I Am A Moderate Activist, Strong Preference Reflector, Low Preference Theorist And Moderate Pragmatist Essay

I noticed that while taking this Political Compass test most of my answers were either agree or disagree, very few questions I answered with strongly agree/disagree. For that reason, I believed that my results were more inclined to be on the non-ideological side since my answers were not radical. According to the test, I fall under the Green section that represents the modern liberal and progressive party; however, diagonally I am around three boxes from the center of the graph. In other words, I would be considered non-ideological since I am closer to the middle of the graph rather than on an extreme side of the political compass. Although my results were bit towards the lower left side, I found it accurate to consider myself non-ideological. I am still in the process of learning about economic and social dimensions thus it is too early to label myself especially as a college student.

When discussing the accuracy of personality tests, there is no test, which will provide perfect precision. According to Dr. O'Neil, “an individual's personality is the complex of mental characteristics that makes them unique from other people” (2006, Para 1). O’Neil believes that the potential factors involved in shaping personality include values, beliefs, and expectations that are genetic and environmental (O’Neil, 2006).

The MBTI assessment was an extremely useful tool in helping me to understand my inner world, assessing the way I think and behave. Dr. Robert Prescott in OB often emphasizes that we judge ourselves by our intentions, but others judge us by our behaviors. My personality type is reported as INFJ. The information provided in the assessment was a little overwhelming at first and has applications that reach well beyond the topic of change. I have learned that effectively managing change in the business world requires that I understand and manage change personally first; the MBTI is a start in that direction. I have begun to pay attention to my external behaviors, and realize that I can manage those behaviors to facilitate change. Change is often generated in business via external drivers, and to survive that change it becomes necessary to adapt my behaviors successfully to the changing environment.

Psychometrics came as a consequence from the theories in psychology which tried to find out if there was a way to measure a person’s intelligence.The first types of the psychometric tests were developed by Sir Francis Galton in the late 1800’s, and were later modified by psychometricians James McKeen Cattell and Charles Spearman. Today, psychometric tests are usually used by employers in recruitment and selection process in order to measure the abilities of a potential employee in specific skills such as: intelligence, critical reasoning, motivation and personality profile. Psychometric tests play an important role in selection practice: 70 percent of firms use them (Sackleton and Newell, 1991). The fundamental assumption of psychometrics is that people differ from each other, for instance in terms of their friendliness, their ability to use mathematics, or their motivation to gain success could be different and these differences can be measured. A definition offered for a psychometric test is “an objective and standardized measure of a sample of behaviour” (Anastasi, 1990)

This quiz stated that from the departure from freedom I had zero in the order section. While for the equally I scored a seven. According to tutorial Liberals, like myself, like different and a free style of life, but like the government to intervene and help the disadvantaged. Liberals prefer the government to help the disadvantaged become more equal. In order to see how much do I truly fit in this group I also took the advocates quiz. In this quiz I also landed on the liberal side. This quiz showed us our personal and economic issued scored depending on how we answered. My personal issue score was 70% and my economic issue score was 30%. After this test I reassured myself that I am infact a person who views things more than often in a liberal type of way. Now that I knew where I stood I decided to ask two friends where they stood. I personally believed that a test with more questions with a variety of questions is more efficient I asked them to take the IdeaLOG quiz. The first one landed high on the liberal equality side. She had an order of zero and an equality of 10. The second one of my friends was put on the top of the liberal side, but she was closer to the middle leaning towards the communitarian side. She had an order of four and an equality of

The MBTI differs from the more traditional testing and measuring traits, such as intelligence quotient (IQ) testing, in that the MBTI assesses individuals, and then classifies them into specific “types”. Although originally published by the Educational Testing Service, the MBTI protocol is currently controlled and published by the Consulting Psychology Press (CPP). To keep up with changing social standards and norms, CPP continually seeks to improve the MBTI, and as such the assessment is constantly in flux. In years past, there was only one set of official assessment questions. That has changed over time, and at present there are four unique versions of the assessment.

According to the second assessment, I am Libertarian Left since my political compass shows that economic left/right is -1.88, and social libertarian/authoritarian is -2.62.

