PAR12297

=MBTI = **Your Leadership Profile** You use all the styles, but the one you like to use most (with a score of 27%) is as a participative leader. Participative leaders achieve through people, through team work, and through collective involvement in the task. Participative leadership involves building collective ownership and commitment within the group. Participative leaders make people feel valued as an integral part of the team so that everyone achieves the goals through relationships and cooperative teamwork. =5 Factors = This trait reflects preference for, and behavior in, social situations. People high in extraversion are energetic and seek out the company of others. Low scorers (introverts) tend to be more quiet and reserved. Compared to other people who have taken this test, your score on this dimension (37) is relatively high. This trait reflects how we tend to interact with others. People high in agreeableness tend to be trusting, friendly and cooperative. Low scorers tend to be more aggressive and less cooperative. Compared to other people who have taken this test, your score on this dimension (29) is relatively high. This trait reflects how organized and persistent we are in pursuing our goals. High scorers are methodical, well organized and dutiful. Low scorers are less careful, less focused and more likely to be distracted from tasks. Compared to other people who have taken this test, your score on this dimension (21) is relatively low. This trait reflects the tendency to experience negative thoughts and feelings. High scorers are prone to insecurity and emotional distress. Low scorers tend to be more relaxed, less emotional and less prone to distress. Compared to other people who have taken this test, your score on this dimension (20) is about average. This trait reflects 'open-mindedness' and interest in culture. High scorers tend to be imaginative, creative, and to seek out cultural and educational experiences. Low scorers are more down-to-earth, less interested in art and more practical in nature. Compared to other people who have taken this test, your score on this dimension (32) is relatively high.
 * Factor I : Extraversion (AKA Surgency)**
 * Factor II : Agreeableness (AKA Friendliness)**
 * Factor III : Conscientiousness (AKA Will or Dependability)**
 * Factor IV : Neuroticism**
 * Factor V : Openness (AKA Culture or Intellect)**

**__Part 2__** I am not particularly blown away by the results of this test. Most of the conclusions that these two questionnaires presented are things my mom has been telling me for years—//you’re a flirt, you’re so nice and tactful, you need to stop being so lazy and distracted.// I honestly thought these personality assessments would delve much deeper into my psyche, informing me of my motivations for being the way I am, but instead provide only superficial knowledge that I could have told you myself without wasting a half-hour filling out the questionnaire. What I did enjoy was the fact that, especially in the case of the “5 factors” test, the questions were foolproof; they weren’t direct in their approach to finding out my personality. Most of those questions asked what sort of knee-jerk reaction I have to certain things, and that is hard to feign; as much as I would try to make myself seem like a nicer/more dependable/less neurotic guy by faking it and answering //what I think// I should answer, it was hard to hide my true self in that test. **__Part 3__** [|http://www.indiana.edu/~jobtalk/HRMWebsite/hrm/articles/develop/mbti.pdf] [] **__Part 4__** I think, and most scientists would agree, that the MBTI test is becoming a rapidly outdated model for personality testing. While it presented a radical new way of defining people upon its release and subsequent years of prosperity, its flaws are too large to overlook, especially with the growing popularity of other personality tests such as the “5 Factors”. One of the most notable of these flaws is the lack of bimodal distributions among the results of the MBTI test. For example, one can either be considered “//extroverted”// or //“introverted”,// not anything in between. In most statistical compilations, there are bimodal sets of data. For example, if we were to survey the heights of every student currently attending SJR State, we would get a “bell-shaped” graph, or bell curve, which looks like this: This means that, yes, there will be people who are 6’4” and there will be students who are 4’11”, but most will probably be closer to the average of about 5’8”. If we were to separate this data between the sexes, we’d find two different bell curves, with woman being generally shorter and men being generally taller, with some overlapping statistics. In the MBTI, this concept is absent; there is no telling //how// introverted you are, you are just introverted. Are you more or less introverted than most introverted people? These questions are left unanswered by the MBTI. It categorizes you, but does not tell you exactly where you fit within the group you have been categorized into. The Five Factors test is much superior in this regard; for example, it not only says I display a lack of focus, but gives me an exact score and tells me exactly how far I am from the mean. This is much more useful, as it can help me to improve because it informs me exactly how much I need to work on.

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