What some MENSA psychometric tests said about me in August '93

... In reading the report, you may find aspects which do not entirely meet your expectations. This could be on account of a number of factors including the fact that you are being compared to a large sample of Mensa members who are not representative of the population as a whole...

15FQ

Personality Profile

Scores based on a sten scale ranging from 1 to 10. The average or most typical scores are between 4 and 7. Scores between 1 and 3 and 8 and 10 signify a tendency to the left or right trait description respectively. % = percentile i. e. the approximate percentage of the population who score lower than Philip Parker on the right trait description. So for example, your percentile of 65 on the first trait "Outgoing" suggests that you are more outgoing than 65% of a sample of 1512 Mensa members. A fuller description of the results is provided in the narrative on the following pages....

...He has a relatively cynical and questioning nature, tending to often suspect the underlying motives behind the things people say and do. Overtly critical he may seem dogmatic and opinionated....
...He is likely to be unimpressed by status, position or authority...
...Not greatly suggestible, he is unlikely to be highly influenced by public opinion. As a result of this he may be inclined to go his own way from time to time....
...On the tough tender continuum, he is neither excessively hard-headed and unmoved nor too soft-hearted and sensitive...

Team role combination: Plant/Co-ordinator
Leadership Style: Delegative/Negotiative leader
Subordinate Style: Reciprocating Subordinate
Career Theme Scales: Nurturing-Altruistic

Jung Type Indicator
...His preference for the inner world of thoughts and ideas means that he will do his best work when he is alone...
...He prefers to use his imagination and inspiration to examine what could be the case rather than what is merely externally obvious...
...His tendency is towards innovation, and he may not show a great interest in conventional ways of doing things...
...He has a preference for seeing things in terms of the strict principles of cause and effect and will be dissatisfied if there are loose ends in either his own or other peoples arguments. He does have a tendency to put logic above feelings...
...He prefers not to reach decisions too quickly but to spend as much time as possible finding out about a situation before reaching a conclusion...
...His main contribution to the organisation will be his inclination to understand complexity, both in relation to technical systems and to the organisation itself. He is likely to contribute conceptual and theoretical insights and an understanding of issues in the long term...

An updated analysis is now available. Some of the rougher edges have been smoothed, but the picture is still pretty much the same.



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