PSYCHOLOGY APP OF THE WEEK

NAME

Profile Me – 

A quick Personality Test based on Research by Briggs and Myers

ICON

iOS:  (free)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/profile-me-quick-personality/id702959840?mt=8

DESCRIPTION

From the iTunes Store

Profile Me is a very quick and simple personality test that will accurately determine your key personality traits…

“Profile Me” is based on the ‘Temperament Sorter’, which was designed by Dr. David Kersey, based on the research done by Isabel Myers and Kathryn Briggs, who developed the “Myers-Briggs Type Indicator”.

Through a simple test, which is made of multiple choice questions, “Profile Me” will determine your personality profile, by determining four dominant character traits. Each of these traits represents a dimension of:

••• Extraversion-Introversion,

••• Sensory-Intuitive,

••• Thinking-Feeling, and

••• Judging-Perceiving.

Knowing the dominant character traits will help determine the important characteristics of your personality profile.

“Profile Me” will give you detailed numerical scores that not only will help you determine your dominant personality traits, but also show ‘how dominant’ a certain dimension in your personality is. This will be very helpful in understanding your personality profile better. If some traits are not strongly dominant, you could have traits in common with more than one personality profile.

The application will also link you to another psychology application “Personalities and Behavior”, which is a great resource for reading more about your personality profile and other personality types, as well as learning more about a large, popular, and practical set of Psychology topics including personalities, behaviors, irrationality, motivation, intelligence, habits, and more.

The app also includes a number of learning resources and tools.

HOW TO USE THIS APP

To the Psychology Student:  This is a fascinating resource to learn about one of the most popular personality assessment instruments.

To the Professor:   Looking to engage students in the area of personality and testing?  This interesting app will be useful in guiding a discussion for involving students in the topic.