SOCIABILITY
Do you like going out a lot?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you often need understanding friends to cheer you up?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Generally, do you prefer reading to meeting people?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Are you fairly talkative when you are with a group of people?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Can you usually let yourself go and have a good time at a party?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you hate being with a crowd who play practical jokes on one another?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you like talking to people so much that you never miss a chance of talking to a stranger?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
If you were making a business enquiry, would you rather write than discuss it on the telephone?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you enjoy spending long periods of time by yourself?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Are you relaxed and self confident in the company of other people?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Are you more distant and reserved than most people?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you like mixing with lots of other people?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you easily make new friends with members of your own sex?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you like to tell jokes and stories to groups of friends?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you enjoy talking and playing with young children?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Are you apprehensive about going into a room full of strange people?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Have you ever seriously felt that you might be happier living by yourself on a desert island?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you sometimes feel uncomfortable when people get close to you physically?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Is it important to you to be liked by a wide range of people?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you spontaneously introduce yourself to strangers at social gatherings?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Would you rather spend an evening talking to one interesting person of your
own sex than being with a large crowd of friends?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you like to be in the middle of things?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you enjoy solitary activities such as reading or watching TV on your own?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Are you inclined to avoid people whenever possible?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Would you be unhappy if you were prevented from making numerous friends?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you usually prefer to be with companions than do things on your own?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you like to have a full calendar of engagements?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Are you inclined to limit your acquaintances to a select few?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
Do you enjoy entertaining people?
Yes* Maybe No Score:
Do you often feel ill at ease with other people?
Yes Maybe No* Score:
ANALYSIS
People scoring high on this Trait tend to seek out the company of others, they like social functions such as parties and dances and are comfortable when meeting new people. They are extraverted and unselfconscious in company.
People with low scores prefer to have only a few special friends (who are like them)and most enjoy doing things on their own. They tend to be selfconscious and worry about finding things to talk about with other people. Though they may feel content enough, they seem to others to be introverted and, maybe, unfriendly. They have probably had frustrating or humiliating experiences in the past when trying to communicate and so they avoid risking a repetition. They may justify this with a consideration that others are unintelligent or trivial, further solidifying their inhibition. Or they may feel that they have better things to do!
How do you compare?
The norm on this trait is between 16-17 points (a statistical approximation). This may be represented on the following scale:
Sociability 31 30 29 28 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Unsociability
KNOW YOUR OWN MIND
Personality Questionnaire
By Peter Shepherd
INSTRUCTIONS
It is important to note that throughout this questionnaire, the 'norm' represents what a typical person's responses is likely to be. That doesn't mean the normal responses are 'right' or 'correct'. High or low positions on a scale may represent neurosis if your answers represent compulsions, obsessions or inhibitions, and you may want to become more free in that area. But if they represent conscious choices in the way you play the game of life, then of course, that's fine! A person relatively free from cultural conditioning in an area of life is unlikely to be the same as the 'normal person' who tends to be riddled with such conditioning. It’s best to print out the questionnaire first, then work through the questions, underlining the appropriate answer: either "Yes", "Maybe" or "No". (The asterisks* and ‘Score:’ relate to the later scoring.)
Answer as honestly as you can: there is no point in trying to "make yourself look good" - that would be counter-productive. When you have completed scoring the questionnaire, a picture will emerge from the high or low scoring traits - it is up to you to make what you will of this picture, perhaps learn some lessons, decide to do something about what you find, or be happy you are the way you are. I hope you enjoy participating in the questionnaire and that you will explore these issues further in Transforming the Mind, maybe go on to resolve some of them with the New Life Course, then hopefully move on to the Insight Project for a complete resolution of all the factors that inhibit personal freedom and conscious awareness.
SCORING Each question scores either one, half or zero points: If you checked Yes* or No* (i.e. with an *) then allot one point. If you checked Maybe then allot half a point. If you checked Yes or No (i.e. without an *) then allot zero points. Enter your score after each question, then add up the total for that Trait.
By Peter Shepherd
INSTRUCTIONS
It is important to note that throughout this questionnaire, the 'norm' represents what a typical person's responses is likely to be. That doesn't mean the normal responses are 'right' or 'correct'. High or low positions on a scale may represent neurosis if your answers represent compulsions, obsessions or inhibitions, and you may want to become more free in that area. But if they represent conscious choices in the way you play the game of life, then of course, that's fine! A person relatively free from cultural conditioning in an area of life is unlikely to be the same as the 'normal person' who tends to be riddled with such conditioning. It’s best to print out the questionnaire first, then work through the questions, underlining the appropriate answer: either "Yes", "Maybe" or "No". (The asterisks* and ‘Score:’ relate to the later scoring.)
Answer as honestly as you can: there is no point in trying to "make yourself look good" - that would be counter-productive. When you have completed scoring the questionnaire, a picture will emerge from the high or low scoring traits - it is up to you to make what you will of this picture, perhaps learn some lessons, decide to do something about what you find, or be happy you are the way you are. I hope you enjoy participating in the questionnaire and that you will explore these issues further in Transforming the Mind, maybe go on to resolve some of them with the New Life Course, then hopefully move on to the Insight Project for a complete resolution of all the factors that inhibit personal freedom and conscious awareness.
SCORING Each question scores either one, half or zero points: If you checked Yes* or No* (i.e. with an *) then allot one point. If you checked Maybe then allot half a point. If you checked Yes or No (i.e. without an *) then allot zero points. Enter your score after each question, then add up the total for that Trait.
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DISCLAIMER
The questionnaire has a significant limitation to bear in mind: it was designed for, and tested on, a predominantly white, heterosexual, Christian-background cultural audience, so the 'norms' relate to how such people typically answer. If you're a black homosexual Muslim, or any other variation, please don't be offended - try to get the point of the questions rather than take them literally, and rephrase them to suit your circumstances. The idea is to expose fixed and conditioned ways of thinking, feeling and behaving, not to indicate that any particular way is right or better than another. The questions can be quite dogmatic and illiberal and therefore expose ways in which you are a stereotyped product of your culture, or more liberated than the norm or more neurotic than the norm, or just different - the interpretation is up to you, the more honest the better!
An automatic-scoring version of this questionnaire is available online at KnowYour own Mind: http://www.trans4mind.com/personalityTools for Transformation offers two courses of personal and spiritualdevelopment. Based on the principles explained in Transforming the Mind, the NewLife Course is studied at home, with many practical exercises Details are here:http://www.trans4mind.com/new_life_courseThe advanced course that incorporates biofeedback monitoring is called the InsightProject - details are here: http://www.trans4mind.com/spiritual
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