Accuracy aside, what’s the relevance of these tests?

Anonymous wrote:I don't find the Myers Briggs useful but I have taken a few others that are, and seem to be an accurate reflection of my strengths and weaknesses. The one I found the most useful was the Caliper test.

This. I don't think the little label you get is useful, but I think it's interesting to find out my tendencies as compared to others.

I don't find the Myers Briggs useful but I have taken a few others that are, and seem to be an accurate reflection of my strengths and weaknesses. The one I found the most useful was the Caliper test.

Supposedly the Big Five is backed by science.

My results depend on the day I take the test and the mood I am in.

haha - well, given that I get a different type every damn time I take it, no. The only one that is 100% for me is E. That's it. I flip flop on all the rest of them

Nope. I'm a scientist, and find it sad that some of my friends believe in those, and that those same friends also doubt that ADHD is a real disorder, or that psychologists can really evaluate and diagnose such disorders.

Facepalm.

Are there any good personality evaluation tests?

I believe in the accuracy of the Harry Potter house-sorting hat more than the Meyers Briggs test.

Anonymous wrote:Like the horoscope, you see what you want to see.

--PhD psyc.

I’m so happy to see a professional say this! That’s what I think but I have no experience in the field. The test seems ridiculous to me. I took it several times a few years back and my results were basically in the middle for everything. Which makes sense because a) people rarely fall to one extreme or the other with any personality trait and b) the test sets up false dichotomies.

And the results sound exactly like horoscopes.

But if somebody finds the test really helpful, whatever.

Anonymous wrote:Like the horoscope, you see what you want to see.

--PhD psyc.

+1, the testers see what they want to see and its very easy to fake those tests by knowing what answers to pick.

Depends on the test

Nope.

Like the horoscope, you see what you want to see.

--PhD psyc.

Or are you a skeptic on these types of tests?