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Spiral Dynamics reveals the hidden codes that shape human nature, create global diversities, and drive organizational change. This fresh perspective integrates the pioneering work of Dr. Clare W. Graves in emergent thinking systems and value structures with memetics, the exciting new science of ideas and their movements. Through the STREAMS and TEMPLATES frameworks, it offers specific guidelines for designing...(more)
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  turtle : Bioluminescent Inquirer

A Spiral/Integral Dating test for you all!

turtle said Sep 27, 2008, 11:26 AM:

 

I created a developmental theory test (based on Spiral Dynamics, AQAL,  Maslow's Hierarchy of Need, and my own Spiral Growth Theory and stuck it on the smart people's dating/match-making website OKCupid.  You don't have to be a member of OK Cupid to take the test though, so everyone can enjoy it.

Let me know what you think.  It's my first attempt, and I need some feedback from folks who really understand the levels well.

I'd like to add some more advice to the results pages, but for now, I just wanted to get the basics in there.

Try it out! 

The Spiraling Upwards Test

Peace, Love, and Bicycles,
-Turil

  Neri : Philosopher

Re: A Spiral/Integral Dating test for you all!

Neri said Sep 28, 2008, 5:12 AM:

 

Dear wise Turtle

 One of the issues of SDi is that the VMemes are not monolithic, and the questions has complexity, so people can be attracted to several messages (as I did when I looked in your questioneer).

 The original tests I see developed by Dr. Beck and others use a “vector” of wheights to measure the different attractions we have to the different VMeme by this methode we get more accurare image of our inner structure.

 As all this tests are dealing with subjective reference (the attraction judgment happens inside us) this tests always need some behaviour evaluation.

It is possible I think to have questneers to be more focus on specific “foot print” that will make the match, but you will need more information on the content of the VMeme and not just of the dominant Vmemes.


 

  turtle : Bioluminescent Inquirer

Re: A Spiral/Integral Dating test for you all!

turtle said Sep 28, 2008, 10:25 AM:

 

I'm a little confused, Neri.  What are you suggesting?  Is there something that you'd like to see different about the test?

I was hoping to offer three different stage results (one for the physical development line, one for emotional development, and one for intellectual development) but the quiz software didn't allow that, unfortunately, so I just stuck with the intellectual, with the other two lines being factored in a bit, for the final result.  And. I wanted people to be able to select as many of the possible answers as they wanted, but that wasn't an option for this form of test.  Which is why I gave the slightly unusual direction to pick the highest numbered answer that was appropriate.  If I ever have more time to spend redesigning the test, I'd like to make it so that you can choose as many options as you want, since we've included the previous levels into our current one.

Of course, this test is no more accurate than any other self administered psychology test (including the one I took from SDI). :-)

This mostly just gives you something to think about and play with.  Though I would like to make the wording as clear as possible, so that they questions really do represent the levels as well as our messy human language is capable of! :-)

So yeah, if you have specific suggestions, I'd love to hear them.

  Neri : Philosopher

Re: A Spiral/Integral Dating test for you all!

Neri said Sep 28, 2008, 10:46 AM:

 

Hi turtle

 I only recognized that it is not simple to have useful tests, the simpe 1 out of 4 questions make a lot of the practical wisdom of SDi not to be accessed.

 for exposing our multi level cultural/world view “DNA” we can think of some simple tests.

Do you wish to educate about SDi or to help people find their match?

  turtle : Bioluminescent Inquirer

Re: A Spiral/Integral Dating test for you all!

turtle said Sep 28, 2008, 10:55 AM:

 

So what would you suggest for making my test better, in your eyes?

My goal is mostly fun, but also to offer people an opportunity to think a bit more about who they are, and to introduce people to my own Spiral Growth Theory (whichis solidly based on Integral/Spiral Dynamics/Maslow's hierarchy and some others.

Peace, love, and bicycles,
Turil