Personal Inventory

Instructions:  Please read the following instructions and then respond to each question asked:

  1. Read each item carefully and do not skip any questions.
  2. All items are currently marked as "?", however, you should click on the response ("T/F") that best reflects your reaction to each statement (do NOT leave any question as "?").

Now, please read each item and decide whether the statement is true or false as it pertains to you personally.

  1. Before voting I thoroughly investigate the qualifications of all the candidates.  
  2. I never hesitate to go out of my way to help someone in trouble.   
  3. It is sometimes hard for me to go on with my work if I am not encouraged.   
  4. I have never intensely disliked anyone.  
  5. On occasion I have had doubts about my ability to succeed in life.   
  6. I sometimes feel resentful when I don’t get my way.  
  7. I am always careful about my manner of dress.  
  8. My table manners at home are as good as when I eat out in a restaurant.   
  9. If I could get into a movie without paying for it and be sure I was not seen, I would probably do it.  
  10. On a few occasions, I have given up doing something because I thought too little of my ability.  
  11. I like to gossip at times.  
  12. There have been times when I felt like rebelling against people in authority even though I knew they were right.  
  13. No matter who I’m talking to, I’m always a good listener.   
  14. I can remember "playing sick" to get out of something.   
  15. There have been occasions when I took advantage of someone.   
  16. I’m always willing to admit it when I make a mistake.  
  17. I always try to practice what I preach.  
  18. I don’t find it particularly difficult to get along with loud mouthed, obnoxious people.  
  19. I sometimes try to get even, rather than forgive and forget.  
  20. When I don’t know something I don’t at all mind admitting it.   
  21. I am always courteous, even to people who are disagreeable.  
  22. At times I have really insisted on having things my own way.  
  23. There have been occasions when I felt like smashing things.   
  24. I would never think of letting someone else be punished for my wrongdoings.  
  25. I never resent being asked to return a favor.  
  26. I have never been irked when people expressed ideas very different from my own.  
  27. I never make a long trip without checking the safety of my car.   
  28. There have been times when I was quite jealous of the good fortune of others.  
  29. I have almost never felt the urge to tell someone off.  
  30. I am sometimes irritated by people who ask favors of me.  
  31. I have never felt that I was punished without cause.  
  32. I sometimes think when people have a misfortune they only got what they deserved.  
  33. I have never deliberately said something that hurt someone’s feelings.