JPH. About those personality tests...

[Frogwarrior]

Eeyore matters not to me, but you got Puddleglum? Aw man!

But I got Bastian from Neverending Story, and the trump card, Calvin. And a couple Star Trek characters. Meh.

[Little Shepherd]

Wow, my first ISTJ result ever. I've always gotten INTJ before.
I - 67%
S - 1%
T - 1%
J - 78%

[Kelp]

Yeah, but look at those 1% ratings. It's very close.

[JonLanceBarker]

same as always: INFP

linky

i wonder whether the test is influenced any by the knowledge of the score you got last time (and how you got it).

[Sparko]

I took a personality test and they said I didn't have one.

[Teluog]

My changes everytime. I intentionally alter my personality to fit the situation. For example, when it's a little too quiet I'll speak up and be a bit more extroverted. It depends on the situation I'm in and the surrounding circumstances I'm in at the time. I think these tests are a little to vague or superficial anyway. Anyway, I would rather call my personality "flexible".

[Jon_Day]

Only some of this is accurate. INFP. I don't believe this accurately describes all the aspects of my personality...nor do I feel that this test is a legitimate way to analyze someone. It seems rather an apathetic attempt at categorizing, for ease of understanding...without actually understanding.

[Sparko]

Only some of this is accurate. INFP. I don't believe this accurately describes all the aspects of my personality...nor do I feel that this test is a legitimate way to analyze someone. It seems rather an apathetic attempt at categorizing, for ease of understanding...without actually understanding.

exactly. I think personality tests are about trying to pigeonhole people into neat little boxes, which says more about the people who write the tests than the people they are testing.

[Jon_Day]

exactly. I think personality tests are about trying to pigeonhole people into neat little boxes, which says more about the people who write the tests than the people they are testing.

Totally agreed.

[Ratnat]

I've been thinking that I would like to take one again to see exactly what type I am and I thought "Why not put up one you recommend here and then anyone else on our kind of 'Tektonics Team' here can take it and see what they are also. It'd be interesting to know what all types we have here.

I know I am far from being part of the team but thought it would be interesting to take the test. These are my results. Oprah and the late Pope JPII cracked me up.

Your Type is
ENFJ
Extraverted Intuitive Feeling Judging
Strength of the preferences %
33 75 12 22

[Mr Minder]

I just took the test, and it seems I'm an ISTJ:

*moderately expressed introvert
*moderately expressed sensing personality
*slightly expressed thinking personality
*slightly expressed judging personality

I wish I wasn't one, though...

Here's a link about ISTJ's, for those who want to know more:
http://keirsey.com/handler.aspx?s=ke...=2&c=inspector. Some of what it says there can be applied to me, some other things cannot...

However, if a truly am an ISTJ, then I seem to share that personality type with godd ol' Queen Victoria herself. Huh...

[SteveF]

My changes everytime. I intentionally alter my personality to fit the situation. For example, when it's a little too quiet I'll speak up and be a bit more extroverted. It depends on the situation I'm in and the surrounding circumstances I'm in at the time. I think these tests are a little to vague or superficial anyway. Anyway, I would rather call my personality "flexible".

Yeah. The questions are far too binary and lacking the subtlety to tease out complexities (though whether any personality test could do this I dunno - maybe it's the best of a bad bunch). I came out as introverted, but this really does depend. Some days I fancy a bit of peace and quiet, whereas others I feel like being quite outgoing. In some situations I am reserved and in others I'm not. The test just doesn't pick up on this. Therefore, as a description of my personality it isn't accurate.

[Sparko]

Totally agreed.

they have some class at my church where they "test" for your personality and spiritual gifts. I refuse to go to it. People who come out of there go around saying stuff like "I'm a sanguine. He's a melancholy. What are you?"

Me: "I am a Christian."

[Bill the Cat]

Yeah. The questions are far too binary and lacking the subtlety to tease out complexities (though whether any personality test could do this I dunno - maybe it's the best of a bad bunch). I came out as introverted, but this really does depend. Some days I fancy a bit of peace and quiet, whereas others I feel like being quite outgoing. In some situations I am reserved and in others I'm not. The test just doesn't pick up on this. Therefore, as a description of my personality it isn't accurate.

Steve, you are not that complex. Heck, I'm surprised it gave you any letters at all other than AOTM...

[SteveF]

Steve, you are not that complex. Heck, I'm surprised it gave you any letters at all other than AOTM...

Actually you touch on an interesting point; I genuinely don't think I am complex. I don't really have "issues", deep seated neuroses etc. I'm pretty straightforward (simple!). If it can't even get me right, then I seriously doubt its validity.