PERSONAL PREFERENCE CHECKLIST

1. After you have done the bigger more difficult parts of a job, do you dislike finishing up the little things?
YES
S
NO
2. Have other people ever told you that you are either stuck up, or egotistical?
YES
S
NO
3. Do you laugh easily?
YES
S
NO
4. Is what other people think about you important to you?
YES
S
NO
5. Do you enjoy gambling?
YES
S
NO
6. Do you feel comfortable and at ease when you enter a room where there are several strangers present?
YES
S
NO
7. When you are out with two or three friends, are you usually the one who desides where to go and what to do?
YES
S
NO
8. Do you like to have power or influence over people, so you can make them do as you wish?
YES
S
NO
9. Are you quicker to say what you feel like saying than are most other people?
YES
S
NO
10. Are you inclined to go ahead and do things without really worring about the possible results?
YES
S
NO
11. Are you usually late for the appointments you make?
YES
S
NO
12. Do you find it easy for you to change an opinion or belief?
YES
S
NO
13. Do you prefer to have several things going on at one time?
YES
S
NO
14. Do you find it easy to get going on new projects?
YES
S
NO
15. Do most people willingly cooperate with you and your plans?
YES
S
NO
16. Do you find it easy to accept people's mistakes and little annoying actions, without getting upset?
YES
S
NO
17. Do people say you are a person who insists on his own way?
YES
S
NO
18. Do you prefer working with other people rather than alone?
YES
S
NO
19. Are you the first to speak to people when you meet them?
YES
S
NO
20. Are you answering these questions quickly, without much thought or deliberation?
YES
S
NO
21. Do even the most dramatic of your experiences generally leave your personality much the same?
YES
S
NO
22. Can you express yourself orally more easily than in writing?
YES
S
NO
23. Do you usually remember people's names or faces?
YES
S
NO
24. Are you inclined to exaggerate what you can do or have already experienced?
YES
S
NO
25. Have you missed out in something you really wanted to do by not making up your mind fast enough?
YES
S
NO
26. In the organizations to which you belong, are you usually satisfied to be a member rather than one of the leaders?
YES
S
NO
27. Would you rather stay home and read an enjoyable book than go out with a group of friends?
YES
S
NO
28. Do you like to do jobs very carefully and thoroughly, even when a less perfect job would be acceptable?
YES
S
NO
29. When you are going to buy something fairly expensive, do you shop around carefully before selecting a purchase?
YES
S
NO
30.

Do you have a strong desire to feel strong and to become more self-confident?

YES
S
NO
31. Do you like to work math problems?
YES
S
NO
32. Do you often question your decisions after you have made them?
YES
S
NO
33. Are you reluctant to delegate the details of your work?
YES
S
NO
34. Do you prefer bluntness and absolute honesty when you speak regardless of the consequences?
YES
S
NO
35. Do you find people so strongly opinionated that you find it hard to reason with them?
YES
S
NO
36. Do your friends think you are very particular about small details?
YES
S
NO
37. Do you wish things were more settled and safe in your life--with the future free of worry?
YES
S
NO
38. Do you enjoy making minor repairs on cars or on things around the house?
YES
S
NO
39. Do you find yourself wishing for things you'd like to have very often?
YES
S
NO
40. Do you find yourself up one day and down in the dumps another day?
YES
S
NO
41. Do you tend to blush easily?
YES
S
NO
42. Are you careful in lending money to acquaintances?
YES
S
NO
43. Do you permit people to crowd ahead of you when waiting in line?
YES
S
NO
44. Have you ever been afraid of losing a job?
YES
S
NO
45. Does it irritate you to have someone watch you working?
YES
S
NO
46. Are you able to keep doing tiresome, routine, or dull work over a period of time?
YES
S
NO
47 Are you usually quiet when you are with people you do not know well?
YES
S
NO
48. Does it annoy you when people are talking about you?
YES
S
NO
49. Do you enjoy reading serious books or attending lectures?
YES
S
NO
50. Are your religious or political convictions strong ones?
YES
S
NO





