Chamblee54

The instructions for some things are confusing. Maybe the true indicator of The iPersonic Personality Test. is whether or not you can decipher the instructions. The first time PG tried, he got it wrong.
TIPT has four parts. There are twenty statements in each part, in two groups of ten. One set of statements is the opposite of the other. An example would be “I often like to have a lot of people around me. ~ I need a lot of time alone.” For each of the four parts, you choose a block of statements.
When PG tried the first time, he thought you should click on which lines of each group applied to you. He noticed that when you select one line, and then select another line, the first line becomes unselected. Unless you use the control key, this is how computers work. There was not a box to check beside the individual lines. It was confusing.
The lines of the statements might make the foundation of a mashup poem. “i am not easily worked up ~ my idea of a holiday dream ~ is more than a solo trip to pup ~ perhaps a lonely island scheme.” PG copied all the test lines, and clicked one of the block boxes to get to the next page. Using this method, the test said “Social Realists are popular persons full of energy … have a marked social streak.”
The second time around, it began to sink in that you chose the group of statements, rather than the individual lines. Most people get this right away. Maybe there is a test taker personality type.
By this time, PG was getting tired of this test. He glanced over the sentences, rather than reading every one carefully. He looked at a few statements, and chose the best one. “Reliable Realists are down-to-earth and responsible-minded. They are precise, reserved and demanding. Their most prominent quality is reliability and they will always make every effort to keep any promise given.” Photographs today are from “The Special Collections and Archives, Georgia State University Library”.