What Kind Of Scientist Are You?

6 Questions | By Linchichik | Last updated: Feb 28, 2019 | Total Attempts: 32

All the following archetypes of scientists, suggested in 1994 by Roslynn Haynes in her book “From Faust to Strangelove: Representations of the Scientist in Western Literature”, are a reflection of the public understanding of science and social perception of the developing technologies during different periods of time.

Questions and Answers

1.

My favourite part of the research process is...
- A.
  
  Preparation stage
- B.
  
  Formulating question of the research
- C.
  
  Overcoming challenges within the process
- D.
  
  Final results analysis
- E.
  
  Results reporting
- F.
  
  Experiments
2.

What do you think about the need to communicate science to society?
- A.
  
  There is no such need. Society has nothing to do with science.
- B.
  
  As long as it happens naturally this is ok, but there is no need for pursuing science communication.
- C.
  
  Science communication is an important tool in the hands of scientists and is a vital part of science in the 21st century.
- D.
  
  Science communication could be used as a tool to create impression scietists care about needs of society to avoid moral and legal issues, but indeed science doesn’t need such interaction
3.

What is your favourite way to spend your free time/weekends?
- A.
  
  I am a scientist, I don’t have free time! Even if I had, I would prefer to stay in my lab to continue my work.
- B.
  
  I usually go to conferences and courses to improve my skills and level up my qualification
- C.
  
  I spent my free time with my colleagues.
- D.
  
  I prefer to spend my free time in a harmony with a nature: hiking, camping, outdoor activities.
- E.
  
  Doing extreme sports
- F.
  
  Attending secret club to explore conspiracy theories.
4.

If you had a collection of something, what would it be?
- A.
  
  Cold weapon
- B.
  
  Herbarium
- C.
  
  DNA samples of my ex partners
- D.
  
  Antique microscopes
- E.
  
  I don’t like to collect things, they are just a trash
- F.
  
  Samples of Uranium from the places I have travelled to
5.

What kind of superpower would you like to have?
- A.
  
  Invisibility
- B.
  
  Telepathy
- C.
  
  Inhuman knowledge
- D.
  
  Teleportation
- E.
  
  Super speed
- F.
  
  Emotionlessness
6.

I see myself as a researcher as…
- A.
  
  Critical, quarrelsome
- B.
  
  Open to new experiences, complex
- C.
  
  Quite irresponsible
- D.
  
  Calm, emotionally stable
- E.
  
  Secretive
- F.
  
  Isolated