Keirsey Temperament Sorter II

This test is just plain stupid. It’s totally simplistic. Not everything in life is a dichotomy. Most things aren’t. Here are just a few questions (out of 70) and the answer choices they give.

22. Does interacting with strangers:
      tax your reserves
      energize you
Emeth’s Answer: Depends on the strangers.

31. In hard circumstances, are you sometimes:
      too unsympathetic
      too sympathetic
Emeth’s Answer: What kind of hard circumstances?

33. Is it better to be:
      just
      merciful
Emeth’s Answer: Not better to be either. Must be both.

37. Do you tend to choose:
      rather carefully
      somewhat impulsively
Emeth’s Answer: Depends on what I’m choosing. I can be the most picky person I know for some things. For example, computers, web hosts, schedule books. But when it comes to books, or ice cream, or aromatherapy, I’m impulsive.

40. Children often do not:
      exercise their fantasy enough
      make themselves useful enough
Emeth’s Answer: Why do I have to choose one? I’m with kids every single day. Lacking in imagination and being generally useless are very common characteristics in children.

42. Are you more interested in:
      what is possible
      what is actual
Emeth’s Answer: Both. Or how’s this. I’m interested in what’s actual so I can know what’s possible.

48. With people are you usually more:
      firm than gentle
      gentle than firm
Emeth’s Answer: Depends.

57. If you must disappoint someone are you usually:
      warm and considerate
      frank and straightforward
Emeth’s Answer: I’m warm and straightforward. I’m frank and considerate.

64. Do you find visionaries and theorists:
      somewhat annoying
      rather fascinating
Emeth’s Answer: WHICH VISIONARIES OR THEORISTS??!! Some are fascinating, some are annoying, some are both, some are neither.