# Take this psychology test **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 20, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449 "2006-09-20T18:19:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/1 "2006-09-20T18:19:21Z")
Note: This is not actually sanctioned by the APA. For real problems, see a shrink. For fun, take this test. Question one: What is your favorite animal? List three adjectives to describe that animal. Question two: What is your favorite color? List three adjectives to describe that color. Question three: What is your favorite body of water? List three adjectives to describe that body of water. Question four: You wake up in a room with no doors, no windows, no means of escape. List three adjectives to describe how you feel. spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space spoiler space ---
**Author:** ![NurseCarmen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/5daacb/32.png) [@NurseCarmen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NurseCarmen)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/2 "2006-09-20T19:07:29Z")
What is your favorite animal? dog List three adjectives to describe that animal. loyal. furry. smelly. loud What is your favorite color? green List three adjectives to describe that color. lush. moist. oxygenated. What is your favorite body of water? Lake Superior List three adjectives to describe that body of water. Cold. Big. Clear. You wake up in a room with no doors, no windows, no means of escape. Tired. Confused. Curious. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/3 "2006-09-20T19:08:03Z")
Hee hee hee. I remember this from high school, only vaguely. I can’t remember the outcome. Is it How you feel about your mate, how you see yourself, how you feel about sex, and how you feel about death? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/4 "2006-09-20T19:12:58Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Hee hee hee. I remember this from high school, only vaguely. I can’t remember the outcome. Is it [/QUOTE] Partly right. I’ve reported your post so that a mod can fix the coding. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/5 "2006-09-20T19:14:00Z")
I spoiled my spoiler. Damn. So now I might as well play along. Favorite animal: Dog. Loving, cuddly, fun to play with. Color: Blue. Calming, deep, natural. Water: Puget Sound. Breathtaking, smells fantastic (mostly), varied. Room: Trapped, worried, cut off. ---
**Author:** ![FormerMarineGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/65b543/32.png) [@FormerMarineGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FormerMarineGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/6 "2006-09-20T19:18:20Z")
**What is your favorite animal?** Dogs-boxers to be exact. **List three adjectives to describe that animal.** Sturdy, friendly, smart. **What is your favorite color?** Green **List three adjectives to describe that color.** Brightening, striking, calming **What is your favorite body of water?** Type of body, or specific body? Natural lakes. **List three adjectives to describe that body of water.** Calming, natural, clean. **You wake up in a room with no doors, no windows, no means of escape. List three adjectives to describe how you feel.** Alone, worried, nervous. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/7 "2006-09-20T19:39:33Z")
Thanks, **SkipMagic**. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/8 "2006-09-20T19:49:37Z")
What is your favorite animal? Killer Whale List three adjectives to describe that animal. Sleek, beautiful, dangerous What is your favorite color? Blue List three adjectives to describe that color. Calm, deep, pretty What is your favorite body of water? Pacific Ocean List three adjectives to describe that body of water. Spacious, stormy, lots of variety You wake up in a room with no doors, no windows, no means of escape. List three adjectives to describe how you feel. I would feel trapped, but certain I could find a way out evetually, which would keep me from panicing. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/9 "2006-09-20T19:56:24Z")
**What is your favorite animal?** Us, I guess (homo sap). Although I often wonder why. **List three adjectives to describe that animal.** Willful, curious, compassionate **What is your favorite color?** It’s a tie and exact hue matters. One is a deep blue but not a dark blue, the color of award-winning 1st prize ribbons and Utah skies. The other is a reddish-redorange with a tinge of brown, what I call “rusty red”. **List three adjectives to describe that color.** Didn’t I already? **What is your favorite body of water?** There’s only one of them, so I’ll go with that one. The ocean of earth. **List three adjectives to describe that body of water.** Encompassing, mighty, deep **You wake up in a room with no doors, no windows, no means of escape. List three adjectives to describe how you feel.** Safe, quiet, hidden. Is that last one supposed to be “death” or something? This all sounds vaguely familiar. And the water is your girlfriend or boyfriend or whatever? ::goes off to peek below spoiler line:: ---
**Author:** ![SkipMagic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skipmagic/32/20706_2.png) [@SkipMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkipMagic)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/10 "2006-09-20T20:00:58Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Thanks, **SkipMagic**. [/QUOTE] You’re welcome. In return, I hope to be someone’s favorite animal or body of water–whichever comes to mind first. ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/11 "2006-09-20T20:15:38Z")
I knew a similar yet different sort of questions: 1. You’re walking alone down a path, describe the path… …What’s your approach to life? 1. On the path you find a key, describe the key and what you do with it… …What’s your approach to knowledge? 1. The path is blocked by a wall, describe the wall and how you get around… …What’s your approach to dealing with problems? 1. The path is crossed by a river/stream, describe the stream and how you get around… …What’s your approach to sex? 1. The path ends at an empty house, describe the house and what you do inside… …What’s your approach to death? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/12 "2006-09-20T20:19:21Z")
