The document discusses the history and development of several personality and career assessments over time, including DISC, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), and Birkman Method. It notes that the foundations and technologies available at the time of each assessment's creation impacted the quality of information it provided. Older assessments were based on theories, science, and technologies that were common when they were first developed.

1. “You’re how old!?”
Trivia from the fascinating world of assessments
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2. When Hippocrates first
proposed the model of
personality that was the
DISC
foundation of DISC…
This temple was new.
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3. When William Marston
created the DISC survey,
Coolidge was President.
DISC
The year he created the DISC
survey, he saw these movies…
…and read these magazines.
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4. Marston also invented the lie detector…
…and Wonder Woman.
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5. Carl Jung wrote the book that
was the basis for the Myers-
Briggs Type Indicator on a
typewriter older than this one.
MBTI
This might have
been his dream
car that year.
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6. When Dr. Birkman first developed the
Birkman Method…
…the Dodgers were
still in Brooklyn.
…he watched a tv
similar to this one.
…the US was a decade
away from integration.
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7. The quality of information available in any assessment
is dependent upon the science and technology upon
which it is based.
•Personality Theory
•Cognitive Science
•Psychometric Science
•Item Construction Theory
•Technology available at the time of development
•Life Environment at the time of development
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8. Some technology differences are
easier to recognize than others.
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9. A Rough Chronology of Aviation Science & Technology
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10. A Rough Chronology of Computer Science & Technology
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11. A Rough Chronology of Assessment Science & Technology
2015
BestWork DATA 2010
2005
Job Match 2000
CheckStart 1995
Prevue/TotalView 1990
Harrison Innerview 1985 Achiever
1980 Caliper
1975
NEO-5 1970
1965 Manpower Evaluation Survey
1960 Birkman Method
16PF 1955 Predictive Index
1950 Enneagram
1945 Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
1940
1935 MMPI
1930
1925 DISC, David Merrill’s Adjective Checklist
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12. Assessments are a blind item for 99.9% of the buyers.
Predictive Job
TTI Birkmen Prevue DISC Omnia
Index Match
They all look pretty much the same.
Strengths
Hogan MBTI BestWork DataDome 16PF Achiever
Finder
The terminology sounds the same.
Harrison
NEO-5 Hartman Factor 6 RightPath Caliper TotalView
InnerView
They all even sound fairly accurate.
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13. These all look pretty much the same too.
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14. Sometimes the things you don’t see
make all the difference in the world.
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