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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
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{\bf\item{1.} Jung Typology Test (Myers-Briggs Indicator)}
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\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\%)
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{\bf\item{2.} Locus of Control (LOC) Survey (Julian Rotter)}
18/23
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{\bf\item{3.} Satisfaction with Life Survey}
34/35
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{\bf\item{4.} Hostility/Anger Scale}
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{\bf\item{5.} Summary} (1--2 pages single spaced, Times New Roman, size
12, black font)
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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.
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