Definition 1
An Oxford personality test is a test in which you need to answer questions about yourself.
Test characteristic
This test is considered an effective method for studying personality parameters in a person. It is unique in its own way, covering various areas of the sphere of life. It is an extensive complex used tools and techniques that help deeply analyze mental processes, the human subconscious and determine the real state. At the same time, find problems and determine the direction for getting out of them.
Well-known American test in which you need to answer 200 questions. It was created by Scientologist Ron Hubbard. Hubbard is the founder of the Church of Scientology and has implemented this technique to attract new followers to his ranks.
Nowadays, this method is used when applying for a job or to determine the level of stress in a person. Moreover, the test most often gives negative results for almost everyone. In this regard, there are conflicting and negative reviews of people who, having passed the test, found out a lot of unpleasant things about themselves.
Test Concepts
After analyzing the available information related to the Oxford personality analysis test, one can determine the fundamental postulates. This test shows various aspects of a person’s character, his weaknesses and strengths.
The test is based on 10 main personality characteristics, such as:
Degree of confidence. Reflects the person’s ability to concentrate, carry out planning and organize their own actions, as well as the degree of self-control and response to the outside world.
Contentment with life. It reflects the degree of optimism and perception of various life situations related to the attitude towards oneself and to people around.
Degree of self-control. Reflects the ability to control your behavior, voice and thoughts.
The degree of confidence. It reflects the stability of life principles, values, as well as a person’s confidence in their own knowledge.
Degree of initiative and activity. Demonstrates a willingness to take responsibility and carry out the necessary work.
The degree of conviction and determination. Reflects the level of perseverance, faith in one's own strengths and capabilities.
Level of responsibility and measure of objectivity. Reflects the ability to take responsibility for their own thoughts, feelings and actions.
Efficiency assessment of an ongoing event. It reflects a person’s ability to understand and substantiate real events in a consistent manner, as well as the degree of critical view of events and surrounding people.
Friendliness. It reflects a person’s ability to find mutual understanding with people and to be attentive with others.
Sociability. Reflects the ability to find friendly understanding and openly express their worldview.
Practical application of the test
The practical application of this test to identify psychological problems, such as problems with interaction with the outside world, depression and mental disorders.
Many questions are related to elucidating emotional manifestations during communication and experiencing unpleasant conditions.
About 80 questions are related to feelings of anxiety, about 30 questions are about aggression and conflict. Questions are often repeated. There are 23 questions regarding positive emotions and pleasant situations.
One gets the feeling that the questions in this text are formulated in an accusatory form that causes guilt and anxiety. Many questions are rated as tactless and meaningless.
The psychological analysis of questions for the test shows a lot of discrepancies in them to standards and professional level.
When can we run into psychological tests?
When in our hands we have a test from the sphere of communication or ability, we automatically attribute it to psychological tests. And with enthusiasm we begin to answer the questions posed in it, hoping to learn something new about ourselves. In what situations do we encounter real psychological tests? The first option, and the most common, is in newspapers and magazines. Tests that are printed in them, as a rule, contain from 5 to 15-20 questions. They are often comic in nature - "Are you compatible with your cat?", "Lyric or physicist?" etc. After questions, there is a key to the test, according to which you can find out your results yourself. Typically, these are three categories of answers. You can immediately read all three and figure out which of the results, in fact, is more suitable for me. Laugh at the discrepancy and live on calmly. What is the purpose of these tests? Entertainment, relaxation - they are optional. Can we learn something fundamentally new? Probably not.
The second option of encountering psychological tests or questionnaires is a children's educational institution (nursery, kindergarten, school). Such tests vary somewhat in form and content, but do not exceed 20-30 questions in volume. Many questions contain a field for writing answers, a place for one word or even several sentences. What is the purpose of such testing? If they don’t complain about the child’s behavior, they don’t call their parents to a psychologist or director, then most likely the school’s administration wants to get to know this child better, understand its features, the reasons for its behavior and actions.
The third option is a counseling situation by a psychologist. Either the person himself seeks help in personal and family problems, or he is invited by a psychologist from a children's institution. In this case, the psychologist explains why he is conducting this or that test. Most often this is not one test, but several. These can be tests for intelligence (but do not confuse with the IQ test - this test is not adapted to the Russian mentality), tests for character traits, tests characterizing the emotional state and affection, and tests for features of interaction in various groups, etc. This category of tests is very diverse in size (up to 300 questions) and external material - in addition to text on paper, it can be pictures, color cards, even figures, etc. As a rule, the psychologist takes several days to process the results, so he sets up a separate meeting to discuss the test results.
The fourth option is to go to work or to a number of educational institutions. The purpose of this testing is to determine whether a person will be able to meet the loads and responsibilities of the specialty or not. The results are usually recognized by whether or not a person was hired. Test material - several questionnaires, some of which may contain up to 400 points.
The fifth option is testing as a result of a medical examination (this may be the consequences of an injury or a psychiatric illness). In this case, testing is carried out by a medical psychologist (clinical psychologist) or even a doctor. The objectives of this test are to establish the degree of brain damage and develop a rehabilitation program for humans.
