Interesting Personality Test

[Shellhead]

Give it a try. Be sure to rate your results to give the researchers feedback about the accuracy, then click through to the final link explaining the Forer Effect. I think that it's pretty interesting.

http://forer.netopti.net/

[Puma]

The following is a description of people of the GLXA personality:


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.

You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

interesting, fairly accurate.

[Jeff Brady]

I liked how it repeated the same question five times, but worded differently. I answered differently each time. The description is about half right.

You are personality type: HNQV

The following is a description of people of the HNQV personality:


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.

You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

[Toku King]

The following is a description of people of the GLXA personality:


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.

You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

interesting, fairly accurate.

I got the same one.
Some of it is right, there are some parts that feel like my opposite.

[Stellar]

The following is a description of people of the FQE personality:


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.

You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

Puma, is it me or are yours and mine exactly the same despite having different letter combinations?

[Stellar]

Never mind. We've been had.

[jessecuster3]

You are personality type: KHN

The following is a description of people of the KHN personality:


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.

You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.




Its a load of BS.

[thespianphryne]

Give it a try. Be sure to rate your results to give the researchers feedback about the accuracy, then click through to the final link explaining the Forer Effect. I think that it's pretty interesting.

http://forer.netopti.net/

HA ha! Forer Effect.


-Das

[Jack Zodiac]

Yeah, the second part of the test was practically all the same types of questions. Very general, but deliberate, and I found myself giving what could be perceived as contradictory answers.

You are personality type: PKTR

The following is a description of people of the PKTR personality:

You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.

You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

So far, all four of us got the exact same outcome, which by the was is as broad an outcome as you could expect from a test like this, but with different letter combinations. I detect an angle here. I'd rate it a three, because I agree with some of its assessments, but in reality, this could be applied to practically anyone.

[Matthew E]

You guys didn't click through to read about the Forer Effect, did you?

Edited to add: this was directed at the first few posts; I didn't see the more recent ones before posting.

[Jack Zodiac]

Ah! And upon reading the link after the test, this is totally fucking hilarious. I was honestly considering giving it another go with wildly different answers just to see if it'd be the same. Good stuff, Shell.

[Man In Black]

You are personality type: FLH

The following is a description of people of the FLH personality:


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.


You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.
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4 people with 4 different personalities, all with the exact same explanation?

I guess it's basically saying these online personality tests are B.S. Anyone can be any of these at any time.

[Stellar]

interesting, fairly accurate.

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/ATA/24818BP~Nelson-Posters.jpg

[Jared_Humpherys]

You are personality type: QLOE

The following is a description of people of the QLOE personality:


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.


You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.



This is some kind of joke, methinks.


Edit: Oh. Ooooohhhhh...

[Puma]

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/ATA/24818BP~Nelson-Posters.jpg

I can make my nose bleed.

http://img.search.com/thumb/3/32/C-ralph2.jpg/200px-C-ralph2.jpg

[Matt Algren]

HA ha! Forer Effect.


-Das
I wondered when I didn't recognize the name of the test. And the scoring page was so general that it was lamost like a horoscope.

[Reptisaurus!]

Oh. Good. Glad I gave it a "0."

Although if it had said the reverse: You don't need to be liked and admired and you are not highly critical of yourself" it woulda got a "5."

So this is a "How Astrology Works" type thing?

[Matt Algren]

I am clearly (http://www.skepdic.com/rumpology.html) in the wrong business.

[Stellar]

I am clearly (http://www.skepdic.com/rumpology.html) in the wrong business.

That's only cool if you only get hot women in, man. Imagine family get togethers where everyone'd ask you to tell their future.

[Reptisaurus!]

I am clearly (http://www.skepdic.com/rumpology.html) in the wrong business.

I'm not sure how this relates to the conversation... But + 134 points for random awesomeness.

[Jared_Humpherys]

That's only cool if you only get hot women in, man. Imagine family get togethers where everyone'd ask you to tell their future.

That's what the fourth circle of Hell is like, I'm sure.

[Matt Algren]

I'm not sure how this relates to the conversation... But + 134 points for random awesomeness.
It's linked from the skeptic page.

[Reptisaurus!]

Oh. Nice. Didn't even see that.

On the other hand this whole experiment is kind of common sensical.

If you make a statement that accurately describes large groups of people, obviously many people will think the statement accurately describes them.

There are elements of the human condition that are near-universal.

[Man In Black]

Edit: Oh. Ooooohhhhh...".....Where?"

[mattx110]

i went from "This is stupid, i don't even get to know what superhero i'm most like" to "hey, clever bastards!".

fun way to spend a few minutes.

[Ryan K]

You are personality type: QXQ

The following is a description of people of the QXQ personality:


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.

You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

[Wesley Dodds]

Shellhead gave it away in the first post -- I already knew about the Forer Effect.

[Karl J Barnes]

Me to a T:You are personality type: XAQ

The following is a description of people of the XAQ personality:


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.


You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic.

[Karl J Barnes]

Should've read the thread first,but I have this almost compulsive desire to take on-line tests. I feel like a dumbass.

[Your Imaginary Pal]

I took the test. Rated it a four, then looked at other peoples responses.
I was going to gage what the differences were then saw there were none, except for the random letters that made up our personality types.
Very interesting test.
Now I rate it a five, because it shows that...
We're not so different you and I. :p

[Steven Faulkner]

I took the test and thought it was so amazing at how accurate it was.

I am disappointed now, haha.

[Matthew E]

When I took the test, I read the description and thought, "A lot of that could apply to anybody. And some of it doesn't sound like me at all." So I rated it on the low side. Which meant I didn't feel too dumb when I read about the Forer Effect.

[Stellar]

Makes you wonder if any of these tests really work or why we bother taking them to begin with. We know what we're like, don't we? So why do we bother?

[Karl J Barnes]

I took the test. Rated it a four, then looked at other peoples responses.
I was going to gage what the differences were then saw there were none, except for the random letters that made up our personality types.
Very interesting test.
Now I rate it a five, because it shows that...
We're not so different you and I. :p

But,but..you're our Imaginary pal,so does that mean that we ourselves are imaginary?

[mattx110]

Makes you wonder if any of these tests really work or why we bother taking them to begin with. We know what we're like, don't we? So why do we bother?

well, these tests can only tell you back what you told it, but rephrase it for generality purposes. but sometimes you get to be venom or pikachu or magneto! and being told that your just like a sociopathic mutant is fun.

but apparently everyone thinks they have a full range of emotions and are critical of themselves... i don't think i have any friends who don't and aren't.

[tricksterpup]

hmmmm

A very odd ending.

The following is a description of people of the SGTO personality:


You have a need for other people to like and admire you, and yet you tend to be critical of yourself. While you have some personality weaknesses you are generally able to compensate for them.

You have considerable unused capacity that you have not turned to your advantage. Disciplined and self-controlled on the outside, you tend to be worrisome and insecure on the inside. At times you have serious doubts as to whether you have made the right decision or done the right thing.

You prefer a certain amount of change and variety and become dissatisfied when hemmed in by restrictions and limitations. You also pride yourself as an independent thinker; and do not accept others' statements without satisfactory proof. But you have found it unwise to be too frank in revealing yourself to others.

At times you are extroverted, affable, and sociable, while at other times you are introverted, wary, and reserved. Some of your aspirations tend to be rather unrealistic. And we feel you should be Sterilized.

[Sanagi]

I did wonder why most of the questions were the same as the meyers-briggs.