"Unlocking Success: Why Psychometric Tests Are The Key To You Achieving Any Goal And Why You Should Use It"

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Are you struggling to achieve your physical, mental or social goals? Do you find it difficult to stay motivated and consistent? If so, then perhaps, you haven't considered that who you are and how you are as a person may be inhibiting you from achieving the goals you want in life.

Before we explain why a psychometric test will help you in the pursuit of your goals, let's explain what it is. 𝐒𝐨, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭? A psychometric test is used to assess a person's skills & cognitive ability (refers to a person's mental potential to understand and perform a variety of tasks, both simple and complex, and usually involves reasoning, problem solving, planning, abstract thinking, complex idea comprehension, and learning from experience (Gottfredson, 1997), in addition a psychometric test can be used to test and asses a person's personality.

𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬? According to research done at the University of Scranton, a staggering 92% of people that set New Year’s Goals never actually achieve them, only 8% achieve their goals.

While there are many reasons people fail, like their lack of motivation, focus or accountability, having too many goals, vague goals or simply a lack of understanding of the goal setting process, failing to plan, as well as a fear of failure. In a study from the University of California, science also tells us that our personality type does indicate our likelihood to succeed on certain types of goals. Therefore, our personality impacts the goals we value, pursue and achieve over time. For example, in the case of the famous scientist Albert Einstein, his tendency to be creative, curious, and intellectual not only likely fueled his scientific goals but significantly resulted in his strong pursuit of these goals". Olivia Altherton, the lead author of the study from the University of California hypothesized, that "If our personality tendencies lead us to place importance on certain types of goals, the same characteristics may also be helpful for us in putting effort towards that goal and achieving it”. Arguably, her findings suggest the importance of us understanding our personality & tendencies, in order to understand which goals to set & how to best approach them.

In order to quantify the extent of the influence of our personality & traits on our goals, Olivia and her colleagues surveyed more than 500 college students and followed them up to 20 years later to understand more on how personality affects motivation and achievement. Their project, the Berkeley Longitudinal Study (BLS) examined seven types of life goals/motivations based on the Hogan Personality Assessment Measure, and then secondly, used the Big Five Personality Model to determine what life goals or motivations each personalities type under the Big 5 were more likely to value. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 Hogan Personality Assessment Measure 𝐚𝐫𝐞:

• Aesthetics – appreciation and concern for beauty, design, and self-expression.

• Affiliation – enjoyment and need for social interaction.

• Altruistic – the will to help other individuals and society as a whole.

• Commerce – interest in money and possible profits and opportunities.

• Hedonism – inclination to seek fun and pleasure.

• Power – desire for control, influence, and status.

• Recognition – tendency to value and seek attention and approval.

• Science – interest in knowledge, research, and technology.

• Security – the need for stability and predictability.

• Tradition – personal commitment to one’s own beliefs.

𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟓 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐠 𝟓 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐥 𝐚𝐫𝐞:

• Extraversion - means outgoing/energetic, opposite is solitary/reserved

• Agreeableness - means friendly/compassionate, opposite is critical/judgmental

• Openness to experience - means inventive/curious, opposite is consistent/cautious

• Conscientiousness - means efficient/organized, opposite i s extravagant/careless

• Neuroticism - means sensitive/nervous, opposite is resilient/confident

𝐈𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐮𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐮𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐲𝐩𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬:

• Extraversion – Extraversion was linked with hedonistic goals, or life goals revolving around pleasure and fun.

• Agreeableness – People who were more agreeable tended to place higher importance on social goals, or life goals focused on helping others.

• Openness – Openness was related to the most types of life goals, likely because people with high openness tend to be interested in many things. Aesthetic goals, hedonistic goals, religious goals, and social goals were all linked to openness.

• Conscientiousness – Being responsible, organized, and hardworking was most related to economic goals and family and relationship goals, or the domains of work and love.

• Neuroticism – Neuroticism was associated with aesthetic goals, likely because the arts can serve as a creative outlet for those who tend to be more anxious or depressed.

Now we understand that personality plays an integral role in what goals we choose, pursue and are more likely to succeed in. It's time to discuss the other half of psychometric tests, the aptitude test.

𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥𝐬? This test is conducted to measure a person's numerical reasoning (the ability to deal with numbers quickly), verbal reasoning (your understanding of written information, arguments and communication), abstract reasoning (ability to learn things quickly), situational judgement (the ability to discern the most effective course of action in any situation), error checking (the ability to detect errors and your ability to approach problems logically). All in all, we can surmise that the skills assessed in aptitude tests are useful in life in general but also the pursuit of our goals. 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭? because if we want to achieve a goal, we need to be able to learn and process key information attributed to what we want to achieve, adapt and be able to figure out the best approach to getting to our goals, but even more so, being able to detect error in our practices and approach is essential so we do not waste valuable time, become disheartened, demotivated or hopeless in our pursuit. An aptitude test will tell you if you lack these skills and need to work on them, essentially it makes you more aware of what you should improve from a cognitive standpoint to give you better odds of being successful in any goal you set and simply, most people are not aware of the parts of themselves to work, traits or skills which may be inhibiting them from succeeding.

𝐍𝐨𝐰, 𝐰𝐡𝐲 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐬𝐲𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐠𝐨𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐥𝐞

1. You can get an objective, unbiased, and non-discriminatory assessment of your skills, which gives you a more accurate overview of your strengths and weakness, as human beings can be prone to oversight & bias left to our own devices. More so, this allows you work on your weaknesses which may inhibit you from achieving your goals.

2. Yes, psychometric tests can offer critical insights into personalities, abilities, but it can also tell us about our motivations, aiding us in making more informed decisions about how best to approach our goals.

All things considered, psychometric tests can measure your overall behavior and better estimate your probability of success in the pursuit of a specific type of goal. The saying is "you don't know where you're going if you don't know where you're coming from", recent studies remind us that it's crucial to understand that "we don't know who we can be, if we don't know who we are".

𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮:

1. Take the test in a quiet, familiar environment.

2. Read the instructions carefully, paying close attention to what you're being asked.

3. Stay calm by breathing slowly and deeply.

4. Work briskly and accurately, omitting any questions that you don't understand.

5. Are honest and consistent in your responses.

6. Trust your initial reactions, and don't simply try to guess the best answer.

Story Source:

Materials provided by University of California - Davis. Original written by Karen Nikos-Rose. Note: Content may be edited for style and length.

Journal Reference:

1. Olivia E. Atherton, Emily Grijalva, Brent W. Roberts, Richard W. Robins. Stability and Change in Personality Traits and Major Life Goals From College to Midlife. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 2020; 014616722094936 DOI: 10.1177/0146167220949362