Design Features of the "Oxford Ability Test".
The most attractive word in the name is the word "Oxford". Those. should the test relate to oxford? Sounds tempting. Maybe they take him to Oxford? No, they don’t accept. And the mentality of those who enter Oxford is different from the Russian mentality. So, according to the laws of science, this test, before being used in Russia, had to undergo a standardization procedure, which involves a thorough translation, a study on the operation of the test: it gives some information about the abilities of a Russian person or not. The famous IQ test has not yet passed standardization in Russia.
This test is offered to take for free in order to better know yourself. In style, this message resembles a test in a magazine or in a newspaper. Only the size of the test is by no means journal - 200 questions, as in questionnaires at a psychologist’s appointment or when applying for a job. But nowhere is it mentioned that this test is psychological or that a psychologist will evaluate it. The heading mentions some "professional appraiser." But there is no such specialty in this area. There are appraisers of machinery or equipment, apartments, etc. Only this is not a profession. By profession, these people are engineers, locksmiths, painters. In addition, each test is accompanied by instructions, a key to the answers. Sometimes it is made in the form of a stencil, which is placed on the form with the answers: there is a check mark - you put 1, no - 0. Then these numbers are summarized according to the instructions, are entered in certain columns of a special table. In a separate chapter, options for interpreting answers are noted. Almost like in magazine tests. Only more options. Thus, any person who can count can be involved in decoding the test, and special professionalism is not required for this. Another thing, what does the information received mean? A person decides about a magazine test: is it about him or not, is it like him or not. And with specialized scientific tests, it all depends on the goals for which the study was conducted. Depending on the objectives of the study, the psychologist concludes the test results.
The name of the test indicates that it is a "test of abilities." What are abilities - these are some talents, opportunities? The authors reveal the meaning of this word in the following lines: "Find out how your ability to establish relationships depends on you. Find out exactly which factors that affect you, lead to stress and affect your health." And where are the abilities when the ability is one? And this word is used in the meaning of "method", and not "talent", "opportunity". And to find out, "which factors that affect you, lead to stress and affect your health," is more traditional in a medical center.
The next significant difference from classical psychological tests - the person who passes this test, is asked to indicate their details in detail: name, surname, middle name, address and even profession. In the questionnaires of sociological surveys, one may ask age and profession, since this survey is interested in the opinion on a particular issue of a certain category of people, but this is always anonymous. The psychologist conducts testing after an introductory conversation in which he already received information about his client. Therefore, the test answer forms themselves are often encrypted so that the other person does not understand who they are talking about. This is one of the basic rules of the psychologist's work - maintaining the confidentiality of the client.
The main sign of a bad questionnaire and test is that it is not known who, it is unknown why it is asking us detailed questions about us and our lives. Even in child care facilities, they are obliged to explain to us why detailed personal information is being collected about our family. This does not mean that they explain everywhere, but we have the right to demand explanations and not to fill out a questionnaire or test if something does not suit us.
Noteworthy is the capitalization of the word "honesty" in the following sentence: "The accuracy of the test depends on your honesty in answering questions." A reliable psychological test always contains a scale of lies. The questions of this scale are scattered throughout the text, the answers to which are separately summarized, and this result is taken into account in the interpretation of the entire test. This is not because psychologists do not trust their clients. Nobody will open completely in front of a stranger, we all want to look better in the eyes of other people.
There are also comments on the design of the text - 200 questions are placed in 4 columns on two pages. This is hard to understand: you can lose the question, skip from question to question, miss the point and essence of the question. If it is important for authors to understand a person, then why not arrange the material more conveniently for perception so that a person can carefully, clearly and honestly answer a question? A small, unreadable font causes eye strain. This confuses a person, creates a feeling of anxiety, error, self-doubt. Especially if you add to this the content of some issues. For instance:
for example No. 61 "Do you have a feeling that you are dreaming of everything, that everything in life is unreal?"
eg No. 166 "Do gloomy forebodings or scary thoughts cause you a physical reaction?"
In practical work, psychologists rarely use tests. To provide psychological assistance to a person it is important that they hear, understand, he needs a lively participation, and not a leaflet with questions. Large questionnaires are needed to conduct research when applying for a job. In the situation when the problems of a particular person are not so important to the psychologist as his features, personality type, etc. are important. In such studies, one questionnaire is rarely used: as a rule, there are several of them so that you can compare the data and correct them, since the task of such testing is to obtain objective information.
This test claims to identify a person’s practical problems: communication problems and profound problems, such as factors affecting health and stress. But communication problems can be identified in a person in a personal conversation with a psychologist without using tests. Factors affecting health and stress, without the cooperation and diagnosis of a doctor (s) can not be established by any tests. Thus, it turns out that the task of this product is not to help a person, to increase his mood, as journal tests do, not to conduct a comprehensive study of personality traits, but some other. Which one? Let's try to find out further.
Analysis of test questions in content.
It is known that the rigid framework of answers (yes, no, not sure) form a limited number of answers and make it difficult to understand if the question is ambiguous.
