Daniel N. Blair

The ULTIMATE personality test: Big 5 vs. 16 desires – which one reveals the real you?

As an imaginary shrink, I deal with aliens, superheroes, and experiments gone wrong every day. Note that I am NOT a psychological researcher. Instead, I like to take lists of items from theories and turn them into games. Then, I play with them and see what happens. Usually, this involves turning the list into cards and dealing them out to see how they interact.

What does Elon Musk want?

Our desires run so deep that we usually say precisely what we want. But we are often so focused on our desires that we cannot hear others or, even worse, do not believe them. It might be presumptuous to play this game of what do they want with living people, but we usually leave hints. Sometimes it does not take much guessing because people often tell us what they want.

What does Disney’s Hercules want?

Disney characters are famous for putting their wants to songs.

Archetypes vs Stereotypes, what is the Difference?

In college, my storyboarding professor asked the class, “What is the difference between archetypes and stereotypes?” I thought about it for a long time. After considerable reflection, I think I have an answer. Stereotypes are cultural and external. Archetypes are responsibilities and internal. The tricky part is the terms dramatically cross over. A student is both an archetype and a stereotype.