Explanatory Style test

[EcK]

Hey guys!

Here's something interesting to mentally chew at (yes, brain can chew, there's nothing weird about that!). I'll explain about its uses later so you guys don't go all biased and self prophecy fulfilling. but it's interesting, i swear. It's about how people relate to the good and bad things that happens to them.

Explanatory style test (Excel document)

There may be a better test out there but I didn't find a good free one. It's basically an excel document, when you fill all answer just click on the 'result' bar at the bottom of the document and it will give you results

I thought the 'optimism\pessimism\hope' was an interesting spin on it. I wanted a more value free test but havent found a free one

enjoy

ps: will post my results but right now must-eat-something-meaty

Explanation of the results: (after the test):

The permanence is about whether you think that THE CAUSE of a given situation applies to just one situation or you tend to assume that it is a permanent feature of yourself or the environment.

The pervasiveness is about whether you think that THE EFFECT of a given situation applies to just one situation or you tend to assume that the CONSEQUENCE is a result of a permanent feature of yourself or the environment.

Personalization
Whether you assume that what happens revolves around you or others\your environment

And the Good and Bad dimension are about the way we perceive the causes and effects of the good and bad relative to ourselves and our environment

Last but not least
Hope would be about how one think about the overall degradation or amelioration of general conditions in the future (tomorrow is a better day vs it was better then or the downward phase of cyclical time)

 

[EcK]

SCORING KEY

PmB: 1 PmG: 2
PvB: 2 PvG: 3
HoB: 3
PsB: 4 PsG: 5
Total B: 7
Total G: 10
G − B: 3

1)
PmB = Permanent Bad; How permanent/temporary you tend to think the causes of bad events are.
Very optimistic
PmG = Permanent Good; How permanent/temporary you tend to think the causes of good events are.
Very pessimistic

Permanence overall score:
I strongly believe the bad is only a passing thing but I am also very pessimistic about the good being lasting.


2)
PvB = Pervasiveness Bad; People who make universal/specific explanations for their failures.
Moderately Optimistic
PvG = Pervasiveness Good; People who make universal/specific explanations for good events.
Moderately Pessimistic

Pervasiveness overall score:
I tend to believe my failures just concern that one time and wouldn't apply to another try or other situations. I also tend to think that the good I do and my qualities are specific to my areas of expertize (so no universal ego boost for me)


3)
HoB = Hope (probably the single most important score from your test)
Moderately hopeful (more optimistic than pessimistic for the future)
4)
PsB = Personalization Bad; Blame ourself (internalize) or other people or circumstances (externalize).
average
I find about equal fault in myself as in others in a failure
PsG = Personalization Good; Good caused by ourself (internalize) or others (externalize).
average
I find about equal praise in myself as in others when I succeed/there is success.

sadly i'm a freak so I can't explain that much about the way this psychometric test works based on my own example

 

[Mal12345]

Wow, no warning at all that you provided a direct download link. Thanks!

Hey guys!

Here's something interesting to mentally chew at (yes, brain can chew, there's nothing weird about that!). I'll explain about its uses later so you guys don't go all biased and self prophecy fulfilling. but it's interesting, i swear. It's about how people relate to the good and bad things that happens to them.

Explanatory style test

There may be a better test out there but I didn't find a free one yet. It's basically a document, when you fill all answer just click on the 'result' bar at the bottom of the document and it will give you results

enjoy

ps: will post my results but right now must-eat-something-meaty

 

[EcK]

they usually charge for this test and the free ones were frankly super shitty.

 

[EcK]

Wow, no warning at all that you provided a direct download link. Thanks!

It's basically a document, when you fill all answer just click on the 'result' bar at the bottom of the document and it will give you results

Okey, maybe a bit ambiguous. 'll fix it. I'll find the test itself very interesting however even if it does not come in the usual 'prechewed' format

 

[Mal12345]

Looks like a rationalization-style test.

 

[EcK]

Looks like a rationalization-style test.

that's what it is

 

[Vasilisa]

PmB = Permanent Bad; How permanent/temporary you tend to think the causes of bad events are.
PmB: 3 Moderately optimistic

PmG = Permanent Good; How permanent/temporary you tend to think the causes of good events are.
PmG: 2 Very pessimistic

PvB = Pervasiveness Bad; People who make universal/specific explanations for their failures.
PvB: 3 Moderately Optimistic

PvG = Pervasiveness Good; People who make universal/specific explanations for good events.
PvG: 4 Average

HoB = Hope (probably the single most important score from your test)
HoB: 6 Moderately hopeful

PsB = Personalization Bad; Blame ourself (internalize) or other people or circumstances (externalize).
PsB = 2 Moderately self-esteem

PsG = Personalization Good; Good caused by ourself (internalize) or others (externalize).
PsG: 4 Average

Total B = Total Bad
TB: 8 Moderately optimistic

Total G = Total Good
G: 10 Great pessimism

G-B = Overall score
G-B: 2 Moderately Pessimistic

 

[highlander]

There seems to be a bug in it. I answered all the questions.