Remember Carlson’s question addressed to Freken Bock: “Have you stopped drinking cognac in the morning? Speak quickly: yes or no!” No matter how you answer, there is only one conclusion - you are an alcoholic. Thus, asking vague, ambiguous questions, the authors of any test will receive inaccurate, fuzzy portraits of people. For serious research, this is a failure, an illusion instead of reality. But for those who want to rig the results, it is very profitable and convenient.
The preamble says that the test is to identify the ability to communicate. But most of the test is addressed by an emotional manifestation in a communication situation and experienced emotions and conditions, and not how to build communication. Particular attention is paid to feelings of anxiety - about 80 questions. There are about 30 questions devoted to aggression and conflict. And about 30 questions are devoted to dependence on the opinions of others. In general, 130 questions (out of 200) are devoted to unpleasant and difficult emotions, feelings, states, situations in the test. Many questions are duplicated with minor changes:
forward No. 21 "Do past failures still bother you?"
eg No. 78 "Do you often think about failures in the past?"
no. 116 "Is it true that your minor setbacks rarely bother you?"
eg No. 165 "Is it true that you regret little about past failures and adversities?" However, there is not a single question about the characteristics of a person experiencing good luck and success.
In the test, 23 questions were given to positive emotions and situations, while only one can be called completely positive. This is eg No. 27 "Do you often hum or whistle just for the fun of it?" Although anxious people even here may think that this is bad, since they ask about it in the test. The remaining questions can be rather called conditionally positive:
eg 10 "Are you interested in other people very much?"
no. 28 "Do your friends consider you a warm-hearted, responsive person?"
eg 30 "Does it give you pleasure to tell the latest gossip about your friends?" The wording of the question deliberately condemns those who are pleased.
eg No. 112 "Do you openly and sincerely admire the beauty of other people?"
Or the question of positive abilities itself concerns rare situations, for example: for example No. 51 "Can you be a ringleader at a party?" Many people who have everything in order with communication, can not be a "ringleader" at a party.
At the end of the test, questions increase the gloomy mood from No. 194 to No. 199, all questions, in fact, about "how bad everything is":
eg No. 194 "If you lose a thing, does it occur to you that someone should have stolen it or put it in the wrong place?"
for example No. 195 "If you thought that someone was suspicious of you and your actions, would you find this question out with him instead of letting him figure it out?"
eg no. 196 "Do you feel that your age is against you (that you are too young or too old)?"
for example No. 197 "Do you have sadness or depression for no apparent reason?"
eg No. 198 "Do you often grumble about the living conditions that you have to face?"
eg No. 199 "Do you tend to hide your feelings?"
Therefore, to answer in the affirmative to Ex. No. 200 "Do you think that you have many sincere friends?" after all this is extremely difficult. I would even reformulate this question: "Do you still think that you have many sincere friends ?!"
A number of questions of this test are formulated in a blaming form, causing a person to feel guilty, anxious. The text of the question contains an indirect moral assessment of the above actions. This is unacceptable for a psychological test and psychological counseling, as it forms an unambiguous answer and lowers the level of trust in the author of the test. For example: eg No. 124 "Do you often make gross tactless mistakes?"; Forward No. 157 "Do you reckon with the best sides of most people, only rarely speaking disrespectfully of them?"; eg No. 70 "Is it true that you completely condemn a person because he is your opponent or opponent on some issue of your relationship with him?" Even where the accusation cannot be clearly distinguished, the question is formulated in such a way that it contains some indication of a person’s inferiority. Compare: in the text of the questionnaire the question sounds like this (eg No. 84): "Is it true that you prefer to follow the wishes of others, instead of doing it your own way?". It is clear that the essence of the issue is what another person can influence a person or not. This question could be formulated as follows: “Do you often follow the wishes of other people?”, The essence of the issue would not have changed, but the indirect accusation of irresponsibility and weak character has disappeared. Or for example No. 1 "Do you make rash comments or accusations, which you later regret?" could be formulated as follows: "Do you often regret your words, deeds?". Again, the essence of the matter would not have changed, and the accusation was gone. This category includes about 30 questions in the test.
Some questions are blatantly tactless, and ambiguous: eg No. 129 "Do you advocate the separation of people by skin color and class?" How can one be or not be a supporter of a phenomenon that has existed throughout human history? It’s the same as asking a person if he is a proponent of dividing the day into day and night. Or is it a collection of compromising evidence on the lack of tolerance? In any case, this issue lies outside the scope of psychological counseling. And this is not the only question from the sphere of "social discrediting". Question 140 can be immediately attributed to the two named categories of “accusations” and “social compromising materials”: \u200b\u200b“When you vote, do you vote for the same party, instead of studying candidates and their election campaigns?” With such a question, it is impossible for a person to demand honest answers! But it’s easy to increase guilt for dishonestly responding and / or acting badly.
It is noteworthy that in the test there are a number of questions focused on people prone to the role of "rescuer". For example: eg 146 "Do you try to clean up in a strange house, if there is a mess." Disorder is bad, the rescuer will say, I simply have to help, because a person suffers so much from life in disarray. The “Rescuer” simply does not allow the thought that someone may be responsible for the consequences of his actions.
