Preliminary report of closed, on-site polling

Poll #1

Duration: + / - 3 months

Sample size: A surprising amount. To be expanded as results showed promise.


Preliminary disclosure:

Users that scored elevated Scale 7 [Psychasthenia] on the MMPI-2 AND were in possession of standard blood test reported overwhelmingly to having higher white blood cell counts than red blood cell counts. With regards to if one or both of these numbers were in the abnormal range, the results were mixed, with the sample size proving insufficiently large to achieve the statistical significance necessary to back any correlation or, inversely, back the null hypothesis against any specific combination.

A follow-up poll will open, staying open over a longer period, and those numbers will be combined with those already obtained. MMPI-2 test takers that meet the criteria stated above are strongly encouraged to participate because it is likely that enough data will be collected to offer strong support with regards to a key skewed dynamic in the human psychoneuroimmunological system, which has been recently found to exhibit bidirectional communication between neurons and cells in the immunological system.




Poll #2


Duration + / - 10 months

Sample size: 500+ users


Results:

Users reviewed our on-site search engine, Cog, a custom Google search engine modified to filter out most of the noise on the Internet with the purpose of landing users directly on useful results or on the primary sources corresponding to their query. Cog received over 75% favorable reviews, with less than 20% of users reporting that they either weren't able to find the primary sources being sought out or having experienced any sort of processing or coding bug upon using the on-site CSE. To obtain positive percentages so high is extremely rare in anonymous, on-line attitude polling. Needless to say, I am very happy that I was able to provide you all with a useful tool that is becoming increasingly important as the Google search algorithms get hacked to the point that reliable information is no longer readily accessible. Since voters largely approved the design of the tool, I will be expanding and tweaking it over the medium-term.

Your Defense Mechanisms: Take the Defense Style Questionnaire

The Defense Style Questionnaire (DSQ) is the most widely used and studied survey to test a person's defense mechanism.  It, of course, needs to be answered honestly in order to give an accurate reading. The Defense Style Questionnaire was developed by the authors of the following paper, where it was first mentioned: "The Defense Style Questionnaire." Andrews, Gavin; Singh, Michelle; Bond, Michael. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Vol 181(4), Apr 1993, 246-256.

The DSQ provides scores on 3 scales:

• Mature Defenses
• Neurotic Defenses
• Immature Defenses

Calvin, of the comic strip "Calvin and Hobbes", 

frequently called "the last great comic strip", 

describes what it is like to live in Denial,

a psychological defense mechanism classified as pathological

I have provided below a link to an abbreviated version of the DSQ available online.  Your scores will appear next to a "mean" based on a large sample of college students that have taken the test.

When looking at your results pay attention to:

• How each of your scores compare to each of the means
• How the sum of your scores compare to the sum of the three means
• Do you have more defenses or less defenses than what is typical?

Analyzing the scores in this way will provide you with a fairly accurate portrayal of whether you are a more defensive than average or rather a less defensive person. It will also show you what the character of your ego is, as you may be well-adjusted, neurotic, or just immature.

To learn what defenses the "mature", "neurotic", and "immature" classifications include, please refer to Vaillant´s categorization of defense mechanisms. Note: The DSQ does not measure pathological defenses as a separate category. It includes pathological defenses in the immature category.

Having read the above, you are ready ---

Take the Defense Style Questionnaire!

Know yourself.

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Other psychological personality tests you may enjoy:

Attachment Style Test (New article, with complete theory, dynamics, and free copies of the DSM V and ICD-10!)

The Myers-Briggs Personality Test

The Enneagram Personality Test

Lüscher Color Test (Expanded background information)

The MMPI-2 Personality Inventory