Re: #53928 The correlation of MBTI scores and position on th
Posted: Thu Aug 22, 2013 4:14 pm
I think that Liberals associate being politically liberal with openness, but Conservatives generally associate being politically liberal with the opposite of openness. I'm not saying that either the Liberals or the Conservatives are correct in this, but this is my general observation of the way they view each other. Perhaps part of the research being done on this site was to ask how liberal the person was and then try to correlate that answer with the personality factors of openness, agreeableness, or other factor. That may be why it doesn’t make a difference to your score what you pick to answer this question. Which leads one to the possibility of skewing the results by choosing all the negative personality factors and then claiming to be a person on the opposite end of the liberal/conservative political spectrum.
I think you have a point that the way we feel about ourselves on any particular day can make a difference. I don’t know if I believe that we have a single true personality. I think many of us are a bundle of conflicting personalities, and it is more a matter of which of our negative personality factors we have under control at any particular time. When we are tired, stressed, discouraged, hurt, or afraid we may lose more control over our negative personality factors than we normally would. Perhaps it is a matter of the inherent conflict between the flesh and the spirit.
I think you have a point that the way we feel about ourselves on any particular day can make a difference. I don’t know if I believe that we have a single true personality. I think many of us are a bundle of conflicting personalities, and it is more a matter of which of our negative personality factors we have under control at any particular time. When we are tired, stressed, discouraged, hurt, or afraid we may lose more control over our negative personality factors than we normally would. Perhaps it is a matter of the inherent conflict between the flesh and the spirit.