"Rescuer" is one of the roles that a co-dependent person realizes in life. Who are co-dependent people? These are people who are pathologically emotionally dependent on a loved one (spouse, parent, child). We are all emotionally dependent on loved ones, and this is normal. But only co-dependent people believe that they can and should control others, correct them, help, “save”, make up another person’s happiness, they believe that they understand and feel their partner better than others, always know what he wants. Such people most often become spouses of people dependent on psychoactive substances and / or become dependent on destructive cults. Those. test authors are looking for their audience, and not trying to help a person understand themselves.
It should also be noted that any test should be carried out in a certain style according to the content of the questions. It is also necessary for accurate interpretation of the results. If we read a magazine test, then for example No. 121 we’ll be a little confused: “If the distance is not too big, then you would prefer to get there than to walk?” If we are at the doctor’s or medical psychologist’s appointment for example 97 "Do you sleep well?" or for example No. 122 "Do you ever worry about the sound of the wind or the" settling down house "?" just as little confuse, because if we turned to them, something bothered us. But the use of such questions within the framework of one test in combination with the above quotes suggests that this test can not be passed in any way within the framework of one genre, which means that it serves to juggle the answers. He cannot convey the diversity of human nature, the diversity of ways to build communication. And the task of any test, even a magazine one, is to divide people into at least 3 categories according to some criterion. And simple, but high-quality tests of 5-6 questions cope with this. Tests of 200 questions divide people into at least 8 large categories, not counting some of the subtleties and features.
But what about this questionnaire? Not every healthy, balanced, calm and self-confident person will continue to complete such a big test, encountering questions accusing him, ambiguous, confusing and describing gloomy conditions. And who will be? There will be someone who has a vague feeling that something in his life is wrong, or he knows that he has problems. A person who is looking for answers to his questions and solutions to his problems. It is only this time category of people that this questionnaire accurately classifies. Temporary, because any of us falls into this category under certain life circumstances. These are people who are acutely experiencing stress, people who have a predominantly anxious-suspicious emotional background, with a depressed mood and a tendency to co-dependence. Such people have underestimated self-esteem, and it may indeed be difficult for them to communicate in this state even with close relatives and friends. But their problems are much deeper than simple communication problems. And the authors know this, therefore, the topics of the questionnaire are so varied in level: communication and factors affecting health and stress. Such people need psychological help and sometimes psychological rehabilitation, and instead, their fears and anxieties, guilt and feelings of inferiority increase under the influence of this questionnaire. Worried about the result, they call the indicated numbers and ... instead of rehabilitating, they end up in a destructive cult. Where their psyche inflicts even greater, sometimes irreparable damage. And the propensity for co-dependence is brought to a severe form of emotional dependence on the group.
Alina Vinogradovapsychologist
Notes
1. Abilities are individual personality traits that are subjective conditions for the successful implementation of a certain type of activity. Abilities are not limited to the individual’s knowledge, skills and abilities. They are found in the speed, depth and strength of mastering the methods and techniques of some activity and are internal mental regulations that determine the possibility of their acquisition. http://ru.wikipedia.org
2. It is difficult to name the exact number, since for some people the conditions described in the test may not be accompanied by feelings of anxiety, aggression, etc.
On the page is a translation of the secret manual on conducting and decoding the 1955 Oxford Personality Test in the original. You can see for yourself its directness and simplicity.
This test was created by Julia Lewis Salman in the mid-1950s, she called it the "American Personality Analysis Test." Subsequently, Raymond Kemp finalized it and released it in 1969 under the well-known name in Russia: “OCA Test”. The test was striking in its effectiveness; it, like an X-ray, revealed the strengths and weaknesses of the test person.
What was surprising was that its results were impossible to fake - “dishonest” answers were detected by the algorithm. Therefore, a number of comrades were very interested in making this tool no longer effective. Since the late 1970s, it was redone so much that it stopped working.
In the Free Zone, the original OCA test has been restored. And, of course, the independent Scientology organization closest to you will be happy to provide you with a true transcript of your schedule — exactly as the creators of the test did Julia and Raymond.
Chapter 1: The Real Purpose of the Oxford Personality Test
The purpose of this test is to provide a reliable means of assessing various factors of temperament, a combination of which determines trends in the behavior of the individual. The test is the result of many years of research, and the authors thank the Hubbard Guidance Center in Washington, DC, Phoenix, Camden, New Jersey, London, Johannesburg and Melbourne for the resources provided.
This test, accompanied by a good knowledge of treatment methods such as Dianetics, and the use of the Hubbard Relationship Chart and the Human Behavior Tone Scale, will allow you to quickly get the most accurate assessment of any factor that can help the person to cope with his problems or can be of great benefit to this person.
The test was also approved by the American Freud Foundation, which noted the emotional stability of an individual before and after Scientometric studies, both privately and in group procedures. The most important syndromes available to the individual can be quickly identified by using the test as a guide to the use of therapy.
