personality test

Wednesday, 11 May 2005 T: 19 40

As part of the school’s curriculum, the J1s are made to go through a psychological course on discovering personalities’ traits and differences. It was better than I expected. Perhaps a pervious course endured in Victoria (by the name of Done and Done) turns out to be pure bull shit and a waste of 100 bucks in my Edusave. This time round, the speaker turns out to be a very engaging lady with interesting facts.

Apparently, personalities are divided into 4 main categories – dominant, influencing, compliant, and stable. The answers to a questionnaire suggest that I’m stronger in terms of compliance and stability. I was termed as a precisionist.

Quoting from the booklet, it states that “Individuals who are Precisionists exhibit a precise, detailed and stable nature. They are systematic thinkers who tend to follow procedures in both personal and business life. They act in a highly tactful, diplomatic fashion and rarely antagonize their associates consciously, taking care to avoid conflict. Extremely conscientious, they painstakingly require accuracy in work and maintain high standards. Precisionists like a protected and secure environment with set rules and regulations, and dislike sudden changes. They like people, but prefer having only a few close friends. Exactness is one of the essences to them, and criticism (their greatest fear) is equated with failure. They can be counted on to carry out tasks correctly. They want exact facts and figures before they will make a decision, and feel uneasy when forced to decide anything quickly. Predictability and security are the greatest goals for a Precisionist. This is true in all aspects of his or her life; the more stable the environment, the happier they are.”

How true is the above? Quite, I must admit, precise. But if you think otherwise, please do comment. If you agree, comment as well. haha.