I took these personality tests. What do they tell me?

My favourite quotation about personality comes from the comedian Harry Hill. If I remember rightly he said: "You can learn a lot about someone's personality by getting to know them." 😂

In 1967 I took Psychology 101 at Cornell University with Prof. Maas. There were 700+ students in the class. On the first day, we took a Personally Profile Test with about 50 multiple chose questions. Each student used a machine-readable answer sheet (#2 pencil to fill the ovals). The following class we each received a sealed envelope with the results. Without conferring with other students, we were asked to rate from 0 to 100 how well we felt the profile we received matched our personality. Including me, about 90% of the students said the test was remarkably accurate in assessing our personalities. The professor then explained that everyone got the same report, without regard to anything we had answered on the test.

Sabine you passed my personality test. You unquestionably have one, and it does everything we need it to do.

There is a channel called Typebook and they type a bunch of people. They've also typed Sabine. As INTP. Just randomly throwing this recommendation here. That's a good channel! It's based on the work of Carl Jung and Psychological 'Type' isn't 'Personality'.

I loved the final reflection Sabine gave about using personality tests and horoscopes as a way to open conversation about ourselves.

After working for an international company for a decade I was asked to take part in one of these tests as the company was looking to introduce the test globally before employing people. I did the test and they told me, that based upon my results, they should never have employed me!!! I went on to get promoted a couple of times after this and led several transformational projects and really enjoyed my 35 year fulfilling career despite the test saying I was totally the wrong person for them. 😐

Easy to tell you are a "fellow" INTJ. Your video made me laugh out loud, spontaneously at a couple of points. If anything, Myers-Briggs tells us who we will be able to relate with easily and who will have a similar sense of humor. I find the M-B personality description spot on for the most part, not just in the flattering aspects.

I’m an INTJ and while I take it with a pinch of salt, it has helped me understand me somewhat and recognising these factors helps me nourish them.

INTJ-T, same as me! I've always felt that the MBTI has a good combination of accuracy and user-friendliness. Those two are probably a bit mutually-exclusive.

Psychologist here: great discussion, covered many issues with such tests. One aspect for future discussion: using tests like the MMPI to spot unusual/concerning patterns of answers, as well as patterns that show that someone is "faking good."

Great video. Couldn't agree more. I'd love to hear you explore emotional intelligence tests like EQ and DISC and such.

How do you know when you run a personality test whether or you are getting their 'personality' or simply their role in a society/social system? 'The Funny One' in a group may not be an extrovert, but if the group needs a 'funny one', they may decide to pick up the role.

I wouldn't mind seeing this expanded into the additional tests that were mentioned. Especially whether the questions asked in them can evade some of the points you mentioned, like if we give the answers of behavior/personality we want to exhibit or believe to be appropriate rather than behavior/personality we actually engage in.

Amusing to see Sabine confirming her INTJ personality type score by tearing it apart.

Im an infj. Your personality is great and i love your german accent. Its a pleasure to listen to you discuss interseting topics.

I really really appreciate your videos, its like a sigh of relief every time i see you take nuance. Of course this is just my opinion, but i resonate with your analysis on many social topics. I'm really rooting for this channel and that the festering hand of capital doesn't completely ruin its content.

As for astrology and horoscopes, the late, great Amazing Randi published a video with a beautifully simple experiment on a group of high school students he was teaching (a critical thinking class). He told his class of approximately 25 that he was going to create an individual horoscope for each student based upon their birthday, of course. After handing out each one, he asked each student to read and then rate how accurate they thought the horoscope was about who they were and their personality traits. On a scale of 1 to 5 (5 being the most accurate) every single student rated their personal horoscope at a four or five out of five. He then asked the students to pass their horoscope to the student behind them such that every student in the class had a horoscope that was not intended for them. He then asked them to read them, and after approximately 10 to 15 seconds, the students realized that each horoscope was exactly the same. They were worded in such a general and flattering manner each person honestly thought the horoscope was about them personally. Randi is greatly missed...

Thank you for providing a balanced and unbiased view as usual! Love your videos. - INTP

I love your analysis! I’m an introvert like you…that’s really all I need to know. I have done a few tests and each one gave me a different introvert type.INFP seems to me to be the most accurate although I share characteristics with all the others.

INTJ-A here. Love to hear the arguments regarding psychological personality test whether it's reliable or not in terms of various usages. Seeing her dissecting every argument or parts of the topic is pretty self-explanatory for her.