It occurs to me that disagreeable folks might be less inclined to do the work of finding the test when there’s no apparent benefit to them in doing so.
EDIT: Thanks all. Do you mind adding your individual reactions to the top-level post in your replies?
I doubt I’ll actually ever use this advice, though it sounds like it would work if I did. It’s pretty rare for me to actually dislike people (though it is common for me to think that interacting with people wouldn’t be worth the effort), and when I do find myself disliking someone, it’s usually a pretty reliable sign that I should limit my contact with them. (E.g., the only co-worker that I disliked at my last job—on the basis that she seemed to be near-sociopathicly self-centered—was caught stealing from another co-worker when invited to a party that co-worker was hosting, and was fired from the job for stealing money from one of our volunteers’ pocketbooks.)
It may be noteworthy that my method of socializing is based more on openness—learning where the other person is coming from, having conversations about mutually interesting topics—rather than agreeableness, and I neither like nor dislike most of the people I consider friends.
It occurs to me that disagreeable folks might be less inclined to do the work of finding the test when there’s no apparent benefit to them in doing so.
Here it is.
Oh, and:
Openness: 76
Conscientiousness: 8
Extraversion: 2
Agreeableness: 32
Neuroticism: 11
I doubt I’ll actually ever use this advice, though it sounds like it would work if I did. It’s pretty rare for me to actually dislike people (though it is common for me to think that interacting with people wouldn’t be worth the effort), and when I do find myself disliking someone, it’s usually a pretty reliable sign that I should limit my contact with them. (E.g., the only co-worker that I disliked at my last job—on the basis that she seemed to be near-sociopathicly self-centered—was caught stealing from another co-worker when invited to a party that co-worker was hosting, and was fired from the job for stealing money from one of our volunteers’ pocketbooks.)
It may be noteworthy that my method of socializing is based more on openness—learning where the other person is coming from, having conversations about mutually interesting topics—rather than agreeableness, and I neither like nor dislike most of the people I consider friends.
Thanks!
Openness to Experience/Intellect 53
Conscientiousness 58
Extraversion 5
Agreeableness 32
Neuroticism 9
(Some of these results surprised me [to the extent that I put stock in this particular test].)