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How self-monitoring are you?

miss fortune

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:holy: Haight is almost as high of a self monitorer as I was!
 

Haight

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:holy: Haight is almost as high of a self monitorer as I was!
That test sucks.

The reality is that I ranked in the 90s based on the concept authors tests in the book.

But here's something interesting: How can two people that are so different both be High Self-Monitoring?
 

nightning

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But here's something interesting: How can two people that are so different both be High Self-Monitoring?

Well either the test is wrong... or people really share more similarities than differences despite how hard we try to differentiate self from others.

I love cheese! Thanks Haight for adding it! :cheese:
 

disregard

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You and whatever, for example, who both score high on that test, may be altering your behaviors to match those you want to blend in with, but the people you are targeting are different, thus you will be very different in behavior.
 

Haight

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You and whatever, for example, who both score high on that test, may be altering your behaviors to match those you want to blend in with, but the people you are targeting are different, thus you will be very different in behavior.
Understood.

My answer would be that a few MBTI types are High Self-Monitoring, on average. However, the different types have very different motives for mirroring others.
 
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I responded positively to those behaviors that IMO are about socializing (for example, going with the flow and being amiable around others even when I'm not necessarily feeling that way), but negatively to those those behaviors that IMO are more about being the center of attention* (for example, charades, wanting to be an entertainer). That put me in the mid-range.

* [Edit: Just my own way of creating an artificial distinction. I feel like I could stretch enough to enjoy being on a stage, but I just haven't sought those experiences thus far and so they remain uncomfortable for me to some degree.]
 
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zarc

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60. Neither a high nor low self-monitor, how lovely.
 

JustDave

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Your score is 51, on a scale of 0 (low self-monitor) to 100 (high self-monitor). You are neither a high nor low self-monitor.
 

millerm277

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Your score is 28, on a scale of 0 (low self-monitor) to 100 (high self-monitor). Sounds about right based on the description below.

Low self monitors:

use internal values and beliefs in deciding how to behave
act the same in most social circles
can be relied upon for opinions as they tend to say it like they see it
tend to be better in research and project-based work
 

aeon

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I score 35/100.


cheers,
Ian
 

typo

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Instead of taking the test, I'll just borrow from Bill Clinton and say that I probably don't self-monitor as much as my enemies would like, nor can I throw out self-monitoring as much as my friends would let me.

The original quote is: "I am not as good as my strongest supporters believe ... nor as bad as my harshest critics assert."

--This comes from the first few pages of My Life, which I read while standing in the bookstore. That's pretty much all I read, except for a quick search for the pornographic scenes.
 

Thursday

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54 was my score
but i forgot what it meant
any helping hands ?
 

Nocapszy

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Don't remember my exact score. I took it a bit earlier today.

Got something upwards of 60.
 
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