Saturday, January 22, 2005

Sorry for two long posts in a row, but on the results page of the link in the last post, there is a "Risk Attitudes Profiler" that had even more amazingly accurate (kind of scary how accurate, actually) information. The RAP determines the strength of expression of mutually opposed psychological qualities & the relationships between them: on one hand, aspiration for emotional order, peace and safety and on the other, aspiration for "kicks", risk & activity. The proportion of the strengths of these aspirations determines the character of a person and the style of his/her behavior in life. These 2 psychological features form the basis of may other personal qualities. Here's mine. My primary type is "Ponderous" with 45%. My secondary type is "Rational" with 32%:

Ponderous

Preliminary Notes

People, whose personality type is described below, are notable for strong,
firm character and are distinguished by inexorability and courage.

Together with it, they possess some features which impede their way to
success. They are often intolerant and explosive, liable to conflicts,
poorly adapting to a group of people and to ever-changing life
circumstances.

Here you will get recommendations, which will help you to abate these
negative features as well as to diminish a higher for this kind of people
risk of cardio-vascular and psycho-somatic diseases. You will also get
advice for a rational selection of professional activities.


PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT

You are self-confident, firmly convinced of the rightness of your beliefs. People who do not share your opinions irritate you and you do not mask your annoyance with their views which appear wrong to you. You are inclined to give advice to others to keep them from making mistakes but you yourself do not like being given unsolicited advice. Typically, you never entertain doubts or hesitations and you cannot understand people who constantly rummage in their souls. Most of all you value order and stability in everything around you, from your family relationships to the way your house is furnished. Order and stability are your priorities in interaction with your colleagues and the way your organization functions. From your family members you demand strict obedience to the rules you impose. You expect your children to excel in their studies and behavior although perhaps you were not outstanding in these in your own childhood. You punish your children severely for bad marks at school and for misbehaviour. You are likewise demanding of your subordinates, making no excuse for their smallest setbacks or disobedience. You do not countenance the slightest infringement of your rights by your superiors, and you are prepared to go to the limit to uphold them. Your superiors appreciate you as an industrious worker while you appreciate your supervisors for their clear and concrete directions. As a rule, you try to control yourself, especially in regard to the relationship with your superiors. However, you are inclined to outbursts of anger after which you generally quickly get hold of yourself and recover. But not always. In situations where, due to your subordinate status, you are unable to respond adequately to an insult, you do not forget the offence and imagine revenge against your offender. On the whole, you are a person with a practical turn of mind and character. You possess a highly developed sense of reality and the present is what you value most of all. You are not inclined to daydream about the past. Although you regard the future with caution and distrust, you hope that it will be like your gradually improving present. You do not like what you consider frivolous or unexpected expenses. However, the comforts of life for you and your family are important to you. When inviting guests, mainly from among a long-established circle of close friends, you experience a feeling of pride in your home. You occasionally make improvements to your home, and if possible, you prefer to make them yourself. The circle of your friends is small but constant. You like to spend your leisure hours together with them in common pursuits and recreation such as sports, fishing, and watching TV, rather than in conversations on abstract topics. On television you prefer watching athletic events such as football and hockey rather than political and analytical reviews. You are fond of thrillers and do not dislike violent scenes which show rape and murder. You like to vacation together with your family and select well-organized and easy travel along approved routes. Politics are not among your special interests. At election time you vote for the candidates who stand for principles of power and who seem capable of ensuring rigid order even by tough measures. People of your type are usually sturdily built and physically strong although many tend to psychosomatic diseases such as high blood pressure, stomach ulcers, skin diseases, etc. You have a good appetite, like a plain menu, and are consistent in your preferences, attaching great importance to the preparation of each dish exactly to your taste. In your love affairs the sensual aspect of a relationship attracts you more than the romantic side. However, when the relationship breaks up, you suffer very little. If your self-esteem has been wounded, or your rights or interests infringed, you can become aggressive. Under such circumstances, when you defend yourself you are capable of a strong offensive, ignoring the fact that you might be endangering your life. In an extreme turn for the worse ? social upheaval, for example - persons of your type react strongly to the event by active protest. As they have a good sense of reality they are able to correctly judge the very core of social demands and needs. Due to their audacity they are frequently at the head of public social movements. Although they clearly express the public's dissatisfaction and show the way to social protest, they never forget their own personal needs and material interests which always come first with them. After achieving victory, they have no doubts about using the results of that victory to satisfy their own personal demands and gain corresponding privileges. Persons of your type are successful in small to middle-size businesses, or as department managers in a large enterprise. They are considered to be perfect candidates for the law-and-order services, such as the police, where spontaneous action and courage are required. Men of this type were the pride of ancient Rome where they were centurions, and in our day they frequently fill high positions in the military. Women of this type can achieve success as administrators or managers. In order to successfully point up your positive qualities you must learn to control your hot temper and become more tolerant of the people around you. You should take good care of your health, especially of your cardio-vascular system.

Rational

Preliminary Notes

You are a steady and cautious person. You are highly intellectual and
able to weigh your abilities sensibly and consider consequences of your
deeds. A rich imagination and sense of reality are inherent to you.
The latter will prevent you from many erroneous acts that don't have
any chances to success. However. this sense of reality may sometimes
turn into exaggerated caution and limit realization of your abilities
hindering your advancement to success.

You should be aware of the weak aspects of your character and be able
to compensate or remove them totally.

Below is a description of a psychological type of your personality
and recommended ways of its improvement. You will get advice how to
master an art of communication with different people and your behavior
with them in various circumstances.

We also recommend how to choose such types of activities that mostly
correspond to your character and with which you will be able to get the
most success.

PSYCHOLOGICAL PORTRAIT

You are a steady and rational person. You can define goals precisely, distinguishing between what you really need and what you can easily do without. You are able to learn from previous experience. You feel and value the present and think seriously about the future. You take your projects seriously, evaluating carefully their importance to you as well as the feasibility of their implementation. You are capable and disposed to evaluate soberly your possibilities within the context of various circumstances. You consider the consequences of your actions. You have the courage to make a decision but also, when necessary, to reject it. Having made a decision you don't hesitate, but carry it out energetically. You are cautious but not shy. In trying to reach your goal you are capable of overcoming many obstacles and difficulties. At the same time, you can evaluate the importance of this goal to you and your potential for achieving it, as well as your possible gains and losses. The moral aspect of any affair is of great significance to you. You are, first of all, preoccupied with solving your own psychological problems and only afterwards with objective external ones. You easily become friends with people who make a good impression on you and you have many friends to whom you gladly give whatever help you can without expecting compensation or profit. You are socially active. You have your own opinion on many social and political issues, but don't like to thrust it on others. You are open-minded but don't like extremism or aggressiveness. You are not vain, and at times this leads to insufficient ambition. A sense of self-dignity is intrinsic in you. You are aware of the limits of your abilities and are satisfied when you have exploited them to the fullest. You are not egotistical and do not need to prove your merits to others nor demonstrate superiority over them. Men of this personality type treat women with respect, being especially aware of their physical attributes. Women of this type prefer clever and spiritually attractive men. Your relationships with the opposite sex are based mainly on spiritual empathy. You like to eat well but don't demand gourmet food. You prefer an active vacation - traveling to interesting places that are new to you. Your nature is well-balanced between stability and safety on the one hand, and risk and daring on the other. You try to set yourself realistic goals but this limits the level of your expectations and the realization of your potential. You must force yourself to be more daring. Success will encourage you to aim at higher levels and to attain goals you previously never hoped for. Men of this character type resemble Benjamin Franklin and Franklin D. Roosevelt, and women resemble Margaret Thatcher.

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