Raffer Temperament Test

[Nonny J. Nonnington III]

So, where do you fit in? Choleric, Phlegmatic, Sanguine, or Melancholic?

About 20 years ago, managers in my company were sent to a training program that (among other things) administered this test. My manager then came back and offered it to us if we were interested. I thought at first it was just new age psychobabble nonsense, but came around to seeing it as fairly perceptive. For example, when we were acquired by another company, that manager and our immediate manager were put together and we soon realized they were twin sons from different mothers. Their personalities and management styles were virtually identical, and so were their scores. We had a lunch meeting where the scores were distributed without names, and I was able to match them up pretty damn closely to department members; two people had fairly close scores and similar personalities, and I guessed wrong there.

For the record, I am strongly in the Phlegmatic category.

Lounsbury, 100 Nonny dollars if you are not squarely in the Choleric category. Why do I think so? Because Phlegmatics can piss Cholerics right the fuck off. And yeah, we can be passive/agressive, so there's that...

[Pencil]

Sanguine. It wasn't a surprise
On MB tests I always score ENTJ.

[Pere]

It tells me I am Sanguine. However, the four bars seem pretty close (there is no scale).

[Wolf Larsen]

Sanguine.
ESTP

[Lungfish]

Phlegmatic with melancholic a close second.

[SmartAleq]

Phlegmatic
INFJ

[Nonny J. Nonnington III]

Now I'm going to have to dig up my MB results.

[Khampelf]

Phlegmatic.
ISFJ

[Jaglavak]

Too ornery to take no steenken online personality test.

[Detroit Hoser]

Sanguine with a healthy runner-up of phlegmatic.

[Amythyst]

Melancholic, followed my sanguine, phlegmatic, and choleric.

[eleanorigby]

Melancholic (and I called it, accurately, for that site's research), then sanguine, then phlegmatic, then choleric.


Your temperament is melancholic. The melancholic temperament is fundamentally introverted and thoughtful. Melancholic people often were perceived as very (or overly) pondering and considerate, getting rather worried when they could not be on time for events. Melancholics can be highly creative in activities such as poetry and art - and can become preoccupied with the tragedy and cruelty in the world. Often they are perfectionists. They are self-reliant and independent; one negative part of being a melancholic is that they can get so involved in what they are doing they forget to think of others.

INTJ, usually. Cannot remember what other result I've had from Meyers-Briggs, but it might have been ENTJ.

[Peeking Duck]

Originally Posted by SmartAleq

Phlegmatic
INFJ

Phlegmatic and INFJ here, as well.

Originally Posted by Jaglavak

Too ornery to take no steenken online personality test.

[BJMoose]

Still somewhat melancholic, but things seem to be flattening out with age. Or maybe I've just developed a strong "central tendency".

[boomerwang]

Sanguine, almost a tie with Phlegmatic.

[Anacanapuna]

I'm gonna guess sanguine, then go do the test.

[Anacanapuna]

Originally Posted by Anacanapuna

I'm gonna guess sanguine, then go do the test.

Yep, with phlegmatic in a close second, followed by melancholic and choleric. Not that surprising. I've known all along that I'm in a "leadership" position mostly because I follow the "leadership" training our company puts out.

[Harry]

Phlegmatic, followed by melancholic. I would have guessed the other way around.

[Kat]

I ended up as phlegmatic, followed closely by melancholic.

I'm almost always an INFP.

I think I can guess what choleric is. Anyone got a description of sanguine?

[eleanorigby]

The rubric or whatever is fairly silly, though. Spoilered for those who want to take the test.

What's with the slamming of doors? I don't slam building doors, but it's a habit to slam car doors, mostly because of an old car way back when, that had to be slammed to actually latch. I think if you answer "yes" to slamming of doors, that it increases your choleric score, but seriously, is that any indication of a true choleric nature? I'm sure there were other examples for the other categories, but that one stood out for me.

[Khampelf]

Originally Posted by eleanorigby

The rubric or whatever is fairly silly, though. Spoilered for those who want to take the test.

And they asked that question more than once, IIRC.

[dogbutler]

Phlegmatic, with a side order of melancholic.
ISTJ

[Pere]

Originally Posted by Khampelf

And they asked that question more than once, IIRC.

Not quite. It was "I never slam the door," versus "I slam doors." I disagreed mildly on the former--I have slammed a few, when worked up--and disagreed strongly on the latter; I don't go around slamming doors.

There were some other not-quite-opposite pairs, like "I seldom get mad," versus "I get angry easily."


I'll tell you the question that was weird to me: "I bet a lot of people with multiple personalities are just faking."

What? Is this a common idea? And what can it possibly be thought to mean, that one thinks this?

[Jaglavak]

It's a trick question. They're just trying to find out how you feel about your other personalities.

[sturmhauke]

Originally Posted by Nonny J. Nonnington III

I thought at first it was just new age psychobabble nonsense

It's actually psychobabble nonsense from antiquity.

[eleanorigby]

Originally Posted by Pere

I'll tell you the question that was weird to me: "I bet a lot of people with multiple personalities are just faking."

What? Is this a common idea? And what can it possibly be thought to mean, that one thinks this?

That one stopped me as well. I don't believe in "multiple personalities" to begin with, but realize what we call MP is some mix of serious mental illness, so I wouldn't call it "faking" etc.

I answered just as you did re the slamming doors. I'm sure there were other questions geared toward gauging the degree to which you respond to situation with Y, but the slamming doors one stood out for me.

Originally Posted by sturmhauke

It's actually psychobabble nonsense from antiquity.

Yes, but it's high quality, TRADITIONAL psychobabble. One should have standards, after all.

[Nonny J. Nonnington III]

Originally Posted by sturmhauke

It's actually psychobabble nonsense from antiquity.

Yeah, I know the names are taken from the ancient concept of humors, but it does seem to do a reasonable job of sorting people into some fairly broad categories. Although I will say that this was a fairly simplistic test; the one that I took about 20 years ago went on for several pages and took a fair amount of time to complete, not unlike a true Myers Briggs test.

[Solfy]

Choleric. Having read the description, I'm not surprised. I'd prefer to think of "bad tempered" (from the wiki on the four tempers) as "highly energized/polarized/passionate."
Prior to reading any descriptions I would have guessed sanguine, because I think of myself as pretty chill these days. That was my #2. Maybe it was colored by my tendency to slam doors. I was broken of that habit by losing my door as a child, but I still feel the urge.

In MB I'm an INTJ.

[sturmhauke]

I came in as 1) phlegmatic 2) melancholic 3) sanguine 4) choleric. I would have switched 1 and 2, but whatever.

[Clothahump]

Melancholic, by a nose. They're all pretty evenly matched.

[picunurse]

I am, according to the test, Phlegmatic. Way out in front.

But, ya know, the book of Chinese Chance is just about as predictive.

Neither is scientific, but it's fun.

[Monstera deliciosa]

Apparently, I'm overwhelmingly melancholic, with the other 3 traits being almost equal. I don't remember my MB designation.

[pickle berry]

Melancholic with a close Phlegmatic.