Seriously??? Quizzes can be interesting and informative.

These 20 items have been found to accurately capture these major aspects of the introversion-extraversion domain of personality. Rate each item from 1 (doesn’t apply to me at all) to 5 (really applies to me):

1. Make friends easily. __

2. Am hard to get to know. __

3. Keep others at a distance. __

4. Reveal little about myself. __

5. Warm up quickly to others. __

6. Rarely get caught up in the excitement. __

7. Am not a very enthusiastic person. __

8. Show my feelings when I’m happy. __

9. Have a lot of fun. __

10. Laugh a lot. __

11. Take charge. __

12. Have a strong personality. __

13. Lack the talent for influencing people. __

14. Know how to captivate people. __

15. Wait for others to lead the way. __

16. See myself as a good leader. __

17. Can talk others into doing things. __

18. Hold back my opinions. __

19. Am the first to act. __

20. Do not have an assertive personality. __

Now reverse code items #2, #3, #4, #6, #7, #13, #15, #18, and #20 (replace 5=1, 4=2, 3=3, 2=4, and 1=5).

Now take the average of all the items.

Results:

If you averaged 3.0 or less, you are probably an introvert.

If you averaged between 3.1-3.8, you’re probably an ambivert.

If you averaged 3.9 or higher, you’re probably an extravert.

(Note: If you score the first 10 questions and the second 10 separately, you can assess the engagement and assertiveness aspects of extraversion separately. Some ambiverts are high in enthusiasm (first 10) but low in assertiveness (second 10), and vice versa.)

What do you think? Did you learn something about your preferences that you did not consider before?