Assess thyself

[Kiki]

I think to address the impostor syndrome, I gotta stop taking ability tests for short-term validation and instead try to actually become good at something, like biology. Hopefully it'll help. The most recent test I did (WASI, thankfully for free since I know someone who has a copy) just confirmed that ability test obsession can't really help me feel better, as I really do seem to invariably find at least one potential source of inflation / illegitimacy for every decent performance.

Please stop taking all these b******* tests.
They don't mean a thing.
They do not prove you are smart or dumb or happy or sad they're just b******* online tests.

 

[Kiki]

Everyone make sure you go outside today and feel the sun for a few hours.
It will help with something.

 

[HipMystic]

Please stop taking all these b******* tests.
They don't mean a thing.
They do not prove you are smart or dumb or happy or sad they're just b******* online tests.

They are fun to take, as long as you don’t take them too seriously

 

[CarpCharacin]

Please stop taking all these b******* tests.
They don't mean a thing.
They do not prove you are smart or dumb or happy or sad they're just b******* online tests.

They ain't meaningless! But they're also far from perfectly precise.
Also the test I mentioned isn't an online test per se, it's sold by a major publisher. Maybe I should email them and assert that the raw score to scaled score table for vocab is too generous lol

 

[Kiki]

They are fun to take, as long as you don’t take them too seriously

Most of us don't take them seriously but there are a handful of people that absolutely believe these things.

 

[R2elk]

Most of us don't take them seriously but there are a handful of people that absolutely believe these things.

This particular test is solely about a person's self confidence.

 

[CarpCharacin]

I certainly believe that ability test results need to be interpreted in context and that performance is somewhat variable, but they're also generally quite reliable and predictive.

 

[CarpCharacin]

This particular test is solely about a person's self confidence.

Not solely, it's a combination of curiosity / interest, and of course a desire for validation (unfortunately).

 

[CarpCharacin]

The possibility of obtaining additional information / certainty is definitely appealing to me, but at this point I doubt I'll get any. There are diminishing returns.

 

[HipMystic]

This particular test is solely about a person's self confidence.

Not solely, it's a combination of curiosity / interest, and of course a desire for validation (unfortunately).

I feel like mine was mostly self-confidence and knowledge in my own abilities I’m not afraid of being exposed as a fraud (because I know I’m not) but at the same time I know I don’t have all of the same knowledge/abilities that other people do, but I do have other skill sets that they might not have