One of the main purposes of taking HTM 491 is to learn more
about ourselves and that is the reason why we took the PMAI assessment. After I took the assessment, a lot of
things started making sense. I had three archetypes with high scores (Magician,
Jester and Sage), but I thought only one, the sage, was close to describe the
way I am. A sage is curious and loves to think things through, always tries to
be as objective and fair as possible and likes to make well-planned decisions.
I believe that one of the strengths I have from this archetype is that I have
the gift for staying calm when everyone is panicking. Moreover, this test made me realize that these stereotypes might help us understand the people we interact
with, but it doesn’t mean that the person is exactly the way the archetype says
all the time. In my case, I had 26 points in sage and 25 in magician and
jester, so definitely a person can have an idea of how I am, but it doesn’t
mean that I am always a sage. Depending on the circumstances I will react in
different ways. I definitely have a sense of humor, but I don´t have a tendency
to be irresponsible as the jester archetype says. Furthermore, the PMAI
confirmed the pros and cons of the trait based leadership theories I wrote in
the previous post. We can use the archetypes and the trait based leadership
theories to find a leader for an organization and/or learn more about the
personality of others, but we always have to remember that people change
depending on the situation and they can have some characteristics from other archetypes. For that reason archetypes are a good
guide for us, but we cannot rely on them all the time.Friday, September 23, 2011
PMAI Results: Sage
One of the main purposes of taking HTM 491 is to learn more
about ourselves and that is the reason why we took the PMAI assessment. After I took the assessment, a lot of
things started making sense. I had three archetypes with high scores (Magician,
Jester and Sage), but I thought only one, the sage, was close to describe the
way I am. A sage is curious and loves to think things through, always tries to
be as objective and fair as possible and likes to make well-planned decisions.
I believe that one of the strengths I have from this archetype is that I have
the gift for staying calm when everyone is panicking. Moreover, this test made me realize that these stereotypes might help us understand the people we interact
with, but it doesn’t mean that the person is exactly the way the archetype says
all the time. In my case, I had 26 points in sage and 25 in magician and
jester, so definitely a person can have an idea of how I am, but it doesn’t
mean that I am always a sage. Depending on the circumstances I will react in
different ways. I definitely have a sense of humor, but I don´t have a tendency
to be irresponsible as the jester archetype says. Furthermore, the PMAI
confirmed the pros and cons of the trait based leadership theories I wrote in
the previous post. We can use the archetypes and the trait based leadership
theories to find a leader for an organization and/or learn more about the
personality of others, but we always have to remember that people change
depending on the situation and they can have some characteristics from other archetypes. For that reason archetypes are a good
guide for us, but we cannot rely on them all the time.
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Hello nancy! I agree with you that achetypes help define a person but it does not tell us who that person is 100%. It gives us an idea of how that person will act in certain situations. I also agree with your results of the test. I can certainly see how you are always relaxed especially in stresfull situations. Good reflection on the test. :-)
ReplyDeleteFirst off, that’s great that you saw your self as having traits of a sage, when reading over all the archetypes I thought that sage was one of the more interesting types.
ReplyDeleteI also liked that you took into account that their are so many other dimensions to people than just their archetypes. I agree with you on the idea of them as guides but not being a map to who that person is
I agree with the thought of archetypes being a guide to the way people act and behave but we can't rely on them all the time to be exactly what is stated in the descriptions. It does matter on the circumstances and the situation that someone is in and the way they will respond to it. Also the results of our test is how we are now, not 5 years ago, or 10 years in the future. So we can see it might be a good description of us now, but we might fall into another archetype later.
ReplyDeleteI like how you look past the classifications of one archetype or another and look into the mix and how that relates to your life. Especially when the scores are so close, a difference on one point most likely says very little in you being more of a jester or more or a magician. It shows you are very in tune with yourself that you can look past a list of classifications. Although I think this quiz is a good guide into looking at ones self, there is much more to people and the world that can be classified into twelve titles.
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