Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Personality Styles (Animal Names)


Just learned about a personality test at my Discovery Toys meeting that I find interesting. I attribute it to Team Leader Pat Nelson. Thought it would be fun to share it with you. Be sure to go with your first answer as it is usually the most honest answer.
Here's the test...

Circle the number for each category that best describes the person. Example:
The answer would be                        IF:
          1                        Challenges what others say most of the time.
          2                        Challenges what others say somewhat more than accepting what they say.
          3                        Accepts what others say somewhat more than challenging what they say.
          4                        Accepts what others say most of the time.

ASSERTIVENESS

Challenges what others say                       1  2  3  4            Accepts what others say
Communication is to the point                   1  2  3  4            Communication is indirect
Speech is quick and demanding                1  2  3  4            Speech is slow and thoughtful
Active, fast-paced, and impatient              1  2  3  4            Calm, Slow-paced, and patient
Bold, decisive, willing to take risks            1  2  3  4            Hesitant, studied, avoids risk taking
Leans forward and faces you                    1  2  3  4            Leans back and faces away from you
Raises voice for emphasis                         1  2  3  4            Speaks softly
Competitive and confronting                     1  2  3  4            Cooperative and receptive

            Total of circled numbers            __+__+__+__ = ______ Assertive Score (Range 8 to 32)

RESPONSIVENESS

Outgoing and approachable                      1  2  3  4       Guarded and distant
Emphasis on opinions and concepts          1  2  3  4       Emphasis on facts and details
Random and unstructured conversation     1  2  3  4       Focused and Organized Conversation
Decisions based on intuition                      1  2  3  4       Decisions based on logic
Much body and hand movement               1  2  3  4       Little body and hand movement
Appears open and casual                          1  2  3  4       Appears controlled and businesslike
Animated facial expressions                       1  2  3  4       Unresponsive facial expressions
Warm and friendly                                    1  2  3  4        Cool and formal

            Total of circled numbers              __+__+__+__= ____ Responsive Score


                                                  Locate the person's Position on this array
                                               Lions                              32                                     Owls
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                                                                                     26
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         Assertive Score     8--------------14--------------20--------------26--------------32
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                                                                                      14
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                                        Chimps                                   8                                   Koalas
                                                                           Responsive Score

Locate your Assertive Score on the horizontal line then locate your Responsive score on the vertical line.
Your two dots connected will make a new dot inside one of the quadrants and you will then have your interpersonal animal style name. Write down your animal as a comment and when enough of us have taken the test I will tell you about what each personality style means. So far Kent, Cheryl, Devin and I have taken this test.

I am a Koala
Kent is a Lion
Cheryl and Devin are Chimps

I'm looking forward to hearing what each of you are. Thanks for taking the test!!!

4 comments:

Heather said...

Hi Marlies! I'm an owl. I am really curious to find out what the animals mean.

Rich said...

with scores of 20 and 22 that puts me in the owl area.

Dad

Jen McIllece said...

I'm a koala =)

Rachel Herring said...

Well, I was kinda in the middle but officially I am a Lion.