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The S-scaler is about
STYLES, STRATEGIES and SENSITIVITIES.
Though brief, it picks up some important personality features.
It is a state-of-the-art device reflecting the latest in differential psychology.
It has been tested on hundreds of young adults.
A translation into Spanish is being prepared.

Please first Copy and Paste the following (between the lines of XXX's) into e-mail or any other convenient document that will let you work in it.

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Now answer the questions -- making sure you use just 24 asterisks

Below are 24 pairs of adjectives (e.g. restrained versus ambitious). From WITHIN EACH PAIR, please put an asterisk on the right of the one adjective you think describes you best. (E.g. restrained*, or, alternatively, ambitious*.)
If in doubt, think what friends would say of you, bearing in mind the choice offered. Try to give your first response to each pair.

restrained vs ambitious    |    wilful vs thick-skinned    |    inventive vs dutiful
communicative vs mild    |   deliberate vs hot-blooded    |    thorough vs humorous
serene vs expressive   |  passionate vs composed   |  quick-witted vs dependable
vibrant vs tranquil   |   unsentimental vs hasty  |   conscientious vs unshockable
amusing vs hard-working   |   excitable vs level-headed   |   placid vs outspoken
meticulous vs imaginative   |   realistic vs compassionate   |   vivacious vs sedate
unusual vs attentive   |  sentimental vs purposeful    |    equable vs influential
businesslike vs rebellious  |  cool-headed vs loving   |   dashing vs long-suffering

Please also supply the following

Personal code (e.g. use any four random letters): _________

Age: ___      Sex: ___       Occupation: _______________________________

Please WRITE what you would say you value and most want for yourself (e.g. children, education, fame, fun, influence, marriage, money, romance, salvation, etc.):




Now please follow the remaining instructions which you found at:
http://www.crispian.co.uk/S-scaler.htm
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Now Copy your completed questionnaire, ready for Pasting

Then call up http://www.god.co.uk ('G.O.D.').
(This is entirely free.)

At http://www.god.co.uk, go to Classified Advertisements

Then go to Personal

Select 'Insert Your Own Ad'
(You will then be invited to give your title and message.)

Give as your title: 2CRISPIAN

Paste in your answered questionnaire

The reply to you will come after a week or so with the title CRISPIAN2U. To search 'G.O.D.' for a reply, just select "Show all ads available", then search for CRISPIAN2U via your normal Edit/Find procedure.

Thank you for your interest.

For more about the theory behind the questionnaire, see:
BRAND, C. R. , EGAN, V. & DEARY, I. J. (1993) in G. Van Heck et al.,
      Personality Psychology in Europe.
BRAND, C. R. (1994) European Journal of Personality 8.
BRAND, C. R. (1997) In H. Nyborg, The Scientific Study of Human Nature:
      Festschrift II for H.J.Eysenck. Oxford : Pergamon.

Interested in psychology?

Summary Index for PERSONALITY, BIOLOGY & SOCIETY

(This resource manual of quotations about individual and group differences, compiled by
Mr C. R. Brand, is kept on the Internet.)
Pages of Introduction
3 - 11 Full Index, indicating key questions in each Section.
12 - 14 Preface. -- Why quotations? - Explanations and apologies.
15 - 51 Introduction: Questions, Arguments and Agreements in the study of Personality.
            -- Some history, and a discussion of 'realism vs 'idealism.'
52 - 57 Introductory Quotes about the study of personality.
Sections
                   General problems
1 'Situational' vs 'personological' approaches to human variation.
2 'Nomothetic' vs 'idiographic', 'subjective' and relativistic approaches.
3 Personality dimensions-by factor analysis and otherwise.
4 'Superstructure' and 'infrastructure.' -- The 'mind/body problem'.
5 Nature versus Nurture? -- Or Nature via Nurture?
6 The role of consciousness in personality and 'multiple personality'.
7 The 'folk psychology' of personality components.
                   Intelligence
8 The measurement of intelligence. -- Does g exist?
9 The bases of intelligence. -- What is the psychology of g?
10 The developmental origins of g differences. -- The nature and nurture of g.
11 The importance of intelligence. -- The psychotelics of g.
12 Piagetianism: Kant's last stand?
13 Cognitivism: 'The Emperor's New Mind?'
                   Propensities
14 Neurosis, emotion and Neuroticism.
15 Psychosis, psychopathy and Psychoticism.
16 Crime and criminality.
17 Genius and creativity.
      Popular proposals - psychoanalytic, phrenological and prophylactic
18 Psychoanalysis: 'Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire'?
19 Hemispherology: a twentieth-century phrenology?
20 Psycho-social Engineering: therapy, training or transformation?
                   Group differences
21 Age and ageing-especially, the role of g in 'life-span development'.
22 Psychological sex differences. -- Do they exist? Must they exist?
23 Social class. -- Does it matter any longer?
24 Racial and ethnic differences. -- Their role in 'lifestyles' and cultural attainments.
                   Ideological issues
25 The psychology of politics and ideological extremism.
26 The politics of psychologists and allied co-workers.
27 Equality and Community: the 'utopian' package of political aims.
28 Freedom and Responsibility: the 'legitimist' package of political aims.
                   Pragmatic questions
29 Carry on differentializing?
30 Carry on psycho-testing?

Appendix 1: Factor Analysis. -_ 'Garbage in, garbage out'?
Appendix 2: The 'Comprehensive Six' Personality Dimensions

PSYCHO-TESTING

For a splendidly constructed website offering
on-screen testing of IQ and various features of personality and attitudes, go to:
http://www.davideck.com/on-line-tests

Last modified: 24 xi 1998