Why is it useful to measure personality?
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yes,but it differs from the  way your looking for a personality,like behaviour,body,attitude & knowledge.\nif your intersted to more about the person,you must have to know, that person must have these qualities.but i am  not clear about what kind of personalities you mean
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Personality:  happy, fun-loving attitude; positive outlook on life.\n\nPhysical:  Eyes, smile, curves without anything too out-of-proportion.
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You may find what you are looking for here..\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Psychometrics
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When you were born does not determine personality.  Heredity and environment determine personality, regardless of what astrologists try to tell you.
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Take a look at, e.g., Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs at http://chiron.valdosta.edu/whuitt/col/regsys/maslow.html\n  There are many developmental psychological theories, you might Google Piaget, Maslow, Jung, and Freud just to get an idea of how personality theory applies developmentally. Most theorists (modern) go with a nature/nurture concept - meaning that it's both environment and genetics that influence the development of personality. That being said, each kid is going to be each kid.. some kids seem to come into the world hardwired for particualr talents, aptitudes, introversion or extroversion, for example. Once you begin talking "personality," you're into the world of constructs... you cannot see one directly, cannot take out a ruler and measure it, so we are left to form theories that fit what we *can* measure.. and for kids that's usually accomplished by tasks that are mastered by or around a certain age... personality theory is a fascinating topic... we could go on for days and days...
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Psychology isn’t a tool for using knowledge as ammo for gratuitously critiquing people. Its purpose is meant to be used to view the world through a broader scope and make sense of such observations with a broader frame of reference. Contrary to popular belief, psychologists do not randomly psychoanalyze every person they encounter. A psychology student, however, might anxiously employ newly learned techniques outside of the classroom, assessing random individuals to grasp a better understanding of certain principles or learn to view others objectively. It isn’t a weapon. It isn’t magic. Psychologists don’t have telepathic powers and cannot read your mind. They can, however, interpret certain things about your personality and behavior based on many collaborate correlations such as, a term you may have heard before, nature (genetics) and nurture (environment). Psychology is all about understanding people. Right now, I understand that you’re curious. That’s a good thing. \n\n“The most important thing is to never stop asking [questions].” – Alfred Einstein
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You should tell a little about your personality so people can have a little something to work with
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One reason is to be able to detect deformalities. Another is to understand what factors influence growth and development (proper nutrients, health care etc..).
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This is kind of subjective, and it really just depends on your own personality.  Pick an animal that represents traits that you value, and then describe those traits along with the animal's appearance.  Just be creative.
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they are actually pretty accurate on a scientific level. when our emotions change, like from angry to nervous to happy to loving our temperatures change, and that is exactly what mood rings do is change colors with our body temperatures. its just... that some are cheap and aren't accurate. they're generally aren't seen as serious measurers of emotions :) but i like them nonetheless!
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What are you assessing during your observation?\n\nBehavior...often a time chart is used, where a check mark is placed for each target behavior is observed in a given segment of time.\n\nAcademic performance... behaviors during instructional time, skill practice time, and independent generalization to other activities/environments are watched for and documented.
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There are two types of traits - Qualitative and quantitative.\n\nQuantitative traits are the ones which can be counted - e.g. your blood pressure, or your height etc, the size of the lumen of your aorta.\n\nQualitative traits are the ones which cannot be counted per se- e.g. the color of ur eyes, shape of your face, how good you feel, how successful you are, etc. However you can try to get surrogate measures for counting qualitative traits. For e.g. you can quantify how good you feel by determining the serotonin levels in the relevant parts of your brain, or something like that.
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What about your personality?  Are you cold?
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DISC tests are personality questionnaires/profiling tests.  D = Dominant, I = Influence, S = steadiness and C = Conscientiousness/Compliance.  The tests were based on work done by an American Psychologist called William Marston (interesting guy..check him out on Wikipedia)\n\nThey normally come in the form of a list of statements and you have to categorise those statements as eitehr those that MOSTLY represent you or which is LEAST like you.  The results are then analysed and you get a profile with a graph.  \n\nCompanies use DISC tests to recruit, according to the role they are trying to fill.  For instance, Sales people should be high "D" personalities, managers should hopefully be high "I" s etc.
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It depends on what you are charting.  There are several different personality tests that could be charted.
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If you are making a decision about your career or education, the Career Key test can help you.  It measures your skills, abilities, values, and interests -- the six Holland personality types that are most often used by professional career counselors. In addition to learning about yourself, you will discover promising jobs that match your personality.  \n\nIn this instance of you listing a line of jobs, even I could not advise as to which is best especially if you have no previous experience. Nonetheless, you can always learn the skills you need to do one of these jobs well enough to get paid to do it. Overall when choosing make sure it is a choice made for that which you will LOVE doing.
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There is a whole science to reading a persons body language whether it be the way they stand or the way they do anything.  It can tell you what they are thinking, if they are lying or not or what kind of attitude they have.  It's a lot of fun.