The test results are divided into characteristics and their opposites, from the letter A to J, and the word "characteristic" in this test means a set of behaviors and trends, the degree of manifestation of which allows them to be measured and noticed.
The questions that serve to determine the various characteristics in the test are based on a wide range of individual reactions to various life situations.
Chapter 2: Actual Reliability of Personality Character Test in Numbers
Reliability refers to the degree of accuracy of the test measurements. The general measure of the reliability of a test is the ratio of two forms of the same test. The average value of the coefficient taken over the past three years using two different tests that are similar in purpose, shows that the average value of the coefficient of the Oxford Personality Analysis is 96.
Another measure of the reliability of the test is the ratio of various characteristics in the same test. In fact, this is the ratio of the various forms of the short test, each of which is ten times shorter than the full test, despite the fact that short tests can be said to be issued simultaneously.
To correct the correlation coefficient between short tests, the Brown-Spinnen formula is usually used, applying which you can obtain the ratio of two or more complete tests, which are issued in the same circumstances. The average coefficient value for the adjusted coefficient gives 92.
Thus, the use of weighted assessments allows you to identify changes in the personality factor for this characteristic as a result of the presence of changes in the tests performed before and after therapy, exceeding four weighted scores.
Other ways to test the reliability of a test method
Another measure of reliability, which is completely independent of the degree of heterogeneity of the group, is a possible error in the number of points (Beta factor). A possible error in the number of points means the average number by which the actual number of points scored by an individual differs from the actual number of points.
While this form of test has a fatigue factor, the person conducting the test can quickly eliminate a possible mistake by making sure that the test takers or the test person are fully aware that the test can in no way be considered an exam and that they can fill out the form spend as much time as they need.
Attempts to consciously fail a test by providing overstated or understated answers are usually not a serious factor affecting measurement accuracy. If the testee gives such answers, they are considered accurate, since they give the person conducting the test a definition of what the individual considers good or bad.
You can conduct a second test: ask a few people who know the test person well to answer the test questions regarding the test person. All that needs to be done in order to conduct such a cross-check of an individual is to replace the word “You” in the test with his name.
Chapter 3: Using the resulting deep psychological portrait
There are various specific ways to use the test, including any of the methods listed below:
- Before and after Scientometric studies for use in the clinic, or for use by independent practitioners and consultants. The test can be used not only as a means of establishing the actions to be taken, but also as a means of measuring the achievements of an individual as a result of therapy.
- As a tool for use in the professional field of personnel selection. For this area, there is a separate test form that shows the level of reliability of a person in the Organization, and this test is called the Oxford Personality Analysis (Analysis of Business Efficiency).
- Diagnosis of the fundamental factors and the way of helping people who have a problem of an unhappy marriage, have a difficult childhood, are involved in child crime, have problems communicating with parents or children, have excessive depression, have an inferiority complex and other social difficulties that a human being may have.
Not obvious additional areas of application of the test
- The test can be used in schools to identify individuals who need therapy or counseling, and also as an aid to identify those aspects of the personality for which people most need help, i.e. to establish which characteristic most prevents the individual from being prosperous and having good relationships with other people in life.
Testing can be done for both teachers and students. If the test person is under the age of fourteen, the person conducting the test can read the questions out loud and rephrase them so that they do not lose their meaning, and then mark the test person’s answers on the form.
- Assist in the selection of a partner for marriage, consultations with families and in case of difficulties in the process of courtship. For example: one in which one of the spouses has very low indicators for the characteristics of the test, has a low level of Responsibility, Unsocial, Passive and Rassayan cannot be considered an ideal marriage.
In the event that such a situation occurs with the person in the couple who is planning to enter into a marriage, then he is advised to receive counseling and therapy in a good Scientology organization of the Free Zone, which are located all over the world.
Passing the test itself has a therapeutic effect, because even in the absence of therapy, the principle of giving answers to test questions forces an individual to look at their attitude to life and find out what characteristic there is a deviation from the optimal attitude to life.
Chapter 4: Accurate OCA Test Score Algorithm
Before you start calculating test scores, review the Response Sheet. It is necessary to correct any incorrectly made marks, not completely erased marks or fuzzy marks.
If two opposite answers are marked in the answer to one question, delete both and mark the middle answer, since the double answer in itself means that the answer should be in the middle (“maybe”). If the middle and one of the extreme answers are marked, delete the middle answer
If none of the answers in any question is marked, mark the middle column with a cross and check all other questions on this characteristic. If in the Answer Sheet more than one answer is missing for any characteristic, then, if possible, you need to return the Response Sheet to the test person to fill out the answers to the missed questions
If more than 50% of the responses are noted in the middle column, then this test is not indicative. It only shows that this person is too insecure about life, or does not want or is not able to think through the questions to the end.
This in itself will be the main argument when deciding on the actions that will need to be carried out with the individual according to the test results.
Place the stencil on top of the Answer Sheet so that the questions are evenly spaced. Then, using the top of the sheet, add all the points over the existing marks and enroll them to Characteristic A. Then enroll the marks to Characteristic B. Enter the points in the box in the upper right corner of the Response sheet. Repeat the operation to calculate the indicators for each characteristic using the correct Answer sheets.
