Net. 2006, Pp. 1). However, The Geek Test Is Not A Serious Instrument For The

net. 2006, Pp. 1). However, the geek test is not a serious instrument for the measurement of personality.
This research study attempts to explore if there is a correlation between certain personality types and ability in computer literacy. A literature review which attempts to present the important themes that are to be found in the recent and most relevant published literature has been presented A survey was also conducted, requiring respondents to take the Jung's personality test and to indicate their ability in computing. The responses were statistically analysed using the SPSS 13.0 package in an attempt to discover any correlations as presented in the chapters below. Discussions and conclusions based on the findings from literature review and the survey were then presented.
The next section presents a literature review for the topic of discussion.
2. Literature Review
It has been widely agreed that the general cognitive ability of an individual has a bearing on a large number of outcomes in their life, their behaviour and performances including those that are associated with academic achievement, social outcomes and creativity etc (Kuncel, 2004, Pp. 148 and Pp. 156 158). Because cognitive ability is a complex mixture of the genetic make up of an individual human, their life experiences and their interaction with the environment, it is possible that personality too has a correlation with an aptitude for learning computing. After all, an individual's personality is likely to be somehow influenced by their cognitive ability because the models to explain an individual's personality also describe this human attribute in terms of genetic make up, interactions with the real world and past experiences. It has been observed that although the ability and productivity of computer programmers differs significantly between programmers, the ability to program productively has no correlation with a programmer's personality as measured on the Jung personality test or the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator of cognitive style, the MBTI (Darcy, 2005, Pp. 2 8). However, it is possible that learning may be somewhat different to ability in solving complex problems productively (Tukiainen, 2002, Pp. 45 46). This conclusion has been reached after considering the correlation between college admissions tests and student performance. It has been demonstrated in studies that on the MBTI test for personality, intuitive persons are more likely to succeed at programming then the sensitive persons (Tukiainen, 2002, Pp. 46 47). Faculty and industry members have agreed that there are certain characteristics associated with successful programmers including pride, understanding the user, attitude, willingness to study at home, strong desire for learning, creative talents, writing skills, possession of an ability to explain and justify, modelling skills, calmness and liking for music (Sterling, 2003, Pp. 419).