[QUOTE=Beadalin] Hee hee hee. I remember this from high school, only vaguely. I can’t remember the outcome. Is it [/QUOTE] The actual answers are this: Animal – How you feel about yourself Color – What you think others think of you Water – How you feel about sex Room – How you feel about death Close enough to yours, but this is the way I heard it. Like it matters. This test is about as scientific as Magic 8-Ball. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/13 "2006-09-20T20:24:27Z")
[QUOTE=No Me Ayudes Compadre] I knew a similar yet different sort of questions: [/QUOTE] Hmm… :dubious: I approach life as if it had a bunch of dead leaves on it. Knowledge is a skeleton that I put in my pocket. I climb over problems. Sexually, I prefer to step on stones, because I don’t want soggy socks. Death doesn’t belong to me, so I’ll ignore it. ---
**Author:** ![Beadalin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Beadalin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beadalin)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/14 "2006-09-20T20:25:12Z")
Sorry about the spoiler thing, and thanks, **Skip** “My Favorite Animal” **Magic** for fixing it. I like little tests like this for the same reason I like Tarot cards: they’re a bunch of crap, but they do make you look at things from angles you may not have considered before. Fun stuff. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/15 "2006-09-20T20:42:26Z")
For my own answers: Animal: Whale, because it is huge, sleek, and awe-inspiring. Color: Dioxazine violet, because it is cool, beautiful, and only occasionally useful. Water: The Gulf Stream waters of the Northern Atlantic, because it is fun, relaxing, and occsionally it’s a blast to put on goggles and examine the bottom. 😛 Room: Distressed, frustrated, challenged. ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/16 "2006-09-20T20:47:20Z")
> [@](#): > > What is your favorite animal? Cow > [@](#): > > List three adjectives to describe that animal. Serene, sweet, helpful. > [@](#): > > What is your favorite color? Green > [@](#): > > List three adjectives to describe that color. Vibrant, earthy, intense. > [@](#): > > What is your favorite body of water? Gulf of Mexico > [@](#): > > List three adjectives to describe that body of water. Exotic, restless, omniscient. > [@](#): > > You wake up in a room with no doors, no windows, no means of escape. > > List three adjectives to describe how you feel. Claustrophobic, immobile, lonely. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/17 "2006-09-20T21:08:55Z")
YEAY! I win! ---
**Author:** ![No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/no_me_ayudes_compadre/32/5224_2.png) [@No\_Me\_Ayudes\_Compadre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/No_Me_Ayudes_Compadre)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/18 "2006-09-20T21:13:58Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Hmm… :dubious: [ [/QUOTE] Well then of course you have to go Jungian on yourself and say that you like a cool and familiar life, knowledge is all-purpose and should be picked up as it might be useful later, you’re sexually cautious with a degree of performance anxiety, and death is a subject you avoid thinking about. Erm, tell me about ze motter. I forgot to give my test answers: Animal - Dog - Reliable, affectionate, responsive Color - Sea green - Serene, neutral, underspoken Water - Gulf of Mexico - Inviting, lively, rich Room - Resigned, disappointed, nostalgic ---
**Author:** ![Bonton63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@Bonton63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bonton63)\ **Post date:** [September 20, 2006, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/19 "2006-09-20T22:01:07Z")
Elephant- gray big heavy Purple-light spring pale Ocean-breezy blue fun Dark, Scared, Lonely ---
**Author:** ![Rubystreak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Rubystreak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rubystreak)\ **Post date:** [September 21, 2006, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449/20 "2006-09-21T02:54:21Z")
[QUOTE=tdn] Question one: What is your favorite animal? List three adjectives to describe that animal. [/quote] Octopus: super-smart, versatile, determined > [@](#): > > Question two: > > What is your favorite color? > > List three adjectives to describe that color. Indigo: vibrant, deep, stimulating > [@](#): > > Question three: > > What is your favorite body of water? > > List three adjectives to describe that body of water. One certain bend of Six Mile Creek: secret, private, full of treasures > [@](#): > > Question four: > > You wake up in a room with no doors, no windows, no means of escape. > > List three adjectives to describe how you feel. Scard, trapped, pissed off On preview, reading the spoilers, I think my answers are quite apt for me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/take-this-psychology-test/373449.md?page=2)