I have been told by friends and family over the years that being in Public Relations is the perfect fit for me. I believe that it has definitely been a field that I have really enjoyed working in. In many ways, I am providing people information, strategies, and help with their campaigns and research as much as I can.
But, does having a provider-type personality one of the reasons that I chose to be in PR? Growing up with a mom as a psychologist, my sisters, Dad, and I all got to take different tests to see what personalities we were. Each of us is different– but our personality fits what we do in our jobs. I was tested as being a provider (ESFJ)- which makes sense. 🙂 I consider myself outgoing (expressive), sensing (observant), feeling (friendly), and judging (scheduled). These tests are fun to take because it is one way to figure out who you are as an individual. 🙂
Here is a question– does our personality affect how we conduct ourselves as individuals in our profession? More specifically, what about caring for others or how we make judgments about people? Since Valentine’s Day is coming next Saturday– I thought that it would be fun to take a EQSQ test to measure whether a person makes judgments about people based on their heart (romantizers) or their head (pragmatizers). Mom made a blog post about it on her web site and Dad . Here are the official definitions of both:
Romanticizers (High RQ: Romanticizing Quotient) are ruled by their hearts. Gut feelings, signs, and impulsive actions define their approach to love and romance. Romanticizers truly believe that their loved ones are the most beautiful, clever, charismatic people in the world, despite any evidence to the contrary. Love is without reason, after all.
Pragmatizers (High PQ: Pragmatizing Quotient) are ruled by their heads. Gut feelings, signs, and impulsive actions make them nervous. Pragmatizers are aware that by objective measures their loved ones may not be the most beautiful, clever, charismatic people in the world, but they don’t care. They know exactly why they love their partners. Love should have a solid basis, after all.
Well, I took my test and not too surprisingly- I was listed as a romantizer (what can I say, I have always been a romantic every since I was a little girl!) 🙂 l had a higher score on the pragmatic scale compared to the average for females.
To my friends that are qualitative researchers, they would say that this test may not represent the entire phenomenon and be valid in putting individuals in these categories. However, looking back at these questions– I think that if these questions were asked in a in-depth interview– I would probably have the same responses. Otherwords– I believe that both research methods can get to the heart of the phenomenon– 🙂 — it just depends on the question you ask as a researcher. 🙂
So, what we can take away from this test is that we can see that certain individuals use either their “hearts” or “heads” to make romantic decisions in life. I think that there are time where we need to use both– and others when we need to trust our gut instincts. 🙂
Hope you all are having a wonderful day 🙂
Best Wishes,
Karen
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