Comment on EPIC personality test. Which personality are you?!?

• saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Isn’t it meant to be a categorical insight?

  I was always under the impression it’s obviously non-scientific and simply there to explain the broad aspects of a personality to others quickly.

  Maybe that’s the real personality test. Exposing how prone someone is to tribalism over self-reflection based on “I am a…” vs “My outcome was…”

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  • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    What it’s meant or actually useful for, vs how it’s used in contexts like employment are significantly mismatched.

    It’s like understanding what a framing hammer is supposed to be used for and how to do so properly and safely, only to turn the news on and learn that the general population is somehow convinced that they’re for eye surgery; and thousands of ER visits later, from dumbasses who DIY’d that shit and popped their eyes, the general population has learned… not a damn thing… they’re still bashing their eyes apart with framing hammers.

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  • AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve had 3 dramatically different outcomes depending on the context in which I take it.

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    • saltesc@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Even the introduction and preface of it clearly says it’s not a thing, it’s a generalisation to aid and to not take it seriously. It goes above and beyond to ensure people aren’t dismissive or admissible of it in some psychosocial cultist way.

      Are you sure they didn’t have you do some dodgy Facebook one, or did you tune out in that part?

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      • AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        That it do. Albeit not loud enough.

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  • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I mean, some people like BuzzFeed quizzes, but it’s easy to tell that it’s for entertainment, knowing they’re not scientific. When it’s an documented personality test with a long history, it’s easy to assume it’s scientific. But social sciences weren’t all that scientific until the last few decades, anyway.

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• arvere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  interestingly, anedoctaly, I’m an absolute skeptic about almost everything, including astrology, religion and the such, but this test was so on spot from me I had a real hard time being convinced it was pseudoscience

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• Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve only known a handful of psych students, but even as students they knew enough about the Myers-Briggs to recognize it as pseudo-science bullshit. Sad to hear that’s not universal.

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  • AgentOrangesicle@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    My Psych degree hangs framed above my toilet. It really brings the room together. I only put partial weight into standardized testing, IQ or personality tests, and I hope other people realize the constraints and fallabilities of these metrics. I don’t detest that they exist. I just hope people don’t horoscope 'em.

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    • Sterile_Technique@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah… I’ve been rejected from jobs for not popping an “ENTJ” or whichever fucking Harry Potter house their overgrown facebook quiz was supposed to sort me into. People -with authority- absolutely horoscope em.

      …with that anecdote in mind, I maaaaay be a tad biased.

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  • taiyang@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Might vary from school to school. The bigger thing is upbringing, many first gen kids don’t have that going into college so it’s more a task to teach critical thinking to them. More privileged kids get that out the gate, especially if they’re coming from private schools that encourage critical thinking and not following orders / memorization.

    I teach at a place with mostly first gens, so thats how it is.

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