07-04-2010, 02:40 PM
This judgement will only necessarily be an approximation. Even the best accounts and biographies will only be approximations themselves. The native americans supposedly had a saying not to judge a man unless you've walked 100 miles in his boots.
You have to be them to know them. Solitary included the word "accurately" this is very appropriate I think.
In psychology we've developed all kinds of instruments of measurement. Tests. To determine who someone is. These are the best we have at this moment to convey someones personality. But without an assessment from a trained psychologist and an estimation of these peoples lives they should not be relied upon heavily certainly because they are just a snapshot of a tendency on how to answer questions made in a very precise moment and setting..
Still give me one and I can give a good approximation of that person.
You have to be them to know them. Solitary included the word "accurately" this is very appropriate I think.
In psychology we've developed all kinds of instruments of measurement. Tests. To determine who someone is. These are the best we have at this moment to convey someones personality. But without an assessment from a trained psychologist and an estimation of these peoples lives they should not be relied upon heavily certainly because they are just a snapshot of a tendency on how to answer questions made in a very precise moment and setting..
Still give me one and I can give a good approximation of that person.