When receiving unweighted indicators for each characteristic, select a table of percentage indicators in accordance with the age and gender of the person being tested. Find the weighted metrics under the headings of each feature and then find their percentage. Percentage indicators are indicated in the field in the upper right corner of the Response sheet.
Plotting
Then take the chart form and draw the percentage chart by placing marks on the parallel lines connecting the positive and negative values, and draw a colored line connecting these points.
You will see that the chart sheet is divided into two levels with a zero percentage in the middle. Roughly speaking, any point in the negative range means the need to change this characteristic. The greater part of the graph is in the negative range, the more characteristics need to be changed.
A point below -75 indicates an urgent need for improvement. A point that is above zero is considered acceptable. The characteristics of a normal individual are located at a level slightly above +30.
On the right side of the graph, there will be numbers from 0 to 200. A mark of 100 means the usual acceptable standard of behavior. Nevertheless, with the improvement of therapy, it was found that when a good consultation is received, an individual can raise the level of his abilities and his personality above the mark that was once considered the norm.
Thus, it can be expected that in the near future there will be people whose effectiveness will be above 100. In fact, such a statement can already be demonstrated, and it has already been demonstrated over the past seven years in Independent Scientology Organizations.
When drawing up a graph to detect the average normal level of an individual, you need to use the right scale. Thus, if five characteristics were at around 100, and the rest at an average of 90, we can say that such an individual is 95% effective. Of course, this information is intended only for the practitioner and for the evaluator of business abilities, and is a brief guide.
The nuances of the schedule and testing
If the individual’s schedule is below the 100 mark or midpoint for most of the characteristics and at the same time has high rates for only one or two characteristics, then these two characteristics indicate the presence of an appropriate euphoric state and should be considered as syndromes. A thorough examination of the individual's stability factor will reveal the presence of a critical factor.
In characteristic D, check question 22. If the answer is yes, circle the dotted line with the characteristic E. Then check question 197 and, if the answer is yes, circle the characteristic B.
The presence of two positive responses indicates that the degree of activity or depression is fluctuating, and should be interpreted in this way. If characteristic D is characterized by low indices, then these three factors form a syndrome that indicates an extremely unstable personality.
In the case of a series of tests, it is necessary to take a break of seven, or better, ten days to make sure the answers are accurate. When drawing up a graph for each test, it is recommended to use pencils of different colors. It is proposed to use a blue pencil for the first chart, red for the second, green for the third and black for the fourth.
Very few current-level therapies will require more than four tests. Conducting a graph on the same sheet, thus, will give another way to use the test - checking the effectiveness of the therapeutic method, because you can quickly assess whether the practitioner is successful.
The test should always use weighted indicators, and an exception is possible if the test is used for pre-selection, i.e. in the selection of personnel, when it is possible to test a large number of people and according to the results of the answers that give unweighted indicators, select individuals who can then be re-tested using weighted indicators, and thus maximize the benefit of the test results.
Chapter 5: Using the results of a psychological portraiture test
The evaluator must decide whether to show the testee his schedule. Often, despite the fact that the test person shows natural curiosity, it would be wrong to show him the result until he received changes through therapy.
For example, it would be a bad idea to show the testee his schedule if the indicators are low enough and the testee is very Depressive and very Uncommunicative. In this case, to show him the schedule would mean to depreciate him, even though he himself answered the test questions.
In general, low indicators for characteristics I and J (Sensitivity and Sociability as opposed to Responsiveness and Sociability) indicates that the individual is out of communication with people or with terminals in his environment.
It is best to first spend some time with such a person and enter into communication with him, and therapy should be based on the rule that the practitioner and such an individual should always be in communication.
NOTE: This test is designed as a guide, and anyone who intends to use it should be aware that you cannot completely rely on the schedule. The ability of the practitioner to watch, observe and evaluate the test person is of great importance.
The authors recommend that all practitioners fully understand that the Hubbard Relationship Table and the Hubbard Human Assessment Table are an invaluable aid in addition to such necessary observation.
However, the test often reveals a characteristic with which one would have to work, and which would otherwise be skipped. Practical application of the test will soon improve the observation as to which method of therapy will most quickly solve the problem that the test person has.
Chapter 6: Specific Uses for the Oxford Personality Assessment Test
NOTE: Business performance analysis is another name for the OCA test.
Since, according to statistics, most companies now lose more than 48% of their profits due to employee inefficiencies, it becomes extremely necessary to identify through testing those employees who are in such poor condition that they cannot contribute to the survival of the company.
Despite the fact that this problem has been known and has existed for many years, the answer was found only due to the emergence of group therapy and an increase in the level of effectiveness of the individual using group therapy.
Thus, the test can be used in a special way - to identify employees who need counseling or group therapy. When conducting group therapy, a large number of employees are recommended to conduct tests both before and after therapy in order to determine achievements on an all-encompassing scale.
It would also be advisable to identify those employees who are in such poor condition that group therapy will be contraindicated to them. The condition of such individuals can usually be improved over several individual sessions, and then allowed to engage in group activities.
