5 Really Good Reasons
To Take A Personality Test
Type
A. Highly sensitive. Extrovert. Dog person.
There
are many personality measures, and each one offers its own unique insight into
what makes you tick. But aside from being a pleasant 20-minute distraction
in the middle of the workday, there are real benefits to taking assessments
like the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator or even BuzzFeed's "Which Disney
Princess Are You" quiz.
Below
are some truly legitimate reasons for taking a personality test.
1.
It can help inform your career.
Should
you be an engineer or a doctor? A social worker or a journalist? Passion is
part of the equation, but your personality may also determine what occupation
is a good fit.
Take
highly sensitive people, for instance. According to Elaine Aron, a longtime
researcher of the personality type, HSPs may want to consider careers like teaching because of their service-based nature. HSPs also enjoy quiet workplaces because they don't
like overstimulation, Aron previously told HuffPost.
Additionally,
personality tests may also be part of the job hunt. Some companies use the assessments in
the application process to help vet candidates, the Wall Street Journal
reported. Companies may also offer personality tests during their training
process after an employee has been hired as well.
2.
It can help you decide what to study in school.
Character
assessments can also help college students as they
navigate their area of study. The more you know what your personality
aligns with, the better idea you'll have of what to major in when you go to
school. A 2006 study published in the Journal of Vocational Behavior found that
students who were more personally interested in what they
were studying had an increased likelihood of performing better.
The
more insight you have into how you operate, the easier it is to determine what
your best and worst traits are -- something that can come in handy both
personally and professionally.
For
example, according assessments based on the Meyer's-Briggs test, ESFJs, or
Extroverted-Sensing-Feeling-Judging individuals, are "caregivers" and work hard to make other people
happy.
This is a great quality to have, but it may lend itself to being too much of a
people pleaser. Strength? They care about others. Weakness? They tend to ignore
their own needs.
These
quizzes and tests help you connect with others who are just like you, Mitch
Prinstein, a professor of psychology at the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill, explained to NBC News in 2014. "Ultimately, they give you some
feedback on whether your behavior is similar to others, what your niche is, and
how similar you are to a sub-group of people," Prinstein said. "That is
inherently very rewarding to people."
5.
It feels good to know yourself.
Chances
are you've received personality test results that make you exclaim "this
is so me" (or, if not, you just take the test again). But why
does it really matter what the answers say? Humans like the validation that comes
with establishing who they really are as individuals. The more you know yourself,
the more you're able to assert what you really need in life, relationships or
otherwise. How else are you going to know what kind of vacation to take or what city you actually belong in?
So
storm fearlessly into the world, armed with the knowledge that you're Type B, an introvert, an old soul or whatever it is
that you identify with. Let that personality shine.
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