Oldham's Personality Styles

[digesthisickness]

... I couldn't help it. You just make me smile... dammit. sigh. I know you probably hate hearing that...

it's not that i tire of hearing it, it's that i'm usually shocked when i hear it. so, thank you. whatever i did, i'm glad i did it.

 

[Ezra]

I didn't do the test. Just guessed based on the descriptions.

The test is truly shite. It had me down for Sensitive or something, which is absolutely laughable.

 

[Nocapszy]

Which is why I didn't take it. I trust my analytic capabilities better than a series of five word questions. If I'm wrong, the problem is in my (in)ability to observe my own behavior.

It's like taking a shortcut through the woods. Yeah, it might be faster than reading all of them, but the answer gets all dinged up in the thicket and through the rose bushes.

Basically the fewer steps there are between you and the answer the better.

 

[Mondo]

Type Percent
Vigilant 86%
Solitary 29%
Idiosyncratic 78%
Adventurous 59%
Mercurial 56%
Dramatic 44%
Self - Confident 72%
Sensitive 50%
Devoted 39%
Concientous 67%
Leisurely 78%
Aggressive 50%
Self - Sacrificing 81%

So my top four are vigilant, self-sacrificing, idiosyncratic, leisurely
Weak ones are solitary, devoted, and dramatic.

 

["?"]

Your Personality Profile Type(s): Vigilant

Vigilant
(Relationships)
Possess an exceptional awareness of their environment, Survivors, antennae, Naturally assume role of social critic/watchdog.

Type Percent
Vigilant 93%
Solitary 64%
Idiosyncratic 44%
Adventurous 23%
Mercurial 13%
Dramatic 38%
Self - Confident 39%
Sensitive 64%
Devoted 56%
Concientous 50%
Leisurely 72%
Aggressive 50%
Self - Sacrificing 50%

 

[Negative_]

Your Personality Profile Type(s): Idiosyncratic,Leisurely

Vigilant 64%
Solitary 50%
Idiosyncratic 67%
Adventurous 45%
Mercurial 38%
Dramatic 44%
Self - Confident 50%
Sensitive 36%
Devoted 44%
Concientous 39%
Leisurely 67%
Aggressive 63%
Self - Sacrificing 50%

 

["?"]

LIFEXPLORE provides correlations to the enneagram and MBTI with Oldham's styles. It shows ITPs as the Leisurely type, but seems to contradict itself in showing that the dominant function is Fi. It also contradicts itself in showing Vigilant types to be extraverted, when they are the most guarded.

 

[quaeresne]

1) Conscientious
2) Vigilant
3) Solitary
4) Idiosyncratic

 

[Blackmail!]

For what it's worth:

Vigilant 21%
Solitary 29%
Idiosyncratic 61%
Adventurous 72%
Mercurial 50%
Dramatic 75%
Self - Confident 56%
Sensitive 43%
Devoted 22%
Concientous 28%
Leisurely 94%
Aggressive 13%
Self - Sacrificing 56%

 

[JustDave]

Oldham Personality Style Test

Interesting test: Personality Online - Online personality, relationship and apptitude tests, find out who you are today!

Is there any merit to the Oldham personality styles?

Adventurous
(Self, Self-Control)

Throw caution to the winds, venture where most mortals fear to tread, not bound by typical worries and terrors, risk is the reward.

For the full profile of your type click here.
More Personality Profile resources.

Type Percent
Vigilant 50%
Solitary 50%
Idiosyncratic 22%
Adventurous 59%
Mercurial 31%
Dramatic 44%
Self - Confident 39%
Sensitive 57%
Devoted 39%
Concientous 50%
Leisurely 50%
Aggressive 38%
Self - Sacrificing 19%

 

[JustDave]

Hmm ... according to Life Explore (just Google it) the Adventurous personality style correlates with ESTP and ISTP.

Ah well, I think that I will consider myself unclassifiable and call it a day.

 

[nemo]

I don't know what merit there is to Oldham's personality styles.

I believe they're based on "mild" forms of personality disorders -- e.g. his idiosyncratic style is a "healthy" version of schizotypal personality disorder.

I score highest in solitary, vigilant, and idiosyncratic.

I'm not sure how useful his system is. A friend of mine has a book by him and loves it, though.

 

[JustDave]

Well that's a cheerful thought.

Is there any chance that all of these personality typing methodologies/disciplines are rubbish?

 

[nemo]

Well that's a cheerful thought.

Is there any chance that all of these personality typing methodologies/disciplines are rubbish?

Yep, lol.

But personally, I don't see why an ENFP couldn't fit into Oldham's Adventurous style.

 

[JustDave]

Because Life Explore said so? I know, not the greatest argument. On the plus side I'm losing interest in the whole thing.

 

[cn1234567890]

yeah, i don't know how i feel about this one...i would be cautious of official name sounding tests that spell 'patience' 'patients'

 

[The Ü™]

This time, my highest scores were Self-Confident, Idiosyncratic, and Vigilant.

I might take the test again...Self-Confident personality sounds like narcissistic personality disorder, and that doesn't really sound like me.

I might take the test again later, I probably misread some of the questions.

 

[Thursday]

Idiosyncratic
(Self, Real World)

Not like anyone else. Dreamers, seekers of the spirit, visionaries, mystics. True originals and they stand out.

Type Percent
Vigilant 43%
Solitary 57%
Idiosyncratic 83%
Adventurous 18%
Mercurial 44%
Dramatic 63%
Self - Confident 28%
Sensitive 57%
Devoted 56%
Concientous 50%
Leisurely 44%
Aggressive 44%
Self - Sacrificing 44%

 

[LucrativeSid]

Dramatic
(Emotions, Relationships)

All heart, have been granted with the gift of feeling, The world is a stage for those of this style.

Vigilant 43%
Solitary 36%
Idiosyncratic 61%
Adventurous 32%
Mercurial 38%
Dramatic 63%
Self - Confident 50%
Sensitive 43%
Devoted 33%
Conscientious 44%
Leisurely 56%
Aggressive 56%
Self - Sacrificing 44%

As far as accuracy is concerned, I don't think I'm very dramatic. I don't know how right the other stuff is.

 

[Kasper]

Vigilant
(Relationships)

Possess an exceptional awareness of their environment, Survivors, antennae, Naturally assume role of social critic/watchdog.

Vigilant 50%
Leisurely 44%
Devoted 44%
Solitary 43%
Self - Confident 39%

Dunno, kinda fits but I aint no social critic.