Discover the real you… in an online test
Psychological and other tests can be fun, but they can also be useful. As you will have discovered, there are hundreds of online tests on the Internet. But where do you find the good ones?
1. The human brain. The BBC’s scientific site (http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/mind/index_surveys.shtml) presents useful and well-made tests relating to the human brain. Explore your Memory, for instance, consists of ten exercises which put your short-term memory to the test - as a matter of fact, the results are used for research by the University of Edinburgh. A comparable test is Memory Training (10 min.). Good fun, and potentially useful, is Spot the Fake Smile, where you’re asked to distinguish a fake smile from a genuine one in 20 short video clips. It’s more difficult than you might think! Careers helps you to discover the type of job that you’re cut out for, whilst Perfectionism tells you whether you’re… a perfectionist.
2. Personality. A classic in the field of personality tests, which is often applied in a professional context as well, is the Keirsey Temperament Sorter (http://www.keirsey.com). To take the test, you need to register. This test will tell you whether you belong to the category of Artisans, Guardians, Rationals or Idealists (details on these categories are available on the site).
Queendom.com (http://www.queendom.com) presents 13 useful and scientifically-validated personality tests that will tell you whether you’re an optimist or a pessimist, an egoist, an altruist or a perfectionist. You could be something else of course! In addition, there’s the general AMPM(Advanced Multidimensional Personality Matrix) test. All tests consist of multiple-choice questions. An overview of even more personality tests - rated by the users - can be found at Personality Tests (http://www.2h.com/personality-tests.html).
3. “Gizza job”. Over at Queendom.com, you will find a series of “career tests”; some of them relate to specific trades (hairdressing, sales, IT, etc.), others are of a more general nature (managementskills, negotiation skills, problem-solving, goal-setting, time management, sensitivitytocriticism, etc.). Each test is accompanied by a detailed explanation, and you can take the tests without the need to register. However, if you do register, your tests results will be stored on the site. A lot of professional career tests (some of them cost money) can be found at About.com (http://jobsearch.about.com/od/careertests/Career_Tests.htm).
4. IQ. For IQ tests, we’re back at the excellent Queendom.com. It not only has different versions of classic IQ tests, but also other tests assessing your spatial IQ, mental speed, verbal IQ and the important Emotional IQ (EQ). An even larger selection of IQ and other tests, rated by users, can be found at AllTheTests (http://www.allthetests.com/iq-test-intelligence.php3). AllIQTests (http://www.alliqtests.com) subdivides its IQ tests into categories: time-limited IQ tests, visual-spatial tests, verbal tests, arithmetic tests, etc.
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