin is considered feminine and Yang masculine.

On the F/T scale there is a small, but statistically significant difference in men's average scores and women's. There is a chicken-and-egg debate over whether this is the cause of gender roles, or the result of them.

In either case, it is because of these two factors that in books like Men Are From Mars, Women Are From Venus, and You Just Don't Understand: Women and Men In Conversation, and in sitcom episodes about "the war between the sexes" there tends to be a focussing on "F" (and often INFP) women and "T" (especially ENTJ) men. This is particularly noticible in sitcoms when in every other episode shows the personalities of the couple to be far more complex than the models that they are forced into for the "war" episode.

The only show to get it right, managed because sex and gender roles was not an issue. The Odd Couple as a play and a movie focussed on the neat/sloppy issue, but more was needed to sustain a weekly series. And so it was shown that neat/sloppy was just a part of their personality conflict. Felix is ITNJ (ITJ's often tend to be territorial and "neat-freaks ISTJs even more so than INTJ), while Oscar was ESTP (EPs are real go-with-the-flow party animals.) Notice that both fell on the "T" side of the F/T scale, but at widely different points (Felix was approaching the extreme end, while Oscar was almost balanced between T and F), so there were still some "overanalysing/thoughtless" and "heartless/oversensitive"conflict, but not as stereotyped as in a "war of the sexes" episode of other shows.

Apparently I'm an INTJ. It claims that is rare. It claims some other stuff. At first I thought, "yup, that's me alright." After afew hours I am getting suspicious. I'll have to print the description and hand it around at work and ask who it describes. I expect everyone to say a different name. (If everyone says there is only one obnoxious jerk I know of," I'll know.) (Then again maybe INTJ's are just suspicious of what they don't know.)

On a lighter note, I took a couple of the e-mode tests: What breed of dog are you? and What Flavor are you?

It turns out that I'm A Mocha-flavored German Shepherd:
Breed

Tom, you're a German Shepherd!

No bones, about it, you're a loyal, hard-working German Shepherd. Dedicated and always low-maintenance, people flock to you ? they know they can count on you to get any job done, and done well.

Flavor

Mmm ... mocha! Strong and rich ? but not too sweet ? you're the flavor of late nights and early mornings. A coffeehouse regular, you've cornered the market on deep thoughts and probably have a little more than your fair share of brains. In fact, those who know you may even consider you an intellectual, a label that suits you just fine. Deep and thoughtful, you love the academic life ? or at least the structured pursuit of knowledge. And, since hitting the books often means all-nighters, what better flavor than mocha to keep you company? Chocolaty and intense, you're a truly tasty treat.

Berry -

I can tell you that you are definitely a TJ*, though I would have thought you were "S" rather than "N." I probably would also have guessed "E" rather than "I" except that on the Internet many "I"s can come off seeming like "E"s because of the way they are interacting with one another until you realize that each is actually home alone with his/her computer.

*Two of the indicators that you are a TJ are

1) You come to a conclusion quickly, without a lot of back-and-forth being necessary to sort out the truth of the issues (at least enough to satisfy you), but that decision is based squarely on the facts as you understand them.

2) Once you make up your mind on an issue, it is extremely difficult to get you to change your mind, and if the bulk of the counter-argument involves emotionalism, it makes all it harder for you to even consider it.

One way you can check if you really are an INTJ is to check out your opposite (ESFP) and your "most incompatable (ESFJ - Take your opposite but change the P back to a J [or vice-versa, if you are not Berry and are trying to adapt the instructions])

If these descibe someone who you don't think you could ever write dialogue for (at least not sustained dialogue. it is easy to dilogue a single argument with an INTJ), and a person you would find it difficult to have a civilized conversation with, respectively, then the test was probably right.

Myers-Briggs would say that you are an INFJ (Introvert, Intuitive, Feeler, Judger). In Star Trek language, you share a basic personality configuration with Benjamin Sisko.


People like you are typically global thinkers with great passion for your unique vision. You are highly creative, original, and independent. Your idea of torture is to be stuck in a rut, and you get impatient with people who doubt your insights or want to stick to traditional methods for tradition's sake. Your best friends share their feelings and opinions easily without forcing them down your throat. You are greatly offended when others show disrespect for your beliefs and values. You dislike disorder in your personal space.

You are inspired, not impulsive. You're even cautious, deliberate and eager to make plans. You're polite and somewhat reserved, especially as others have made you feel awkward for your beliefs in the past. You're quite organized and, when properly motivated, highly productive.

Your primary goal in life is to follow through on your ideas and be faithful to your vision. Your reward is to have others trust your inspiration and to watch your dreams come true.

Good careers for your type include special education teacher, holistic health practitioner, director of religious education, art director, writer, editor, and religious educator.

Hannah-

Where did you find a M-B variant test with Star Trek Character Analogues? Who is the Star Trek analogue for INTP?

Which Monty Python Sketch Character Are You?

I'm the Abuse Clerk! What? Don't give me that, you vacuous, coffee-nosed, malodorous pervert!

I was trying for a cross between the lumberjack ("I'm a lumberjack, and I'm OK...") and the Spanish Inquisitor. The quiz decided I was the Abuse Clark.

You, sir, are a "snotty faced heap of parrot droppings"!

(please look at the username before flaming)

So everybody comes out as the Abuse Clerk? (Must've made the programming easy!)

I am the minister of silly walks.


Must be the chemicals I work with.

I looked at the author of thats other tests and took the which holy grail character are you. I am Arthur King of the Britons.

Looking around I see that the place is run by quizilla.com and has some rather interesting other quizes..

Heh. I came out as the abuse clerk, too.

I'm a a Lumberjack...with definite issues...

John, so your're a lumberjack... with issues..., but... are you OK?

Indeed. I sleep all night & I work all day.

Finally took the test myself. Turns out I'm a Gumby (dammit). (Sorry. That was Eddie Murphy.)

"I'm the President and I'm okay." (Yup, there's been a parody of "The Lumberjack Song" made.)

From the same site is this quiz: "Which of the Incredibles Are You?" I'm Violet. (Intrguingly, on another site there was a quiz that asked "What Is Your Superpower?" Mine was "invisibility".)

"No capes!"

Oh goody- I'm a lumberjack. And I SO wanted to be that cute little white rabbit.

I've made some quizzes of my own at Quizilla. Anyone interested in taking them?
Here's one: http://quizilla.com/users/quillpen5/quizzes/What%20Star%20Trek%20race%20are%20you%20from%3F
Let me know how you come out.

Darn, I'm just a nice, normal, caring human being who shouldn't wear a red shirt.

Ditto here.

Same here. Though, Lord knows it's hard to imagine anyone using the word "normal" to describe me.

Live long and prosper.

Thanks for the tests, folks. Fun stuff...

I am:

Bruce(natch!)

Frozone (I'm so proud...)

and also a Nice Normal Caring Human Being (old age must be setting in...)

Everybody's a nice normal caring human being???
Geesh! When I took my own test, I came out Klingon. So there!

We are borg.

Ha! Spanish Inquisitor!

RE: Electron: Were you expecting that reply?

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! My chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... My two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... My three weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... My four...no... Amongst my weapons.... Amongst my weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise.... I'll come in again.

Several minutes later.

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Amongst my weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope, and nice red uniforms - Oh ****!

LOL