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Group Normative Preference Assessment Test

With 51 yes-or-no questions completed in about 10 minutes, the Group Normative Preference Assessment Test explores your preferences for communication and relationships, task performance, and group goals. The result offers separate indications of these normative priorities and response validity, giving you a starting point for self-reflection about participation in group life.

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Scale Explorer

How the Scales are Structured

Lie ScaleLS

Assesses the likelihood that responses were overly socially desirable rather than fully candid, supporting interpretation of result validity.

example score2/7

2/7Lowexample score

0 – 4Low

5 – 7Elevated

A score of 2 falls in the Low range, suggesting generally sincere responding and supporting the credibility of the normative preference results.

Communication PreferencesCP

Measures how strongly a person prioritizes norms that support effective interpersonal communication and relationship maintenance within a group.

example score12/22

12/22Balancedexample score

0 – 7Lower priority

8 – 15Balanced

16 – 22High priority

A score of 12 falls in the Balanced range, suggesting a moderate preference for communicative norms alongside other group norms.

Task-Oriented PreferencesTOP

Measures the degree to which a person prefers group norms focused on task organization, efficiency, and achieving shared goals.

example score16/22

16/22Highexample score

0 – 7Low

8 – 15Moderate

16 – 22High

A score of 16 falls in the High range, suggesting a strong preference for clear work-related rules and goal-oriented coordination in the group.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

HR and People Ops

41%OF USERS

HR specialists use it to spot which communication and work norms different teams expect, especially during onboarding, restructuring, or conflict spikes.

Team Leads and Managers

34%OF USERS

Managers take it to align team rules and collaboration habits, reducing friction and improving how decisions and responsibilities are handled.

Organizational Psychologists

25%OF USERS

Psychologists and trainers apply it to diagnose group dynamics and design interventions that strengthen shared norms and smoother interaction.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

Benchmarking

See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Lie ScaleLS

You?

Average2.3

Typical rangeTypical1.2 – 3.3

Possible0 – 7

Communicative PreferencesCP

You?

Average7.2

Typical rangeTypical3.1 – 11.3

Possible0 – 22

Business PreferencesBP

You?

Average15.9

Typical rangeTypical12.6 – 19.1

Possible0 – 22

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

- Yes
- No
- Yes
- No
- Yes
- No

These are 3 of the 51 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Group Normative Preference Assessment Test - Description and methodology of the test

personality orientation

For readers who want to understand how they approach shared activities, the Group Normative Preference Assessment Test describes the relative value they place on interpersonal connection, cooperation, achievement, and practical group functioning. It suits self-reflection after noticing recurring preferences in classrooms, workplaces, teams, or other organized settings. Your group normative preferences profile can help you consider which expectations guide your participation without reducing a complex social style to one label.

What This Assessment Measures

Rather than measuring one trait, this normative preference assessment examines standards endorsed in group life. Sampled items touch on themes such as praise, criticism, friendship, collegiality, emotional control, self-reliance, rewards, planning, competition, and how relationships affect work. Together, the dimensions concern communication and relationship maintenance, task performance, and shared goals.

The result presents separate levels for communication and relationship-oriented norms, task-oriented norms, and response validity. The displayed scales are:

Communication Preferences (0-22) assesses the tendency to prioritize norms related to interpersonal communication and maintaining relationships within a group: Lower priority 0-7; Balanced 8-15; High priority 16-22.
Task-Oriented Preferences (0-22) assesses the tendency to prioritize norms related to task performance and attaining group goals: Low 0-7; Moderate 8-15; High 16-22.
Lie Scale (0-7) assesses the validity of obtained results; lower scores indicate truthful and sincere responding: Low 0-4; Elevated 5-7.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each item is a short Yes-or-No statement about a social expectation or personal reaction. The profile therefore reflects endorsed viewpoints, not observed behavior in a live group. The questionnaire displays scores for the dimensions using the stated ranges and bands; the contribution of each individual Yes-or-No response is not specified.

The theoretical frame is the study of group norms, which distinguishes communication-centred and task-centred orientations in group life. This online questionnaire is not documented as an adaptation, standardized version, or validated version of a named published measure. The displayed categories should therefore be read as this questionnaire’s profile structure, not as established norms from an external instrument.

For interpretation, a group preference questionnaire is best read as a prompt for examining tendencies across situations. Mood, self-presentation, memory, and imagined context can influence yes-or-no answers. An elevated result on the validity scale calls for caution; compare preference patterns with actual behavior rather than treating them as fixed identity.

Author: Muzafer Sherif

Literature:

Solovyeva, O. V., Dubovskaya, E. M., Komissarova, O. I., et al. Methods of Research into Interpersonal Perception: Special Workshop in Social Psychology. Edited by G. M. Andreeva and V. S. Ageev. Moscow: Moscow University Press, 1984. 103 pp.
Egorova, A. I., and Makarova, A. P., compilers. Methods of Social Psychology: Methodological Developments for Laboratory and Practical Classes. Yakutsk: Yakutsk State University Press, 2003.
Postmes, Tom, Russell Spears, and Sezgin Cihangir. “Quality of Decision Making and Group Norms.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 80, no. 6 (2001): 918-930. 10.1037/0022-3514.80.6.918

Updated: 2025-10-02