What does it mean to know yourself? Test - the question form
Questions: 20 · 4 minutes
1. Self-knowledge is:
Entertainment.
A joyful discovery of something new.
Suffering.
Difficult but interesting work.
2. When I am unpleasantly struck by something in other people's behavior, I:
Judge them inwardly but do not intervene.
Express my indignation or try to persuade the person not to do it.
Become absorbed in searching for the meaning and reasons behind such behavior.
Accept the person as they are.
3. A person should be evaluated:
Based on the outcomes of their actions.
Based on the outcomes of their actions, but taking their motives into account.
Primarily based on the motives behind their actions and their feelings.
A person should not be evaluated at all.
4. When a person does not want to have clear life goals and, because of this, often cannot succeed either financially or in career advancement, I believe that:
They are simply foolish and impractical.
They were unlucky with their upbringing.
These are costs of developing a creative personality.
The person is developing intensively.
5. What is most interesting to study:
Unusual natural phenomena and parapsychology.
The personalities of outstanding people and geniuses.
The inner world of my own personality.
The general patterns of my own psyche.
6. I am fully aware of the motives for my actions:
Always in the moment just before acting.
Mostly while I am acting.
More often only after I have acted.
I am convinced that a person's motives are always unconscious.
7. Errors in self-understanding:
They rarely occupy my thoughts.
I try to address them, using any opportunities that arise.
They occupy my thoughts constantly.
They used to occupy my thoughts constantly, and now I use every suitable opportunity for self-analysis.
8. Learning something new about myself is:
Interesting.
Not only interesting, but always useful.
Finding an explanation for questions that have occupied me for a long time.
Restructuring my behavior and personality.
9. Self-knowledge is:
A way to spend leisure time.
A means of achieving professional and life goals.
A "curse" and a necessity for every person.
A goal and the meaning of life.
10. The process of self-knowledge:
Does not interfere with work or rest.
Helps you act correctly.
Sometimes helps, and sometimes is harmful and gets in the way of living.
Always helps, if you learn to act correctly.
11. Studying the brain’s reflex activity:
Helps me better understand the human psyche.
Is a necessary condition and foundation for knowing myself.
Interferes with self-knowledge.
Distracts me from self-knowledge.
12. Giving an objective description of someone I know is:
Fairly easy.
Requires extra effort.
I can almost never do it.
I prefer to describe the impression they made on me.
13. I try to understand myself better because:
It is interesting.
Any knowledge is useful and may be helpful in life.
I cannot help doing so.
This is how I resolve all major problems.
14. The results of psychological testing are:
A "snapshot" for the record.
An authoritative diagnosis of personality.
An initial hypothesis for understanding a person.
One possible simplified view of personality.
15. If I see a person who is confident in their kindness and sensitivity toward others, then:
They have sufficient grounds for this.
They may be mistaken, but are mostly right.
They are constantly struggling with their indifference, arrogance, and cruelty.
They are characterized by indifference and cruelty, or are inevitably moving in that direction.
16. If a person has willpower, he or she:
Is a happy person who can always achieve success.
Will achieve a lot.
Is not intellectually developed enough.
Is most often dogmatic and capable only of unambiguous decisions.
17. When a person is constantly fighting their shortcomings:
Others take advantage of them.
In the end, they achieve victory.
They develop as a person.
They do not know how to do it more effectively.
18. When trying to understand myself and others, I prefer to:
Trust only what I see and the facts.
Rely on logic or advice from professionals.
Rely on my own intuition.
Rely on psychological ideas that I have confirmed through personal experience.
19. When distressing feelings about a failure or events in the past intensify, I most often:
Talk about them with friends or acquaintances to get support and calm down.
Try to distract myself by doing something I enjoy, listening to music, etc.
Decide to fully sort out what happened so that in the future I will know what to do.
Let go of my assumptions and self-justifications and calm down, planning to return to the problem later.
20. A person who harshly berates themselves for a dishonorable act is most likely:
Feels guilty and ashamed of what they did.
Has a conscience and wants to become a better person.
Feels joy and pride in realizing their ability to overcome evil within themselves.
Wants to forgive themselves so they can act the same way in the future.