…absolute behavior control is imminent…. The critical point of behavior control, in effect, is sneaking up on mankind without his self-conscious realization that a crisis is at hand. Man will… never self-consciously know that it has happened. - Raymond Houghton, ASCD (curriculum arm of the NEA), 1970

There are only a few of us that haven’t taken a personality test. They can be found all over the place, in magazines, websites… Lots of people are taking them to check their compatibility with the loved one, or to see what are the chances that their relationship will last. The problem is that only a few of us realise what these tests really are.

They not only tell us how we are, they also tell us how to be…

The four reasons why personality tests are really bad for your mental health:

  1. They are manipulative. Let’s have an example. In a sex personality test, if you answer the question “How important is sex in your life?” with the fourth option (picture), the answer will score poorly. And if the other answers would follow on the same note (normal, not sex addict), the whole test will have a very low score, with a poor conclusion (picture). After a conclusion like this, the person who has taken the test will subconsciously try to change in order to get better test results in the future.
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  2. The conclusions are simply stupid sometimes, and contradictory.
  3. The persons who take such tests are often taking them as a result of an identity crisis. They hope that the tests will get them to know themselves better, but instead of doing that, the only results are a lower self confidence and a distorted view.
  4. These tests distort, replace and destroy the real values of life.

The world would be a happier place without these tests… if possible, try to avoid taking fun magazine tests.



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  • http://armannd.com/ Titus-Armand

    Thank you for passing by, Doug!

    The most disturbing fact, in my analysis, is that most of the “magazine tests” are psychologically engineered to manipulate and bias the beliefs of the readers towards a predefined direction in order to build predictable behaviors that lead to an ease in controlling them.

    I’m glad this idea resonated with you, Doug.

  • Doug Rosbury

    Thanks, I agree, Before the test, you are just yourself.
    After the test, you wonder, who am I really? How can this work to raise your self esteem? Just be who you are.
    Mind your own business and don’t allow anyone to manipulate you. Tests are judgements in disguise. They are the ego trips of other people and games to get you to doubt yourself.
    The choice, then is clear. When you come across one of these
    things, just keep moving along. BE YOURSELF(!!!)—
    —Doug Rosbury p.s., you’re beautiful just as you are(!!!)

  • http://armannd.com/ Titus-Armand

    Thank you for passing by, Doug!

    The most disturbing fact, in my analysis, is that most of the “magazine tests” are psychologically engineered to manipulate and bias the beliefs of the readers towards a predefined direction in order to build predictable behaviors that lead to an ease in controlling them.

    I’m glad this idea resonated with you, Doug.

  • Philipche

    absolutely true facts..yaap