Imagine a grid. Along one axis is one measure of a configuration of a person’s mind. Let’s say “angriness”. On the other is another one, “sadness”. Now let’s say you add on a third axis at ninety degrees, up out of the page the other two are drawn on, and say it measures “happiness”. Now, take another axis at ninety degrees to all of them, representing another measurement of that mind. And another. And another, and another, until all the axes are assigned.
I understand what you mean by space—I think it is a fairly common construct. For example, I think of a biological niche as an area in a multidimensional space. OK. But what on earth is an ‘identityspace’? And what does ‘angriness’ and similar have to do with identity? What would be some actual dimensions of identity and where is any experimental evidence for such dimensions in the context of identity?
Here is the list of personality axes OkCupid uses. There’s quite a few of them. There’s also that four-letter personality test, though I can’t remember its name at the moment.
I wouldn’t bother if that’s all you want out of OKCupid. The results are either very obvious, or I disagree with them entirely. For instance, apparently I am “more into sport.” The only sport I enjoy watching is Australian rules football, and that I haven’t watched in 4 or more years.
Ok I get it. I don’t really find it convincing but I get it. I can understand the idea of a ‘space’ made of personality dimensions and I can envisage an idea that someone could link their identity as their area in such a space.
Personality theory seems pretty weak (and boring) to me, a sort of left over from Freud’s and other psychoanalytic theories. So I guess I have nothing to add to this discussion.
Imagine a grid. Along one axis is one measure of a configuration of a person’s mind. Let’s say “angriness”. On the other is another one, “sadness”. Now let’s say you add on a third axis at ninety degrees, up out of the page the other two are drawn on, and say it measures “happiness”. Now, take another axis at ninety degrees to all of them, representing another measurement of that mind. And another. And another, and another, until all the axes are assigned.
This is the mindspace of that person.
I understand what you mean by space—I think it is a fairly common construct. For example, I think of a biological niche as an area in a multidimensional space. OK. But what on earth is an ‘identityspace’? And what does ‘angriness’ and similar have to do with identity? What would be some actual dimensions of identity and where is any experimental evidence for such dimensions in the context of identity?
Here is the list of personality axes OkCupid uses. There’s quite a few of them. There’s also that four-letter personality test, though I can’t remember its name at the moment.
MBTI most likely.
Edit: After reading that link about okCupid’s axes I have the most ridiculous desire to sign up just so I can get myself categorised.
I wouldn’t bother if that’s all you want out of OKCupid. The results are either very obvious, or I disagree with them entirely. For instance, apparently I am “more into sport.” The only sport I enjoy watching is Australian rules football, and that I haven’t watched in 4 or more years.
Ok I get it. I don’t really find it convincing but I get it. I can understand the idea of a ‘space’ made of personality dimensions and I can envisage an idea that someone could link their identity as their area in such a space.
Personality theory seems pretty weak (and boring) to me, a sort of left over from Freud’s and other psychoanalytic theories. So I guess I have nothing to add to this discussion.