I screwed with the personality test. :P
Because I realized that I couldn't answer the questions to the best of my ability without taking the test twice, with a very different mindset each time. Home me and College me are complete opposites in some ways. So I took the test the first time around with the College mindset (strictly answering in relation to how I behave at college and with my friends), and the second time around with the Home mindset (how I behave at home and with my relatives & family, and only if necessary, how I behaved in high school).
1st results:
expressive, open, self revealing, loves large parties, loud, social, outgoing, does not like social isolation, assertive, social chameleon, positive, always busy, likes to fit in, likes to stand out, enjoys leadership, brutally honest, trusting, optimistic, desires attention, dominant, aggressive, attachment prone, wants to be understood, realistic
2nd results:
introverted, secretive, reclusive, tough, non social, observer, fearless, solitary, libertarian, detached, does not like to lead, outsider, abides the rules, mind over heart, does not like to stand out, does not make friends easily, self sufficient, not aggressive, likes the unknown, unconcerned with external opinion, strong, abstract, independent, very intellectual, analytical, high self control
Not very surprising, seeing as how I am much more open with my friends than I am with my family (my mother being the only exception). I remember a while back, I was on my soap box about how much my home life sucks in comparison to college. I've come to terms with that since then, but it doesn't mean the wide gap isn't still there. What I really find interesting is how my wealth percentage raised when I answered with the College mindset. It IS true that I spend a little more money in College, and more people there assume I'm wealthy because of the way I dress. >_>;
I'm not putting a lot of stock into this, since I have a TON of criticisms and think this test was off on a lot of things on both results:
- This test had the tendency to phrase things in terms of extremes (e.g. "I most enjoy..." "I don't feel happy unless..."), which leads to inaccuracies. For example...
- The in-depth results on facebook said my intellectual score isn't high, so I wouldn't like a job in research and analysis. But I LIKE doing research and analysis on subjects I'm interested in. I wrote analytical essays on theO for fun; I'm analyzing this test, for godssake! Just because I prefer to do things other than studying and work (such as hanging out with friends) doesn't mean I don't like studying, period.
- For the same reason, my romantic score was low. I have very strong views on love, but I'm not the type of person who NEEDS to be in a relationship in order to be happy or thinks finding a partner is the most important thing in life, which were the types of questions the test was asking.
- Nitpicky, but what was up with the Pixies question? If you don't like the Pixies, you're that much less artistic? Please.
- And the most inaccurate thing of all! My work ethic score was low on both tries. I'm not sure which questions they used to determine this, but I KNOW College me has a very strong work ethic. I'm not so hot at doing things in my free time, but when it comes to my real responsibilities, I get my shit done.
- Also, I feel that I'm actually more materialistic than the test results state I am. Or maybe less materialistic and more "high-maintenance." ^^;
Even though 125 questions may seem like a lot, for a personality test that tries to determine so much, it's a pretty short questionnaire. IIRC, official personality tests used in psychology usually have many more questions. (I recently took one personality test for a psychological study that was 300+ questions long.) So I'd say take this test for fun, but don't put too much weight in the results. After all, you probably know yourself better than any test does. :)
