December 24, 2018
Abstract
This test is solely done for the purpose of research and
frequency of behavior that is seen prevalent in the regular life of people.
Including that this test also summarizes the learning content and use of
acquired knowledge in the field of psychology. For this test, 20-item
personality questionnaires are prepared in the google forms and distributed to
the voluntary consent via link in social platforms. There is change of the questions
from first google forms to the second forms which was changed due to the request
of the participants on the personality test. So, anonymity was maintained in
the test by discarding the name of the participants, their age and their
email address in the second form.
Keywords: questions, test, personality, answer,
participants
Introduction
Did you know? Personality test can be used to generalize the
people from any background and still be relevant for the most of the people and
the results obtained are used to amuse people to believe the accuracy of the
test (Ulrich, Stachnik, & Stainton, 1963). Personality tests have been
providing a vital support in many fields of study and identifying people
reaction and behavior in normal conditions. They are used in criminal
investigations, survey, mental hospitals, etc. Their purpose can be as small as
entertainment to as high as life-saving in hospitals and prison. They can be
standardized to particular volunteers to increase their accuracy and obtain
specific results. In this particular context, it is being used to determine the
personality traits and reliability of the responses collected from these tests.
Methodology Used
Google
forms were used to collect the responses need to determine the personality of
the volunteers. Link was generated from the google forms and shared to other
people via social platforms such as messenger and mail. Idiographic approach
was also taken into consideration for the personality assessment test which
specifies the study of an individual responses, goals and moods (Allport,
1961). For the authenticity of the responses collected, the questions were
changed on the basis of the relevancy of the questions to the participants. In
the first test, the name of the participants was required along with their age
and google id but later it was changed because the accuracy of the results was
not determined. It was evaluated from three trick questions that the responses
being provided by the participants were not true. Similarly, the approach was
based on targeting each five personality traits but it was reduced to two
personality traits on the basis of higher resonance with the participants. The
link is given to get an overview of the responses collected.
Major
findings
It
was found that the participants who were introvert preferred to stay home than
going out and particularly avoided being in the public. Similarly, they had a
critical way of thinking and were frequently drained by social interactions. If
question was answered as true, it pointed towards the conclusion that the
participants were introvert and their openness to new experience and if they
answered as false, they were extrovert and had emotional stability which is
determining factor if they have any effect in their mental condition (Roberts,
Kuncel, Shiner, Caspi, & Goldberg, 2007). The findings were analyzed based
on true or false answers because of the requirement of exact amount of reaction
to the question. If the answers were also assigned as slightly agree or
slightly disagree then the exact personality of the participants couldn’t be
determined. From the results collected, it was seen that almost a single answer
got stated as true by all the participants and false for the other which
concludes that some answers were used as a type of trick question to check the
credibility of the answers being given by the participants which also denotes a
type of personality.
Interpretation
The
results of the test interpret that the all the five participants liked to take
responsibility of others if they made mistakes on their behalf. Similarly,
participants liked to change their way of thinking frequently along with new
ideas and liked to experiment with things rather than following the usual
methods. Results show that most of the participants were extrovert and had
certain degree of openness to experience as most of them have answered their
questions as false in first ten questions which determines the personality
trait of introvert and last ten questions has been answered as true in majority
which interprets as the participants having a high degree of openness to
experience. Last question was to determine the special personality test of
critical thinking in which the question is asking whether or not the
participant often lied in test like these in which only one answered as true
which concludes as he only lies often but most of time he tells the truth which
is a sign of critical thinking. It can also be called as a trick question to
evaluate the reliability of the responses being collected.
Reflection
Designing
process for this particular test was very challenging as the reference to be
used for making this test was from questionnaire used in Universal Assessment
of Zealous Youth which was made by a renowned team of psychologists and taking
it as a reference was quite hard as the questions itself could be interpreted
in many ways and due to this it was very difficult to make questions just like
those. At last, I consulted professor who suggested me to
prepare questions of 20 with questions that helped to evaluate a certain
personality trait at least one. Similarly, the content of the questions being
asked could cover at least one chapter was the suggestion of mam which again
helped us to focus our personality test. That helped to make the questions
easier but still the way of answering for the participants was still
unconfirmed. This time I looked back at our previous survey and how using of
check-box format to convert it into yes/no answer had helped to make the
answering system easy and accurate. This time exact reaction of the behavior
was to be evaluated, so true/ false method was used which proved very helpful.
Whole personality assessment test was based on a behavior, personality
analysis, personality traits and using this knowledge to make a test that
determines an overall general personality of the person in a stable condition.
Right after making the first personality assessment test, it was administered
to five people to review and to answer the questions. The results of the tests
were given to the participants for reviewing them and whether or nor it matched
with their personality. Some of the results were satisfying but most of them
had given a fake review in the first place due to the association of their name
and age with the question being asked. Similarly, questions were not so clear
in first time and it was to be changed because of the suggestion of the participants.
As a result, name and email id of the participants were removed from the test
and the questions asked in the test were edited and made clear for the
participants to understand and trick question was also included to check the
reliability of the answers. Also, the voluntary consent form was provided to
the participants beforehand to get a profound understanding on the test and its
requirement. Since there is no such thing as a perfect personality for all
situations, a generalized emotional condition was required at the time of the
test being taken (Nettle, 2006). The usefulness of the personality test can be
particularly grasped form the accurate personality test review it got from the
participants. Specifically, the openness to experience personality test was
measured most accurately as it pointed out the specific people who loved to
experience new ideas, meeting new peoples (McCrae, 1996). Only based on
true/false form of giving answers, it provides a specific personality for the
participants of this test. In addition, it also has some trick questions and
regular generalized answering questions which help to denote any special
personality or any personality disorder in the participants which really makes
it unique and worthwhile to use.
Conclusion
Personality is the determining
factor of the frequent behavioral patterns in an organism which defines the
organism. To test the personality, it is very important for the person to be in
stable condition and free from any pressure. Some personality traits may
backfire and create a huge implication in a person life. In the case of
introvert, they are not as quite happy as extrovert and they are prone to being
diagnosed from depression (Janowsky DS. 2001). That doesn’t mean that a person
must change the personality or he/she may die. Personality defines us and makes
us who we are but having a sense of self-esteem is particularly important for
improving the skill, believing in oneself, constantly reminding that they are
more successful than other people may save them from sacrificing their life (Nussbaum
& Dweck, 2008). Personality tests like these can open up many possibilities
of life saving tales in the future.
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