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With respect to personality, I believe that there are likely a number of independent factors, perhaps hundreds, that affect in some way where one’s position lie

by todd8 6y ago

With respect to personality, I believe that there are likely a number of independent factors, perhaps hundreds, that affect in some way where one’s position lies on each of the axes of personality. These factors could be particular childhood traumas, birth order, parent’s behavior/addiction, childhood friends, and genetic factors. Even if each of these numerous random variable is binomial the central limit theorem applies.

criddell 6y ago
This article [1] about what determines a persons handedness starts out: > Like most aspects of human behavior, handedness is a complex trait that appears to be influenced by multiple factors, including genetics, environment, and chance. It goes on to say that there are up to 40 genes that contribute. It seems like it's complex enough that the central limit theorem should apply yet handedness is definitely a bimodal distribution. [1]: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/handedness/ https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/handed...
- heliodor 6y ago
  Handedness is not what people care about in discussing personality assessment. Check out the big five model: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits Neuroticism, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion. On each dimension, many people are average and a few are on each extreme. At least that's the world I've observed. It's not a world full of extreme introverts and extreme extroverts. Most people are in the middle of that scale.
  - criddell 6y ago
    When I did a Myers Briggs test almost 40 years ago, I think I came up INTP (or something like that). I never interpreted the I to be extreme introvert, although I'm definitely on that side of the scale. I wonder how many people score exactly on the mid-point and when that happens, what do they do?

by todd8 6y ago

criddell 6y ago

This article [1] about what determines a persons handedness starts out: > Like most aspects of human behavior, handedness is a complex trait that appears to be influenced by multiple factors, including genetics, environment, and chance. It goes on to say that there are up to 40 genes that contribute. It seems like it's complex enough that the central limit theorem should apply yet handedness is definitely a bimodal distribution. [1]: https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/handedness/ https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/understanding/traits/handed...

heliodor 6y ago
Handedness is not what people care about in discussing personality assessment. Check out the big five model: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Five_personality_traits Neuroticism, openness, agreeableness, conscientiousness, extraversion. On each dimension, many people are average and a few are on each extreme. At least that's the world I've observed. It's not a world full of extreme introverts and extreme extroverts. Most people are in the middle of that scale.
- criddell 6y ago
  When I did a Myers Briggs test almost 40 years ago, I think I came up INTP (or something like that). I never interpreted the I to be extreme introvert, although I'm definitely on that side of the scale. I wonder how many people score exactly on the mid-point and when that happens, what do they do?