If you’ve been looking for a job lately you may be finding out how important potential employers put on such a test. With the rise in workplace violence and escalation of terrorism all over the...
Does your personality show the kind of person you really are?
If you’ve been looking for a job lately you may be finding out how important potential employers put on such a test. With the rise in workplace violence and escalation of terrorism all over the world you can be employers are putting a heavy emphasize on this type of test.
But there is a positive aspect to personality tests that you can use to your advantage.
Many of us are now taking the time to find out who we are. This is a great way to possibly get a gauge on that. If you are in a job or career that you don’t like a personality test can help you determine what you may be suited for.
Are you an accountant that feels stuck in an office pouring over numbers all day long. Do you look forward to your lunch and break times so that you can get some real interaction with people. This is a type of personality trait. You are either introverted (you like to kepp to yourself) or extroverted (you like the social interaction with people)
Have you ever been around somebody that tends to blow up for no apparent reason? Many people have bosses like that and it’s usually not a fun situation to be in. People of high job responsibility may not be suited for being a job because they can’t multi task and the stress of managing people can make an intensely hostile work situation.
This is an example of emotional reactiveness.
A personality test can be used by employers to also find out what type of working situation will make you the most productive.
Psychologists tend to think that personality tests are never changing. In other words your scores won’t depend on whether or now you are feeling good on the day of the test or now. Intelligent quotient tests score or IQ tests results can fluctuate depending on a number of factors.
Personality tests are what are perceived as to who you are. What makes you tick and what are your real strengths and weaknesses based on a certain set of criteria. These typically will not change on a day to day basis.
IQ 101
How important is your IQ score in life.
How does a high or low IQ test mean in your day to day life. Will your relationships be more fulfilling. Will ou have more fianacial success just because you are “smarter” than everyone else. Will you have a high GPA with a highr intllegince rate? Are you more likely to commit suicide with a low score.
So you think your smarter than everyone else because you score 120.
A score of 120 would put you in a the category of very superior intelligence. Okay so you are smart but don’t get excited yet genious. To be a genious you have to be above 120. You may have scored high today but next week if you take the same test you could score lower. Many IQ scores are adiministered with a cultural bias and your technique for testing could be different than mine.
If you felt good on the day you scored well but took the same test while you were sick or under the weather you could very easily score much lower. IQ scores can be manipulated.
Suicide and your IQ is there a correlation?
During a 26 year period in Sweden, a study was conducted on over 980,000 men who tested low on an IQ test. Through constant follow up and careful study, the test which ended in 1994 showed that over 2800 men committed suicide. So how was their IQ score a factor? Let’s examine shall we?
In the overall population of the United States it is determined that the suicide rate among the overall population is 2.7%. The suicide rate among all the low IQ scores of Sweden is far less than that. So what did that prove? Well nothing really. In 1961 Ernest Hemingway committed suicide and he was tested at the genious level.
People who commit suicide have terrible coping skills.
What about Academically?
If you take two students with an equal amount of self discipline and the will, to do well in school the higher intelligent scoring child will outperform the other. However the biggest determining factor in how well a child does in school is determination and self discipline. One experiment that was conducted that could determine academic progress was conducted with two students. Both were given a choice of having a cookie right then and there or two cookies later. The one that chose to wait and get the bigger reward later, performed better in school.
That’s self discipline at work not an IQ score.
So what good is an IQ test.
IQ tests are great for measuring yourself against your friends and may make you feel superior but don’t let the score determine your lot in life. Let your drive, determination, and motivation determine your end results.
Train Your Brain
The training to your brain need not be as rigorous as physical workout. “No pain, no gain” is not applicable in this case. If you want to reach a destination you always have two options. The harder one is to run and the other smart choice is to use a vehicle. Likewise, there are smarter tools available to train your brain. This article will tell you about tools which you can practice to hone your brain.
Simple Tips
Simple techniques can sharpen your brain. Take a simple tip. If you want to invest and want to forecast your earning use a rule called “rule of 72”. You can use this formula to estimate in how much time you can increase your money by 100%. The rule is: divide 72 by the rate of return on your investment. The result will give you the time span it takes to double your money. It assumes compounding of interest and that you reinvest all interest again into the same.
Another useful rule is from the real estate advisors. They say not to pay for a property if it exceeds 100 times your monthly rent. Although, not a substitute for a more complex analysis, but it is an easy tool to take decisions. If a property costs 150 times your monthly rent, you need not even think twice before deciding not to buy it.
Ask
Mathematical formulas are not the only tool you have at your disposal. Make it a habit to ask simple queries. This many times helps you reap results quicker. Many comedians, use these questions and are able to produce better jokes.
A friend says that he feels immortal since he has children. The comedian would ask, “Detect what is the mistake in this picture?”.. Soon it dawns upon you that it indicates death. You answer that you wish to have immortality by not having to die.
Some other scenarios of comedian asking questions are : “ what happens if I drag it to the upper limit?”, “ What will this look to a dog?”, “What are the words with multiple meanings that I can use?” and many more.
Methods
There are a host of problem solving techniques you could use daily and gradually they become a part of your thought process. Do not take assumptions for granted. Always question them. You can use this to solve your personal problems, where there are lot of unknown assumptions.
There are 4 possible assumptions when your kids are squabbling over TV.
1. TV is a necessity.
2. Fight is the real issue.
3. Squabbling has to end.
4. It is none of your business.
Question these and you may get the following alternatives.
1. Restrict the access and use to TV or eliminate it altogether.
2. Improve your kid’s behavior.
3. Exit and just ignore their fight.
4. Give kids a week to solve their issues or else tell them that no access to TV will be granted to them.
There are simple rules for every activity we undertake and there are also rules that life makes us see. Using this will help us make informed and logical decisions. Always evaluate if any activity you did helped you move towards achievement of your goals or if there was a better way you could have performed a task.
Over a period of time, all of us cultivate habits which get ingrained in our subconscious mind. Just examine their need. We can easily train ourselves to practice tips and techniques which will us become more efficient. Mental training of a basic level is only thing which we need to do.
Tease Your Brain With Colors
What is there about brain teasers that draw us in and fool us? Fact is that the human brain loves surprises, puzzles and challenges. We thrill to intellectual challenge and adventure.
People have learned that color stimulates different parts of the brain so he checked into this phenomenon even more… In the process he learned that the brain’s easily tricked by association. See for yourself…
Below is an example of A Color Text Brain Teaser. You do it by saying the color of each word. Be careful not to say the color named by the word. Example: if you see Blue you would say “red” because the color of the word blue is red. It’s harder than it looks. Give it a try…
Fun Huh?