 

[EcK]

There seems to be a bug in it. I answered all the questions.

you tend to believe in a stable structure underlying how events will and do unfold (without going to the point of believing in destiny\fatalism, it is however a tendency from your permanence score)

Your pervasiveness scores imply you believe that the results will be different in different situations (failure or success in A doesn't mean (universality) success in other topics and situations)

i don't know about your personalization score. as you lack one score result. if it's 'average' basically you don't assume that what happens to you is a balance of you and your environment.

these preferences will lead to diverse outcomes whether one is optimistic or pessimistic. (it's rarely totally polarized of course)

 

[ygolo]

pmB:1 "very optimistic"
pmG:5 "average"
pvB:1 "very optimistic"
pvG:1 "very pessimistic"
HoB:2 "extraordinarily hopeful"
psB:3 "moderately self-esteem"
psG:3 "moderately pessimistic"
Total B:5 "marvelously optimistic and you wont be needing the 'Changing' chapters"
Total G:9 "great pessimism"
Overall: 4 "average"

I must admit that years ago, I read one of Seligman's books "Authentic Happiness" where I took this test before. I don't remember how I scored then, but I was going through a pretty depressed episode.

 

[King sns]

Trying to interpret results:

Basically, I was all kinds of levels of pessimistic on every category.
Except for: PMB- average
Hope: Average
PVB- moderately optimistic
personalization bad- very low self esteem (which I guess means blaming myself?)
Good/bad overall score was moderate pessimism.

Maybe I'm just having a bad day?

If I'm reading it right,
I internalize things, blame the bad on myself, don't notice the good as much, but everything seems situational and not permanent. I'm neither positive or negative about the future. Can't tell if I'm interpreting them correctly and getting confused with the "optimistic/pessimistic" language and whether optimistic means I scored more towards good, or optimistic means that I was optimistic on whatever answer I put. (Meaning, I'm optimistic that bad things pervade, or- I'm optimistic that they don't.) Same with pessimism.

 

[Such Irony]

It's basically a document, when you fill all answer just click on the 'result' bar at the bottom of the document and it will give you results

Okey, maybe a bit ambiguous. 'll fix it. I'll find the test itself very interesting however even if it does not come in the usual 'prechewed' format

I answered all the questions but can't find a result bar at the bottom or anything resembling one.

 

[Totenkindly]

There seems to be a bug in it. I answered all the questions.

Yeah, it did that to me too -- it was missing a score, and so I didn't get a G-B score either.

 

[Totenkindly]

I answered all the questions but can't find a result bar at the bottom or anything resembling one.

It's the second Excel tab at page bottom, it's not "in" the question page but is part of Excel.

 

[Such Irony]

It's the second Excel tab at page bottom, it's not "in" the question page but is part of Excel.

I just reloaded the file and it worked for me this time.

PmB = 5 quite pessimistic
PvB = 2 moderately optimistic
PmG = 4 average
PvG = 4 average

HoB = 7 average
PsB = 2 moderate self-esteem
PsG = 2 very pessimistic

Total B = 9 moderately optimistic
Total G = 10 great pessimism

G-B = 1 moderately pessimistic

 

[miss fortune]

apparently I'm optimistic, have low self esteem and tend to make things that go bad all about me and good things are all about universal stuff... however, I'm extraordinarily hopeful!

it could try telling me something that I DON'T already know

*whatever could not figure out how to copy and paste*

 

[garbage]

Holy crap, a test that actually uses real-world examples!? Geez.

Holy crap, I didn't know that Excel could do this.

I got:

PmB: 3; moderately optimistic
PmG: 4; average
PvB: 5; moderately pessimistic
PvG: 3; moderately pessimistic
HoB: 8; average

PsB: 8; very low self-esteem
PsG: 0; very pessimistic
Total B: 16; crying out for change
Total G: 7; great pessimism
G - B = -9; very pessimistic

Seems right. I generalize bad things that happen to me into my character flaws, and I do not do the same with good things. I'm pretty hard on myself when I make mistakes. This is one of my known 'areas,' and this test was a neat way to look at it.

This was a good test.
[] The author does a good job making tests
[] The author happened to hit all the right areas in his analysis

 

[ygolo]

Apparently, the lower the HoB score, the more "hopeful" we are.

I find it funny that I am as hopeful as whatever, and that there aren't droves of people more hopeful than me. But I suppose recovering from a depression makes one sensitive to the thought patterns that lead to it.

 

[charisma]

Sweet test !
Was interesting
Love learning new things about the complexity of personalities and how there are so many different aspects to consider!