Sonnet Takes a Personality Quiz!

[kahn]

Remember when we used to take quizes and post results and be like HAHAHAHA I TESTED AS PIKACHU! Who misses those times? No one? WELL I'M POSTING THIS ANYWAY. Mostly because I think it's slightly more accurate than the first one I took which claimed that I was very concerned with being on time and organization. I don't remember the actual result, I

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[nightwalker]

Me too, apparently. I don't think it's very fitting.

[kahn]

I think there are ASPECTS to it that both of us have. But I don't think it's completely accurate. If you click the INFJ link at the bottom of the description it has a more expanded explanation that I think sounds a bit more like me. The creative-living-in-head part, anyway. You've got both the written and verbal articulation (I feel I'm a lot better at the written than the verbal).

[nightwalker]

I think I got hung up on the idea of "counselor" which is not a title I feel applies to me very well. Well, at least not in a school guidance kind of way.

[kahn]

Yeah, but I think you actually give great advice! If I need a problem solved I go to you. I think I'm more one of those people who can listen and make sympathetic sounds (which is sometimes what people want, thank goodness) but not all that good at fixing things.

[serafaina]

What a weird quiz. DON'T FORCE ME TO CHOOSE! I WANT BOTH OF THOSE THINGS! ... Then my internet connection has dropped and I didn't want to start over. Sorry Sonnet!

You may be very interested to know!

That there are a whole lot of psychological personality tests with both a "self" version and an "other person" version, and studying the differences is like, a whole big body of research!

This particular way of organizing the aspects of personality isn't very highly thought of by psychologists, but it's fairly popular with HR and business peeps. Or at least it twas in the 90s.

[kahn]

Awww, I'm curious to KNOW! I'd think the "Crafter" (ISTP) but that's because I'm used to you making amazing things from bare minimum supplies.

I have that problem with any of these tests. Like, sometimes it's both or neither, test! SOMETIMES IT DEPENDS ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES. I figured it might not be officially accepted because the test doesn't seem standarized and so therefore part of the influence could come from the person writing the test.

It IS interesting to know that that's a big field of study. I think of that any time I take personality quizes, even the silly little ones like What Kind of Yarn Are You. It's sort of like how I have this self-perception of how I look, and sometimes when I actually look at myself in the mirror there are bits that jar against my self-perceived image. (Is that weird? Do other people do that? Oh well.) So there's a difference between what I think I look like versus what other people actually see even in my physical aspect.

[serafaina]

I think the last time I took one of these it was IN-something-something, so probably not.

Yeah, I am not very good at managing how I'm percieved, so sometimes I am surprised by other's ideas, but I think that what makes me, me is pretty straightforward. But yeah, I am not the norm, because most people act differently in different circumstances and are much more social chameleon than I.

[jenjinn]

I will forever now refer to you as my INFJ friend. You are branded for life. *sage nod*

[kahn]

YAY! ...wait. (I really need an icon of Kuzco from Emperor's New Groove like 'YAY I'M A LLAMA AGAIN!! ...wait.')

[dredpirateleena]

I think this is actually pretty accurate, at least fromn how I remember you. You always hated when people weren't getting along, and you were totally Switzerland for any warring couple, trio, quartet...- regardless of your own feelings. And you've always been strikingling empathetic (at least for me, you were. can't speak for others). For magik, though... I'll give you the problem solving aspect. She's way good at that. Anyway, you're more of a problem-solver than you might give yourself credit for. And accidentally astute about body language and behaviours.

And PS: *I* miss those personality quizzes, big time. I just don't feel like doing one more 20-question quiz only to have to enter my email address to get the frelling results.

Also, I recently took the Hollins Alum survey and quite enjoyed the "spectrum" option they gave. Have you received/taken it and therefore know about which I write? I thought it was a really good way of getting a less black-or-white response.

[kahn]

Thanks, Colleen! Sometimes I wonder how people outside my brain perceive me. It's interesting!

Yeah, it's always quelling to have to enter my email address. I was trying to sign a petition for the White House and it asked for my email and I was like 'WHY." And then dithered a bit before doing it even though it was for a thing that I considered important. So I think the short answer to that long story is I FEEL YOU BRO.

I sort of toss everything Hollins sends me without opening it so...no. Although, that does sound interesting! On a vague tangent, I've heard the test for Pottermore is also interesting in that regard, like built specifically so that it's very difficult to cheat and get into the house you want.