17. What is the personality test the Scientologists offer for free? What does it measure?
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This article is from the New Readers Scientology FAQ, by rkeller@netaxs.com (Rod Keller) with numerous contributions by others.
17. What is the personality test the Scientologists offer for free? What does it measure?
Answer By: Paul Williams <paul@dotdot.demon.co.uk>
The test consists of 100 statements which you had to rate as to how much
you agreed or disagreed with them. Once completed, the questionnaire is
taken into a separate room for marking. While I was waiting for mine to be
marked, a young, attractive woman came up and started chatting to me,
asking me where I lived and finding out about my family circumstances. The
fact that my father had died recently came up.
A few minutes later I was led into another room for my results. The
results had been plotted onto a graph and it was explained that all of the
points plotted should be above the horizontal axis of the graph and those
which fell below indicated areas of psychological concern. Unfortunately
for me, several points were far below the axis. The scientologist then
started to interpret the results with uncanny accuracy, even guessing that
I had recently suffered the loss of someone close to me.
He then said that the results showed I was in danger of suicidal
depression and that it was imperative that I pay 40 Uk pounds for a
counselling session immediately. I decided I was being conned and left.
Afterwards, I realised that he had heard every word I had spoken to the
woman since the wall between the two rooms was only a thin partition which
didn't even reach to the ceiling.
Answer By: Elizabeth McCoy <emccoy@jade.mv.net>
It's a fun little thing that tries to measure "quality of life." Or at
least that's my take on it. I think the "good levels" indicate that one
is alert, interested in life, and generally in control of one's own life.
The "bad levels" would indicate depression and areas of one's life that
one does not feel in control of.
Yeah, it's a hook to get people to come in and look at the stuff. But
it's kinda fun anyway.
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