what is your myers-briggs type how do you handle stressful situations if
someone were to ask you to describe your personality what would you say about it
we often look for answers and personality quizzes or tests all it
takes is a really quick google search and maybe even opening up a magazine
just to find some simple personality tests and quizzes now these can be
really fun and silly to take or they can reveal a shocking amount of information
about your personality researchers also use personality tests to study people
and connect certain traits to certain behaviors so what are personality tests
personality tests use different types of data to analyze and measure people and
their personalities while many tests are completed in the
form of surveys researchers have created a wide variety of personality tests with
different tasks and different scenarios along with different amounts of validity
some of the most famous personality tests include the myers-briggs test the
big five the Rorschach test hexaco personality inventory and the winslow
personality profile personality tests have different goals some want to
determine what people are thinking unconsciously while others want to
measure the level of certain traits in an individual all of these tests look at
how people interact with the world and they aim to advance personality
psychology so what data is actually used on personality tests how do we score
these personality tests well in general we use a few different types of data and
I'm gonna go over those right now the first one is called self-reported data
no one knows you better than you right when you're taking a personality test
from your bedroom and you have to answer a whole bunch of questions you're using
something called self-reported data now this data may sound like I always put
others ahead of myself or maybe you score a 5-4 I tend to get
sentimental even with people I've just met so self-reported data is really easy
to obtain but it's actually not the best type of data to use in clinical studies
or scientific research you might be asking why well it's because it's biased
see people can fake their answers on tests or maybe not be able to see
themselves objectively because who's really going to agree with the statement
I enjoy making others feel pain the second type of data is called Observer
reported datum there are ways to gather a person's data without their bias or
input see scientists can collect data through observations and using their
findings to make conclusions about the people in the study or even a larger
group of people within observer reported data there's actually two different
types naturalistic observation and official observation when researchers
conduct naturalistic observation they don't actually tell the people that
they're being watched now the opposite goes for artificial observation
scientists usually prefer naturalistic observation because people usually do
act differently whenever they know that they're being watched or recorded if I
say I'm gonna come watch you sleep are you gonna clean your room are you gonna
maybe not drink a glass of whiskey before bed are you going to act
differently all kinds of things change when we tell people that we're going to
watch them but the trouble is that sometimes observing people without
telling them can be a little difficult and maybe a little immoral like there's
actually a test that observed how long it takes a man to use a urinal depending
on how many other people are in the room the third type of data is called test
data scientists collect test data by setting up a test and the test will
often set up subjects in a scenario and then give them a choice to make
the researchers watch the subjects as they take the test and then record how
they behaved test data may connect certain traits to certain behaviors or
certain behaviors to other behaviors the fifth type of data is called life data
also known as longitudinal research now there are many obstacles that arise
whenever you take on data on personality genetics and environment these all can
influence someone's behavior or their decision-making processes people who
grew up in a small town for example may behave differently than people from a
large city even if they tend to be overall agreeable or neurotic or
whatever other big five personality trait that someone might be life data
takes these factors into consideration and looks at personality data throughout
time the fifth type of data is something called projective data where you give
someone a projective test if you've ever taken an inkblot or a Rorschach test
you've taken something called a projective test a projective tests were
developed out of theories that people hide unconscious thoughts or behaviors
these tests are meant to bring out those unconscious thoughts into the open so
that we can watch them now the Rorschach test is one of the first examples of
something called a projective test a psychologist shows an ambiguous drawing
something like an Inc bought to a patient and asked them to immediately
tell the doctor what comes to mind the answer can sometimes be very revealing
and surprising an example of another projective test is something called the
thematic apperception test also known as the t-80 test in this test the
psychologist shows a patient a series of scenes and then will ask the patient to
tell a story about what is happening in the scene the patient's response or
whatever story they come up with can give the psychologist a look into
their inner feelings and how they perceive certain situations all of these
different types of tests in ways that we gather data have advantages and
disadvantages to them some tests are easier to create and some data is easier
to collect bias from the subjective or the researcher can also have an impact
on what the test reveals about the subjects or different groups of people
that they're studying keep these potential biases in mind as you take
your own personality tests as I close in this video I want to ask you why do we
make personality tests personality tests are definitely fun and silly and some of
them don't have any scientific validity but for the most part researchers use
them for pretty important purposes psychologists are kind of like engineers
they want to build better people and they want to create a world more lawful
with positive citizens so you can build something more effectively if you have
great tools right personality tests and quizzes are just a few of those tools
they give insight into someone's personality and then can potentially
predict someone's behavior now the connections between certain
traits and certain behaviors can help all of us spot people that may be
beneficial to our lives or may be harmful and in another video I'm gonna
be talking about how to spot people who may be bad influences in your life and
how to stay away from them I absolutely love learning psychological stuff that I
can immediately use to improve my life and I hope to share that enthusiasm with
you so as I in this video go ahead and take a personality test today I actually
have one in the link below that I've developed that combines three of the
main personality quizzes into one test that you can take in under 10 minutes
it's great for self-reflection and increase your self-awareness the more
you know about how you score on personality tests the more you can see
how you fit into the world what your strengths and weaknesses might be your
results may also be able to help you predict your own behavior and prevent
yourself from behaving in unfavorable ways so if you like this video feel free
to watch some of the other videos and the personality series that I created
and if you want to learn more about your own personality again that link is in
the description you can take that three-in-one personality quiz absolutely
free you don't even have to enter your email I'm also going to try to predict
some things about you like your political stances your relationship
style and even your health thank you guys so much for watching and I really
hope you learned something from this video hope to see you in the next one