In a test aimed at identifying ineffective employees, unweighted indicators can be used.
The OCA test was designed to evaluate the extensive research that Ron Hubbard conducted. Since the late 1940s, he and a large number of his followers have done a great job of creating the science of the human mind - Dianetki.
In the course of this scientific work, about half a million processes were developed and tested. Ron identified the most effective and simple auditing processes that helped the creature free itself from the burden of a negative past and restore its lost abilities.
Towards the end of the 1970s, work to create a route to a more efficient, sane, and happier person was successfully completed. And now around the world there is an opportunity to get quality auditing at independent Scientology organizations.
Of course, the best way to find out what “Tea” is is to take and try. You can do this by reading Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health. This fascinating book is not only read in one breath, but also is a complete textbook. You can try auditing with your friend - read this book and work together!
High, compared to the rest, G:
Conditional self-control "due to" strict upbringing in an atmosphere where a person should neither show any kind of emotions nor express his opinion.
Introspection.
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D higher than others:
He fights with life and does almost nothing but this. This social position allows you to disguise well and wear the mask "nothing can happen to me."
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E is higher than F:
Man does more than he could do without straining. D, E, F, located in one line, show that a person keeps his activity within the limits of possibilities.
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F is higher than E:
Does not do what he could do.
Auditing.
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I above the rest:
A man with too soft a heart. It’s easiest to call a “sucker”.
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C & D Syndromes
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A, B and C are low:
Neurotic. Burdened by past losses. Often indicates abandonment in childhood.
1. Ups & Down. 2. Introspection.
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A low, E high:
Scattered.
Introspection.
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Low A, B and C, high E:
A person who may be suicidal.
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Low A and J:
If the rest of the schedule is acceptable, it shows that the person is in an environment with level 1.1, which suppresses him and makes it impossible to communicate, because it will be distorted and used against himself.
Personal integrity.
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A, C and G are low, F is high:
Explosive discontent. Very temperamental.
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A high, H low:
True perfection.
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High A, Medium D:
Individual calculation for stable data, rather than personal confidence. Here is "Intelligent Understanding." Most students will think over the data if they are not suitable for them.
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B and G low, F high:
Feeling of inferiority.
Auditing.
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B high, D low:
Manic-prone insane fun.
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F1 G3-4
You are irresponsible in life and work. You blame others for your problems, and do not take into account that you yourself bear some responsibility for what happened or will happen. the fact that you are a capable and open person, but also irresponsible, says that you are able to do something without considering the consequences. This is a very dangerous position, and you will be in trouble if you have not hit.
Personal integrity.
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G1 F3-4
You are not a very capable and open person. You are almost unable to correctly perceive people and situations. Although you consider yourself as a rather responsible and causal person, this is not entirely true. In some unusual situations, you take responsibility, but since you prefer to carefully monitor what you are doing, you are faced with difficulties. But the better you follow your steps, the easier it is for you to overcome difficulties.
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H1 I3-4
You are not able to be empathetic, because you cannot imagine yourself in the place of another and therefore understand his views on things and the situation. because of this, you are not as good as you would like. You are trying to be frank, but only superficially. In fact, a lack of understanding is very bad, and you only pretend that you see a good side in this.
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I1 H3-4
You are extremely critical. You attack with words and put pressure on the psyche, and meanly and with anger. You think that you can look from the point of view and the position of other people, but in reality it is only a pretense, because in reality you see only bad sides in other people and in your environment. You may be a pretty tough person.
Ups & Down.
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Syndrome C sections
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D1 A3-4
You have an unbalanced character, and also you are too impulsive and scattered. You are not able to concentrate your attention, which either wanders somewhere, or is forcedly fixed. You falsely consider yourself as a completely dependent person, but such dependence and confidence is based on hypnotic decisions, judgments and opinions that you can neither control nor change.
Introspection.
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E1 D3-4
You are independent, but only to some extent self-confident. You really haven't decided for yourself what you need and what you don’t, besides you are very active. However, not all of your actions are under your control, since you do not know what you want to achieve with your activities. You understand that doing something is much better than nothing, but working in vain (without any purpose) is unpleasant for you.
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E1 F3-4
You are a reserved person and are afraid to meet people and situations management, where everything is not clear. This creates a lot of trouble for you. The fact that you are active and sometimes obsessed shows that you are doing things that are actually beyond your capabilities. The result will be a lot of trouble in the future.
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F1 E3-4
You are not very active. It’s hard for you to solve problems on the go and continue them once you start. but you are a very capable and open person, and you can manage both people and situations. You, because of your great laziness, don’t go for everything that you are really capable of doing and bury your talents.
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B1 A3-4
Since you have some problems with concentration, as well as you have an impulsive and unbalanced character, you are not a happy person, or you feel like that. Your insecurity, treachery and the fact that you do not value the trust placed in you, upset others. Therefore, your enthusiasm and interest in life is greatly reduced.
Introspection.
