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ROTTER TEST

Know an important trait of your personality

Are you an internalist or an externalist?

Answer by selecting the option or answer that best fits your own way of thinking, even if you do not fully share it.

There are no right or wrong answers.

We ask you to answer all the questions.

Source: Wenceslao Vial, Madurez psicológica y espiritual.

There are 29 questions in this survey.

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1.

Choose one of the following answers

a) Children get into trouble because their parents punish them too much.
b) The trouble with most children nowadays is that their parents are too easy with them.

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2.

Choose one of the following answers

a) Many of the unhappy things in people’s live are partly due to bad luck.
b) People’s misfortunes result from the mistakes they make.

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3.

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a) One of the major reasons why we have wars is because people don't take enough interest in politics.
b) There will always be wars, no matter how hard people try to prevent them.

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4.

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a) In the long run people get the respect they deserve in this world.
b) Unfortunately, an individual’s worth offen passes unrecognized no matter how hard he tries.

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5.

Choose one of the following answers

a) The idea that teachers are unfair to students is nonsense.
b) Most students don't realize the extent to which their grades are influenced by accidental happenings.

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6.

Choose one of the following answers

a) Without the right breaks one cannot be an effective leader.
b) Capable people who fail to become leader have not taken advantage of their opportunities.

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7.

Choose one of the following answers

a) No matter how hard you try, some people just don’t like you.
b) People who can’t get others to like them don't understand how to get along with others.

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8.

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a) Heredity plays the major role in determining one’s personality.
b) It’s one experiences in life which determine what they’re like.

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9.

Choose one of the following answers

a) I have often found that what is going to happen, will happen.
b) Trusting to fate has never turned out as well for me as making a decision to take a definite course of action.

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10.

Choose one of the following answers

a) In the case of the well prepared students there is rarely if ever such a thing as an unfair test.
b) Many times exam questions tend to be so unrelated to course that studying in really useless.

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11.

Choose one of the following answers

a) Becoming a succees is a matter of hard work, luck has little or nothing to do with it.
b) Getting a good job depends mainly on being in the right place at the right time.

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12.

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a) The average citizen can have an influence on government decisions.
b) This world is run by the few people in power, and there is not much the little gay can do about it.

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13.

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a) When I make plans, I am almost certain that I can make them work.
b) It is not always wise to plan too far ahead because many things turn out to be a matter of good or bad fortune anyhow.

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14.

Choose one of the following answers

a) There are certain people who are just no good.
b) There is some good in everybody.

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15.

Choose one of the following answers

a) In my case getting what I want has little or nothing to do with luck.
b) Many times we might just as well decide what to do by flipping a coin.

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16.

Choose one of the following answers

a) Who gets to be the boss often depends on who was lucky enogh to be in the right place first.
b) Getting people to do the right thing depend upon ability. Luck has little or nothing to do with it.

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17.

Choose one of the following answers

a) As far as world affairs are concerned, most of us are the victims of forces we can neither understand, nor control.
b) By taking an active part in political and social affairs the people can control world events.

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18.

Choose one of the following answers

a) Most people don't realize the extent to which their lives are controlled by accidental happenings.
b) There really is no such thing as "luck".

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19.

Choose one of the following answers

a) One should always be willing to admit mistakes.
b) It is usually best to cover up one’s mistakes.

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20.

Choose one of the following answers

a) It is hard to know whether or not a person really likes you.
b) How many friends you have depends upon how nice a person you are.

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21.

Choose one of the following answers

a) In the long run the bad things that happen to us are balanced by the good ones.
b) Most misfortunes are the result of lack of ability, ignorance, laziness, or all three.

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22.

Choose one of the following answers

a) With enough effort we can wipe out political corruption.
b) It is difficult for people to have much control over the things politicians do in office.

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23.

Choose one of the following answers

a) Sometimes I can't understand how teachers arrive at the grades they give.
b) There is a direct connection between how hard I study and the grades I get.

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24.

Choose one of the following answers

a) A good leader expects everyone knows decide for themselves what to do.
b) A good leader makes it clear to everyone what their work at work.

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25.

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a) Many times I feel that I have little influence over the things that happen to me.
b) It is impossible for me to believe that chance or luck plays an important role in my life.

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26.

Choose one of the following answers

a) People are lonely because they don't try to be friendly.
b) There's not much use in trying too hard to please people, if they like you, they like you.

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27.

Choose one of the following answers

a) There is too much emphasis on athletics in high school.
b) Team sports are an excellent way to build character.

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28.

Choose one of the following answers

a) What happens to me is my own doing.
b) Sometimes I feel that I don't have enough control over the direction my life is taking.

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29.

Choose one of the following answers

a) Most of the time I can't understand why politicians behave the way they do.
b) In the long run the people are responsible for bad government on a national as well as on a local level.

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