PERSONAL PREFERENCE CHECKLIST |
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| 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?* |
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| 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 |
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| 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!
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THE SIGNALS OF AN INTROVERT |
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| 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!
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SCORING DIRECTIONS |
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Questions | through | ______________ | score | ______________ | pts. for each | ______________ | ___________________________ | |
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| INTERPRETATION | ______________ | through | ______________ | = |
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| ______________ | through | ______________ | = |
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| Over | ______________ | ||||||||