Yes, for the first test it shows that on “The World’s Smallest Political Quiz” that I am a Centrist Conservative person that prefers a middle ground regarding government control of the economy and personal behavior. Depending on the issues, I sometimes favor government intervention and sometimes support individual freedom of choice, depending on the issue. A person who has been labeled as a Centrist prides themselves on keeping an open mind and tends to oppose political extremes. I also pride myself on practical solutions to problems. This is what I have been labeled as on my first test and I totally agree with everything it has said. I do this with every problem that I encounter in my life. I try to always be neutral and not judgmental about

in the academic aspect of my MBTI, score which is; ENTJ, it means that in my academic life I have the tendency of being extroverted, which could also very well mean that I am whether looking for being the center of attention or feeling comfortable in situations in which I end up being somewhat related to the center of attention ( which, is how I identify with this personality type, ‘ I feel “comfortable” in situations in which I’m somewhat end up being in the center of attention’ ), I also feel very much in touch with my Intuitive side of personality trait, because I do like to ponder on the bigger picture in order to have a better understand the many different options

     Upon taking the “Worlds smallest Political quiz” online, the website told me that I was a Centrist. A Centrist is a person who favors selective political involvement and practical solutions to modern problems. A Centrist tends to keep an open mind on new issues and prefers capitalism to work out economic problems if at all possible. Although I was a centrist I was on the boarder line of being a right wing conservative who would like to see a capitalistic society and little government intervention. The next quiz was an ideology quiz. This quiz told me that I also tended towards the conservative side. I apparently also would like to see order in society instead of equality. These two tests showed similar results in that both said I was more closely related to a conservative than a liberal. The “Worlds smallest Political Quiz” showed the national results and percentages of those who have previously taken the test. The majority of people who take the quiz, 37.7% are liberals. The second most popular grouping is Centrist at 29 %. The ideology quiz stated that the average of all those who take this quiz are liberal as well.

(Personality Tests > Even Popular Tests are Controversial , 2009) There is no right or wrong answers to the test questions that are asked. It simply asks for what is your preference of the choices given. It is simply looking for your preferences in order to understand the difference between people. (Take the MBTI® Instrument, No Year) For each of the 16 types of people, none of them are considered to be better or worse than any of the other types. The results are not compared against any norms. The point of taking the test is to understand your personality type. When receiving the results the test, the score is only for helping to identify any possible preferences that could help understand strengths or weaknesses that the test taker might have. (Cherry, 2012)

Another aspect that Pittenger does not take into consideration is the fact that many people answer the questions on how they wish they were or how others perceive them. This ties directly back into the last point for if people are mostly unaware of themselves of course they would answer and lean towards qualities they wished they possessed or that others projected onto them. There will never be accurate test results and the results will waver if the individual conducting the test does not answer honestly of who they really

My test results from the Myers-Briggs Indicator have articulated my time management skills, study skills, and communication skills. Even though I have characteristic traits from all of the extraverts and introverts, sensing and intuition, thinking and feeling, judging and perceiving categories, the course has been helpful in improving my above mentioned skills.

Overall, I believe that the test was fairly accurate in measuring certain factors of my personality so much so that it was difficult for me to find certain factors that I did not agree with. However there were two factors, E (dominance) and Q1 (rebelliousness), which I believe were a bit overrated in myself. Aside from these the test seemed to adequately define facets of my personality. For “warmth” (factor A) my sten score read 4, indicating that I am slightly more reserved and critical that easygoing and good-natured. I scored a 7 in “ego strength” (factor C), classifying me as more stable and emotionally mature and less emotional and changeable in attitudes. In dominance (factor E) my sten score read 8, meaning I am more assertive, competitive and stubborn rather than submissive, dependent and humble. I received an average score of 5 in “impulsivity” (factor F) indicating a slightly more serious and sober approach to the world over the cheerful and enthusiastic view. As for “boldness” (factor H), I received a sten score of 4 signifying a more shy and restrained approach to things as opposed to an adventurous genial one. I received a median score of 5 for “emotional sensitivity” (factor I) demonstrating my slightly more tough-minded and self-reliant view in contrast to a sensitive insecure one. For “imagination” (factor M) a score of 8, indicating that I am more imaginative, unconventional and absorbed in ideas and am less so for practicality and the prosaic.

Companies have started to use personality tests in the past five years so that they can find a potential employee’s strengths and weaknesses. If questions and answers are quite accurate and test is done properly it can help an employer to find more about person’s advantages and disadvantages. It is very important to know because one of the most important points is that most of personality tests help to recognize unqualified candidates. “Although experts warn that many personality assessments don't deliver what they promise, legitimate scientifically validated tests are helping employers evaluate job candidates to select those best suited for particular positions. Other tests are designed to measure intelligence, honesty, management aptitude and other qualities.”