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Socially Oriented Activity Questionnaire

Socially Oriented Activity Questionnaire Test

Understand how you engage with society across thoughts, feelings, motives, and actions in about 3 minutes. Get clear strengths and growth areas for leadership, teamwork, and personal development.

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October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
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How the Scales are Structured

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5/7

Motivational (M)

Measures the extent to which a person is driven by helping others, collaborating, and being useful to society.

Lower motivation

Moderate motivation

Higher motivation

1 – 3.5: Lower motivation | 3.6 – 5.7: Moderate motivation | 5.8 – 7: Higher motivation

A score of 5 indicates a moderate tendency toward prosocial goals, with interest in contributing and cooperating that is present but not consistently dominant.

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4/7

Emotional and Status (EaS)

Measures perceived success and comfort in social contact, including leadership drive and engagement with high-status others.

Lower social engagement

Moderate social engagement

High social engagement

1 – 3.3: Lower social engagement | 3.4 – 5.6: Moderate social engagement | 5.7 – 7: High social engagement

A score of 4 falls in the Moderate social engagement range, suggesting generally adequate social contact and communication confidence with some room to strengthen leadership initiative or status-focused networking.

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3/7

Cognitive (C)

Measures how clearly a person understands social rules, processes, and their own social identity in interactions.

Low

Moderate

High

1 – 3.9: Low | 4 – 6: Moderate | 6.1 – 7: High

A score of 3 indicates a lower level of awareness and analysis of social processes, with less consistent clarity about communication rules and likely outcomes.

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12/28

Socially Oriented Activity (SOA)

Measures overall engagement in social interaction, willingness to cooperate, and participation in community life.

Low

Moderate

High

4 – 15.6: Low | 15.7 – 22.5: Moderate | 22.6 – 28: High

A score of 12 falls in the Low range, suggesting comparatively lower social engagement and a tendency toward more passive or selective involvement in social contacts.

example score

5/7

Behavioral (B)

Measures self-rated effectiveness in social interactions, ability to consider others' perspectives, and readiness to engage socially.

Low

Moderate

High

1 – 3: Low | 4 – 5: Moderate | 6 – 7: High

A score of 5 suggests moderately developed social skills and engagement, with generally effective interaction that may still be situationally variable.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

HR and team leads

41%OF USERS

They use it to quickly understand how employees engage with group life, what motivates them, and where development is needed.

Students and young professionals

34%OF USERS

They take it to see how confident and active they are in social settings and to improve communication and participation.

Psychologists and educators

25%OF USERS

They apply it as a fast screening tool to profile social engagement across thoughts, feelings, motives, and behaviors.

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

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Motivational (M)

Average

3.8

Normal range

2.9 — 4.7

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Emotional-Status (E)

Average

4.2

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3.5 — 5

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Cognitive (C)

Average

2.6

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1.6 — 3.7

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Socially-oriented activity (Sa)

Average

12.8

Normal range

8.8 — 16.9

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Behavioral (B)

Average

3.8

Normal range

2.7 — 4.8

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Frequently Asked Questions

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What does this questionnaire measure?

It assesses socially-oriented activity, defined as how a person affects the social environment and changes through interaction with society. It summarizes results across cognitive, emotional-status, motivational, and behavioral areas.

How long does it take, and how many items are included?

Estimated completion time is about 3 minutes. The questionnaire includes 15 items.

What types of statements are included?

Items address thoughts, feelings, motives, and actions in common social situations. Responses are used to describe patterns of social engagement and participation.

How should items be answered to support accurate results?

Select the option that best matches typical behavior and experience rather than an idealized response. Answer each item based on usual situations, not exceptional events.

How should results be interpreted and used?

Results indicate relative strengths and areas for development across the four domains. They support screening and discussion in settings such as counseling, education, leadership training, or team development.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

About This Assessment

Questionnaire of Socially-Oriented Activity Test

Socially Oriented Activity Questionnaire Test

social competence

This questionnaire is designed to assess individual differences in socially oriented engagement and typical patterns of participation in social contexts. The Socially Oriented Activity Questionnaire provides a brief self-report snapshot of how a respondent thinks about, feels about, and behaves within interpersonal and group settings. It was developed by David A. Kenny and Mark Snyder.

The measure contains 15 items and typically takes about 3 minutes to complete. The Socially Oriented Activity Questionnaire may be used in clinical, counseling, or organizational settings as a screening tool to support case conceptualization and to guide follow-up assessment or intervention planning.

Author: David A. Kenny, Mark Snyder

Literature: Ajzen, I. The theory of planned behavior. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. 1991.

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