Personality Assessment Reflection

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1. The results on this personality assessment were fairly accurate. Some facets like morality and cheerfulness are completely accurate with how I perceive myself. I scored high in both facets and the description that was provided describes me very well. However, some facets like adventurousness and anxiety seemed to be inaccurate. I scored low in adventurousness and that seemed inaccurate as I enjoy adventures and to try new things, especially traveling to places I have not been. I scored high in anxiety which was surprising as I am not often fearful or anxious that something bad is going to happen. Besides these few, the rest of the assessment was moderately accurate. I scored lower in some of the facets that I thought I would have scored …show more content…

There are many opportunities for using a personality assessment in an organization. When conducted appropriately, personally assessments can give the individual important feedback so they can learn from the experience and develop from it (Suzanne & Winfred, 2008, P. 682). Therefore, personality assessments can give an individual valuable insight into their personality which can be used to improve their weaknesses through developing activities (Suzanne & Winfred, 2008, P. 682). However, not all individuals respond to feedback in the same manner and this can be affected by the traits that are discovered on a personality assessment. Individuals who have high scores in agreeableness, extroversion, and emotional stability tend to have a higher acceptance rate of the feedback they receive (Suzanne & Winfred, 2008, P. 686). Extraversion people are sociable and assertive which could lead to the ease of accepting feedback that they possess. While emotionally stable individuals are adept to accepting feedback in a calm manner as they are more likely to have a positive view of the assessment in general. Agreeableness incorporates being trustworthy and cooperative which could explain why it is a trait seen in accepting feedback. There has not been any conclusive evidence that supports if having a high score in openness to experience or conscientiousness will result in a positive correlation of positively accepting feedback though (Suzanne & Winfred, 2008, P. 686). By knowing the