Have you ever done a psychological test and Is the result right?

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   bettynjposted 11 years ago

   Have you ever done a psychological test and Is the result right?
   
   When we read magazines,we can see psychological tests.
   For example, Q:  what is your favorite flower, let's know your personality.
                         A:  A: kapok B: rose C: tulips D: perfume lily
   How do you think about the result of the test? Yes or NO?

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   Patty Inglish, MSposted 11 years ago

   As a member of APA, I administered a number of personality tests to 100s of people for several years and have taken those tests  AND a range of "pop psychology" tests for my own information with these results:
   
   1) The most useful personality tests to me have been the MMPI (the long Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory), the IPAT=16 (16 personality factor test), and the House-Tree-Person test. Others are the Work Values and Work Motivation Tests, which I found accurate most of the time. The Myers-Briggs does not work well for me personally, but it works accurately on about half the people to which I administer it.
   
   2) The pop psych tests involving flowers, colors, one-word, and many others are inaccurate for myself, but surprisingly, they work pretty well for about 1/4 to 1/3 of other people among my contacts and clients that I know have used them.   
   
   My advice is to take more than one personality test - at least 3 different ones of any sort, and see if you notice a consensus. (Even a single MMPI can be incorrect.)

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      bettynjposted 11 years agoin reply to this

      thank you patty lnglish, very professional,you let me know more about psych tests.

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