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Personality Quiz

 

Below are phrases describing people’s behaviours. Please use the rating scale to describe how accurately each statement describes you. Describe yourself as you generally are now, not as you wish to be in the future. Describe yourself as you honestly see yourself, in relation to other people you know of the same sex as you are, and roughly the same age. So that you can describe yourself in an honest manner, your responses will be kept in absolute confidence. Please read each statement carefully, and then write down the number of the relevant response option in the box to the right of each statement.

 

Response options:

1: Very Inaccurate;  2: Moderately Inaccurate;  3: Neither Inaccurate nor Accurate;  4: Moderately Accurate;  5: Very Accurate.

1.

Am the life of the party.

51.

Make friends easily.

2.

Insult people.

52.

Am indifferent to the feelings of others.

3.

Am always prepared.

53.

Am exacting in my work.

4.

Get stressed out easily.

54.

Have frequent mood swings.

5.

Have a rich vocabulary.

55.

Spend time reflecting on things.

6.

Often feel uncomfortable around others.

56.

Find it difficult to approach others.

7.

Am interested in people.

57.

Make people feel at ease.

8.

Leave my belongings around.

58.

Waste my time.

9.

Am relaxed most of the time.

59.

Get irritated easily.

10.

Have difficulty understanding abstract ideas.

60.

Avoid difficult reading material.

11.

Feel comfortable around people.

61.

Take charge.

12.

Am not interested in other people's problems.

62.

Inquire about others' well-being.

13.

Pay attention to details.

63.

Do things according to a plan.

14.

Worry about things.

64.

Often feel miserable.

15.

Have a vivid imagination.

65.

Am full of ideas.

16.

Keep in the background.

66.

Don't talk a lot.

17.

Sympathize with others' feelings.

67.

Know how to comfort others.

18.

Make a mess of things.

68.

Do things in a half-way manner.

19.

Seldom feel miserable.

69.

Get angry easily.

20.

Am not interested in abstract ideas.

70.

Will not probe deeply into a subject.

21.

Start conversations.

71.

Know how to captivate people.

22.

Feel little concern for others.

72.

Love children.

23.

Get chores done right away.

73.

Continue until everything is perfect.

24.

Am easily disturbed.

74.

Panic easily.

25.

Have excellent ideas.

75.

Carry the conversation to a higher level.

26.

Have little to say.

76.

Bottle up my feelings.

27.

Have a soft heart.

77.

Am on good terms with nearly everyone.

28.

Often forget to put things back in their proper place.

78.

Find it difficult to get down to work.

29.

Am not easily bothered by things.

79.

Feel threatened easily.

30.

Do not have a good imagination.

80.

Catch on to things quickly.

31.

Talk to a lot of different people at parties.

81.

Feel at ease with people.

32.

Am not really interested in others.

82.

Have a good word for everyone.

33.

Like order.

83.

Make plans and stick to them.

34.

Get upset easily.

84.

Get overwhelmed by emotions.

35.

Am quick to understand things.

85.

Can handle a lot of information.

36.

Don't like to draw attention to myself.

86.

Am a very private person.

37.

Take time out for others.

87.

Show my gratitude.

38.

Shirk my duties.

88.

Leave a mess in my room.

39.

Rarely get irritated.

89.

Take offence easily.

40.

Try to avoid complex people.

90.

Am good at many things.

41.

Don't mind being the centre of attention.

91.

Wait for others to lead the way.

42.

Am hard to get to know.

92.

Think of others first.

43.

Follow a schedule.

93.

Love order and regularity.

44.

Change my mood a lot.

94.

Get caught up in my problems.

45.

Use difficult words.

95.

Love to read challenging material.

46.

Am quiet around strangers.

96.

Am skilled in handling social situations.

47.

Feel others' emotions.

97.

Love to help others.

48.

Neglect my duties.

98.

Like to tidy up.

49.

Seldom get mad.

99.

Grumble about things.

50.

Have difficulty imagining things.

100.

Love to think up new ways of doing things.

To see the conclusions we drew from these questionnaires, see Findings

 

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