WHAT IS YOUR TA QUOTIENT?*

1. Do you have more than your share of colds?
YES
NO
2. Do you believe that emotions have very little to do with physical ills?
YES
NO
3. Do you often have indigestion?
YES
NO
4. Do you frequently worry about your health?
YES
NO
5. Would a nutritionist be appalled by your diet?
YES
NO
6. Do you usually watch sports rather than participate in them?
YES
NO
7. Do you often feel depressed or in a bad mood?
YES
NO
8. Are you irritable when things go wrong?
YES
NO
9. Were you happier in the past then you are right now?
YES
NO
10. Do you believe it possible that a person's character can be read or his futer fortold by means of astrology, I Ching, tarot cards or some other means?
YES
NO
11. Do you worry about the future?
YES
NO
12. Do you try to hold in your anger as long as possible and then sometimes explode in rage?
YES
NO
13. Do people you care about often make you feel jealous?
YES
NO
14. If your intimate partner were unfaithful one time, would you be able to forgive and forget?
YES
NO
15. Do you have difficulty making important decisions?
YES
NO
16. Would you abandon a goal rather than take risks to reach it?
YES
NO
17. When you go on a vacation, do you take some work along?
YES
NO
18. Do you usually wear clothes that are dark or neutral in color?
YES
NO
19. Do you usually do what you feel like doing, regardless of social pressures or criticism?
YES
NO
20. Does a beautiful speaking voice turn you on?
YES
NO
21. Do you always take an interest in where you are and what's happening around you?
YES
NO
22. Do you find most odors interesting rather than offensive?
YES
NO
23. Do you enjoy trying new and different foods?
YES
NO
24. Do you like to touch and be touched?
YES
NO
25. Are you easily amused?
YES
NO
26. Do you often do things spontaneously or impulsively?
YES
NO
27. Can you sit still through a long committee meeting or lecture without twiddling your thumbs or wriggling in your chair?
YES
NO
28.

Can you usually fall asleep and stay asleep without the use of pills or tranquilizers?

YES
NO
29.

When you are going to buy something fairly expensive, do you shop around carefully before selecting a purchase?* Taken from "What's Your Intimacy Quotient" by Gina Allen and Clement Martin, M.D.,

YES
NO
30.

Do you smoke pot at all or very little?

YES
NO
31. Can you put yourself in another person's place and experience his emotions?
YES
NO
32. Are you seriously concerned about social problems even when they don't affect you personally?
YES
NO
33. Do you think most people can be trusted?
YES
NO
34. Can you talk to a celebrity or a stranger as easily as you talk to your neighbor?
YES
NO
35. Do you get along with sales clerks, waiters, service station attendants and cab drivers?
YES
NO
36. Can you easily discuss sex in mixed company without feeling uneasy?
YES
NO
37. Can you easily express appreciation for a gift or favor without feeling uneasy?
YES
NO
38. When you feel affection for someone, can you express it physically as well as verbally?
YES
NO
39. Do you sometimes feel that you have extrasensory perception?
YES
NO
40. Do you like yourself?
YES
NO
41. Do you like others of your own sex?
YES
NO
42. Do you enjoy an evening alone?
YES
NO
43. Do you vary your schedule to avoid doing the same things at the same times each day?
YES
NO
44. Is love more important to you than money or status?
YES
NO
45. Do you place a higher premium on kindness than on thoughtfulness?
YES
NO
46. Do you think it is possible to be too rational?
YES
NO
47 Do you discourage friends from dropping in unannounced?
YES
NO
48. Do you have difficulty communicating with someone of the opposite sex?
YES
NO
49. Do you believe that men who write poetry are less masculine than men who drive trucks?
YES
NO
50. Do most women prefer men with well-developed muscles to men with well-developed emotions?
YES
NO





THE SIGNALS OF AN EXTOVERT

1
He does not worry much abour the outcome of his actions.
2
He is usually very carful not to hurt the feelings of others
3
He will lend you almost anything he can find
4
He laughs at almost anything
5
He rarely blushes
6
He often disquises what he is really saying with excessive verbage
7
He is usually not bothered by details of what to wear; where to eat
8
He is usually not overly concerned by what is siaud about him.
9
He should have a time limit when speaking
10
He walks fast, has frequent "accidents" in routine actions of the day
11
He is ourworkdly attracted to the opposite sex
12
He makes new friends quickly
13
He avoids arguments
14
He acceptrs orders as "fact of life."
15
He not only asks for help, he'll try to get you to do the work
16
He works better with others than alone
17
He makes his own opportunity for praise
18
He is slow to suspect the motives of others
19
He prefers visiting to daydreaming
20
He prefers work in which details do not matter; he often requires help
An extrovert exhibits more stupid behavoir because he exhibits more behavior!





THE SIGNALS OF AN INTROVERT

1
He enjoys worrying about what might happen
2
He is usually quite outspoken when he expresses his views and opinions
3
He is slow to lend his money or possessions
4
He does not laugh readidly or noticeably
5
He blushes easily, often blushes.
6
He is usually blunt and to the point
7
He deliberates in great in great detail abour all decsions, and generally tells why he decided to do it.
8
His feelings are quite easily hurt
9
He is shy and easily embarressed in front of a crowd
10
He moves slowly in the routine actions of the day, such as talking, dressing, walking, etc.
11
He is generally shy and quiet with the opposite sex.
12
He is easliy ignored.
13
He enjoys picking an argument, especially with and extrovert
14
He resents being ordered to do things
15
He would rather work alone to solve a problem than to ask for help
16
He works better alone than with others
17
He is turned on by recognition
18
He is suspicious of the motives of others.
19
He is inclined to be moody, often daydreams.
20
He prefers and enjoys work involving detailed and exacting requirements
An extrovert exhibits more stupid behavoir because he exhibits more behavior!





SCORING DIRECTIONS

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