December 21, 2008

Did you realize you were a Champion in their eyes?

No I didn't. Apparently, I'm a 'Champion.' That, according to a personality test (72 yes or no questions) that I took on the promise that the results would be creepily accurate. Once you finish the test, there are a number of psychological interpretations of the personality type your test assigns you. Here is an excerpt of mine from the Keirsey 'Temperament Sorter':

Champions have a wide range and variety of emotions, and a great passion for novelty. They see life as an exciting drama, pregnant with possibilities for both good and evil, and they want to experience all the meaningful events and fascinating people in the world. The most outgoing of the Idealists, Champions often can't wait to tell others of their extraordinary experiences. Champions can be tireless in talking with others, like fountains that bubble and splash, spilling over their own words to get it all out. And usually this is not simple storytelling; Champions often speak (or write) in the hope of revealing some truth about human experience, or of motivating others with their powerful convictions. Their strong drive to speak out on issues and events, along with their boundless enthusiasm and natural talent with language, makes them the most vivacious of all the types...

... Joan Baez, Phil Donahue, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Edith Wharton, Sargent Shriver, Charles Dickens, and Upton Sinclair are examples of Idealist Champions


Creepy enough for ya? I don't usually engage with this kind of online pop psychology, but I promote it here to see if anyone else gets a little freaked out by the results.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

That seems to describe you fairly well though you don't consider yourself a "drama queen" do you?

I took the test and I am a Guardian Supervisor. So-so accurate, said I was a hard worker (sometimes true) and tried to be a solid student in school (bummed through grades 9 - 12 and most of university). This is the most accurate personality test I've ever takenn.

B. Scott Currie said...

Drama queen? Maybe when it comes the world around me, but not with myself in the centre of the drama. That's a bit of a miss in the test, though with only 'yes' or 'no' questions it's amazing this thing can be accurate at all.

'Boundless enthusiasm' is a stretch, too.

N said...

I got inspector, basically a big douche. Uncanny!