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B1 C3-4
It’s easy for you to maintain your composure and relax, which does not allow you to feel as happy as usual. Your habit of getting nervous reduces your enthusiasm and lowers your interest in life more than you realize. You are too easy to excite and tease, this does not allow you to maintain an optimistic mood. With this effect on you, your strength of mind drops.
Auditing.
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C1 A3-4
You are unbalanced and scattered. You practically cannot control your attention, which either wanders somewhere, or is occupied with any one problem. because of this, you are not as calm as you would like to be thought of. Your calm is that external gloss for which you try to hide your instability and insecurity.
Introspection.
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C1 B3-4
You are not quite happy with life. It makes you a lot more nervous than you think. Your problems and difficulties, which are the sources of your depression, lead to an internal disorder that you are desperately trying to hide with the help of an external manifestation of calm and serenity. Your efforts to show self-control quickly collapse if they do not lead to problem solving.
Auditing.
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90 G, +90 I? Martyr or suffers from a persecution complex. The person is likely lying.
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Two traits can be marked with a wavy line (trait B and E), this explains in the chapter on calculating the test. Trait B, Happiness, puts a wavy line if question # 197 (Do you have periods of depression and sadness for no apparent reason?) Answered "YES". Also, if the question # 22 (Do you have periods of increased activity for several days in a row?) The answer “YES” was given, trait E, Activity, is surrounded by a wavy line. Circled traits show the corresponding manic in a person, and you need to remove the necessary cards (Manik B or Manik E).
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Syndromes Section B
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A1 B3-4
You are depressed and unhappy; look at life from a pessimistic point of view. There are too many problems and difficulties for you to manage them. This causes poverty of your opinions and distrust, and activates your ability to concentrate, although you consider this as one of your best characteristics. Your family and friends find it difficult to communicate with you because of this.
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A1 C3-4
You are a nervous and very excited person. Your worries and worries have a bad effect not only on others, but also on yourself. Your inability to relax and a constant state of nervousness lead to imbalance, reduce your ability to concentrate. This affects the stinginess of your judgments and leads to inconsistency in decisions, although you look at it as if you are fairly fair in these matters.
Auditing.
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Recommendations:
C, H Low - "Rises and Falls". Auditing is contraindicated.
A, B, C low - 1. "Take-offs ..." 2. "Introspection."
A low, E high - "Introspection."
A and J low - "Personal Integrity."
D Low, J High - Auditing.
B and G low, F high - Auditing.
A1 C3-4 - Auditing.
B1 A3-4 - Auditing.
B1 C3-4 - Auditing.
C1 A3-4 - "Introspection."
C1 B3-4 - Auditing.
D1 A3-4 - "Introspection."
F1 G3-4 - "Personal Integrity".
I1 H3-4 - Rises and Falls.
G is higher than everyone else - "Introspection."
E above F - Auditing.
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NB! Question # 22 "+" - Manik E.
Question # 197 "+" - Manik B.
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This is the most valuable and professionally written test. It is rightfully considered the most respected among specialists and most accurately and fully characterizes the personality traits.
This test is a modern, scientific prediction of fate. The test talks about the past, present and future. This test is not psychological. The essence of the test is to apply it to explain the past and avoid difficulties in the future. Regarding predictions, people have many prejudices. The popularity of astrology today far exceeds the popularity of psychology, although psychology is the brainchild of astrology. And this is because astrology pretends that it predicts the future. Here, with the help of the test results, one can say with great confidence what the future of a person will be. Whether a person’s future will be measured by all the catastrophes of the past or whether this exact scientific testing will help attract the interest of all people in their fate.
10 main Characteristics presented in the test:
STABILITY
It shows your level of confidence in what you are doing, the ability to concentrate efforts and plan, organize your actions, as well as the level of self-control and how you react to the environment.
HAPPINESS
It shows how much you are satisfied with your life, your level of optimism and well-being in various life situations - in relation to yourself and others.
SELF-TALK
Shows the level of your self-control, ability to control your behavior, voice and thoughts.
CONFIDENCE
It shows your level of confidence in your actions, life principles, values, as well as how confident you are in what you know.
ACTIVITY
Measures the level of activity and initiative, readiness to take responsibility and carry out this work.
ENERGY
It shows your level of conviction and determination in what you do, the degree of assertiveness and faith in your strengths and abilities.
SENSE OF RESPONSIBILITY
Shows the degree of responsibility for their actions, objectivity, openness, correct judgments.
REALITY ASSESSMENT REALITY
Shows constructiveness in the assessment of events, the ability to rationale what is happening, the level of critical attitude to events and people.
FRIENDLINESS
Shows friendliness, ability to get along with people, truthfulness and attentiveness to others.
COMMUNICATION
Shows the level of your sociability, ability to establish friendships, as well as the ability to express your point of view and feelings.
Test yourself and test your loved ones. This will to some extent point you to your own strengths and weaknesses of your character, and perhaps encourage you to make changes in order to improve your future and the future of those close to you.
Instruction
Do not linger too long on one question. Answer it immediately as soon as you understand it, and proceed to the next. When the answer is different, depending on whether you are considering the past or the present, respond with respect to the present.