Personality testing apparatus and method

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The invention is a process and apparatus for personality testing.
The apparatus is primarily in the form of a deck of specially-designed cards.
The deck includes forty testing cards that have, on each one, a different written statement describing a particular personality trait or indicator thereof.
Each testing card further includes a picture that would typically be associated with the particular written statement.
For example, a card having a romantic statement might also display a picture of a heart.
The written statement and picture are both located on the front face of the card.
The back face of each card displays a "color" indicator.
The "color" indicator is used to classify the card with one of the four previously-described personality "colors.
" It should be noted that when an individual is looking at the front face of the card and reading the written statement or looking at the picture, the card's "color" indicator is not viewable.
The card deck preferably also includes five stack labeling cards.
The labeling cards are used to define separate piles or areas into which the testing cards are sorted.
Each labeling card includes written indicia that indicates to a user that the pile labeled with the labeling card should be associated with a particular degree or strength of agreement the user has for the written statement of the testing card being considered.
One of the labeling cards indicates full agreement, three indicate degrees of partial agreement and one indicates total disagreement.
As each testing card is read, the person considers its written statement and then places it into the appropriate one of the piles as defined by the labeling cards.
By spreading out the labeling cards and then stacking the testing cards atop or proximate these cards using the agreement criteria, a person will effectively sort the cards in a manner that will lead to the indication of the user's "color.
" Each labeling card preferably also includes a number that indicates a point value that should be given to each card that is placed into the associated pile