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+\centerline{\bf Personality Surveys/Scales Results Sheet}
+
+{\bf Class Section:} B\par
+{\bf Name (Last, First):} Holden Rohrer\par
+{\bf GTID:} 903466338
+\bigskip
+
+{\bf\item{1.} Jung Typology Test (Myers-Briggs Indicator)}
+
+\smallskip
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+
+\iffalse
+\centerline{\color{red} ENFP}
+Extravert(41\%)  iNtuitive(38\%)  Feeling(41\%)  Perceiving(31\%)
+
+\item{$\bullet$} You have moderate preference of Extraversion over
+Introversion (41\%)
+\item{$\bullet$} You have moderate preference of Intuition over Sensing
+(38\%)
+\item{$\bullet$} You have moderate preference of Feeling over Thinking
+(41\%)
+\item{$\bullet$} You have moderate preference of Perceiving over Judging
+(31\%)
+\fi
+
+\bigskip
+{\bf\item{2.} Locus of Control (LOC) Survey (Julian Rotter)}
+
+18/23
+
+\bigskip
+{\bf\item{3.} Satisfaction with Life Survey}
+
+34/35
+
+\bigskip
+{\bf\item{4.} Hostility/Anger Scale}
+
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+
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+{\bf\item{5.} Summary} (1--2 pages single spaced, Times New Roman, size
+12, black font)
+\medskip\penalty200
+
+I was not very surprised with these results except by how clearly they
+confirmed my existing beliefs about myself.
+I consider myself very even-tempered and satisfied, my very low
+hostility/anger scale and high satisfaction with life confirmed.
+
+I've also taken the Myers-Briggs/Jung Typology test before, and last
+time I took it, I got ENFP, which is both who I believe I am and who I
+want to be, very personable and in-touch with my feelings.
+Interestingly, this is a change from results I've gotten in the past,
+which were always typically extraverted, but they used to be the more
+``analytical, considerate'' type of personality (sensing, thinking,
+judging) because I changed my mind about what sort of traits would make
+me happier.
+
+And the highly external locus of control makes a lot of sense with my
+socially-oriented politics (Marxism).
+I understand how strongly one's environments impact their choices, their
+disposition, and their ability to control their environment.
+It has also made me deeply sympathetic for other people's choices, which
+I think makes me a lot less hostile and more forgiving.
+
+My satisfaction with life correlates really well with my socio-economic
+status and the social desirability of my life plus
+non-competitiveness---meaning I can be content with my life and ignore
+anything ``negative'' that might happen.
+
+The main concern I have about these tests is that I'm rating myself more
+on my aspirations than accurate self-perception.
+Also, I've heard speculation around the inaccuracy and instability of
+the Meyers-Briggs test, so I'm personally a bigger fan of OCEAN
+(Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and
+Neuroticism) traits because they were found to be stable over long
+periods of time and more closely respect the fact that personality is a
+spectrum instead of 16 tightly-aligned categories.
+
+These survey results don't give me any desire to improve myself because
+I'm already very satisfie with my life and my interpersonal relations.
+Probably my most surprising result would be that having an external
+locus of control doesn't demotivate me because I still believe that
+labor, social striving, and social changes do have power to influence
+change.
+I just reject the idea of individualist modes of change, and I believe
+that rewards aren't automatically going to be justly distributed.
+I'm glad that none of these results were surprising because that would
+mean I don't know myself very well.
+I also disagree with some of the external locus of control questions,
+like the one about war.
+That question makes more sense with a view of war as the result of a few
+people's choices, and doesn't really make sense with a social
+interpretation of politics.
+However, I still got an accurate approximation of my personality, so I
+can't complain.
+
+My Myers-Briggs results tell me that I like being around people and I
+get energized by their presence (extraversion), which isn't very
+surprising.
+Of course, I can still get drained from meeting too many new people or
+having a lot of small talk-y conversations, but I really do like and
+look forward to spending time around people I know even moderately well.
+I think that I fall into the category of moderately intuitive thinker,
+because I don't believe that my own beliefs are founded in any pure
+reasoning, and I really like working with theoretical ideas, which is
+why I'm considering work in a research or academic field.
+I also am very open and agreeable, so the ``perceiving type''
+(preferring freedom and flexibility) makes a lot of sense for my
+character, but I'm not opposed to settling down quickly on an idea if
+the situation demands it.
+I also try to prioritize people and emotions as much as I can over
+invalidating people with ``facts and logic,'' since that sort of thought
+process is simply rude.
+
+\bye