Altruism Subscale Test - the question form

1. Most people in everyday life try to avoid the rule, "Treat others as you would like to be treated."

2. Most people readily choose their own way of helping those in trouble.

3. Vanity is characteristic of almost everyone.

4. Most people would give up their last possessions if necessary.

5. Not everyone would risk their life to help someone else.

6. A selfless person evokes pity because many people take advantage of them.

7. "Treat others as you would like to be treated" is a motto that most people follow.

8. People are naturally genuinely interested in other people’s problems.

9. People more often pretend to care about one another than they actually do.

10. Most people only create problems for themselves by helping others.

11. Most people deliberately exaggerate their problems to elicit sympathy from others.

12. If there were a threat of a nuclear explosion, most people who had a secure shelter would also offer it to their neighbors.

13. Most people would help someone who has car trouble on the road.

14. People usually act out of self-interest.