I worked through an instrument on Monday for our marriage enrichment program. This was one of those Strongly Agree - Agree - Undecided - Disagree - Strongly Disagree tests. It became so tiring with the same questions over and over that I finally started making cute little patterns with the dots. If it says that I hate my wife and am unfulfilled then at least that will provide an interesting starting point for the meetings.
I'm also in the throes of the Human Patterns test. This instrument is similar to the one I took for the temperament pigeonholing. There are sets of four words and you are to choose a Most and a Least in each group. The temperament test had twenty-four groups of words. Human patterns has 250. All these things say to go with your first instinct, but I can't help second guessing. Particularly when I find myself answering as I wish I were rather than as I think I am. And then there are odd groups like this one:
I can be: rational; even-tempered; confident; animated.
When presenting a rational argument I am confident and become animated.
Whatever. There are 249 other groups to pick up the slack. They say that you're supposed to average about fifteen seconds per question. So far I'm averaging closer to sixty. Only three and a half hours to go!
Surely you're kidding about goofing with the test, right?
Posted by: gordon at March 17, 2005 9:57 PM