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Cow Personality Test – Designed by UC Berkeley psychologists

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Yes, this test was designed by UC Berkeley scientists, but do not expect it to be anything more than a cool entertainment in a good company, or efficient icebreaker at your first date. Still, it is easy to do, it is fast, and it is fun! Please take one sheet of blank white paper, and draw a picture of a cow. You may use up to one minute to complete the task, but not any longer. As the task is completed, collect the drawings from all participants, and start the deep psychological interpretation, following the enclosed guidelines. Interpretation Look at the submitted drawings of the cow. The specific details of the cows provide a great deal of insight into the people personality and traits. Read on to assess your personality, based on the following components, present (or missing) on the pictures: * Tail - If there is no tail on the picture You pay little attention to the details. You may day dreaming a lot and have a well-developed imagination. You are full of dreams, ideas, and long te...

Draw a Mountain Personality Test

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On a blank piece of paper, tell each student to draw a mountain scene. It should include a mountain, a road or path, some trees and any other details.  Here’s a quick guide for interpreting the drawings: The mountain itself: • If your mountain keeps climbing higher and higher, without an end in sight, you tend to be self-driven and self-motivated. • If it goes up, stops at a level peak, such as a butte, your friends rely on you greatly. • If your mountain goes straight up, peaks and then and straight down, like a triangle, you are a multi-tasking person who is not disappointed easily with failure. The road or path: • If your road goes straight through the mountain, you are a direct, to-the-point person. • If your road turns around the mountain repeatedly, then you are a cautious person. • If your road travels straight across one side of the mountain, then you are a peaceful person who sees the world with calm and serene eyes. The trees: • If your trees show great detail, with lots ...

Dissociation: Defense mechanisms by Sigmund Freud

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What is Dissociation? Dissociation ca be described by the following three statements/conditions: 1. The splitting off of a group of mental processes from the main body of consciousness, as in amnesia. 2. The act of separating or state of being separated. 3. The separation into two or more fragments. Dissociation may represent any sort of psychological conditions in a wide array of experiences, starting with mild, insignificant detachment from immediate surroundings into substantially more severe detachment from physical and emotional experience. The major characteristic of all dissociative phenomena involves a detachment from reality, rather than a loss of reality as in psychosis. Dissociation is commonly displayed on a continuum. In mild cases, dissociation can be regarded as a coping mechanism or defense mechanisms in seeking to master, minimize or tolerate stress – including boredom or conflict. At the non-pathological end of the continuum, dissociation describes common events such ...