Why do we so love personalty quizzes and indicators?
We know in our minds that the results could be applied in some way to almost anyone, and yet we love to take them, and then revel in how accurate they apparently are.
I think it's because they focus generally on positives. Because, let's face it: most of us aren't told often enough about just how good we are. So we take quizzes-- we figure, if we answer each question honestly, and it spits out something about our intelligence, or our kindness, or our creativity, it must be true!
I like them because they make me think. I go through my result and figure out which parts actually apply to me. Then, I think about those aspects of my personality. I'm the sort who loves thinking about people, both myself and others. I would love to study social psychology, but as a hobby. I suppose we're all a little strange.
And I'm sure there's a test to verify that.
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