LIST OF PERSONALITY CHARACTERISTICS
- From the following list of fifteen traits, pick two or three qualities in
which you are exceptionally high--those qualities that motivate your behavior the
most.
- Pick up to two traits in which you are exceptionally low--
those qualities that motivate your behavior the least.
- Write down the names of the traits you selected--to include in applying for
your Personal Decorating Analysis.
- Please take time to consider all of the personal traits before choosing those
that best describe yourself.
- ACHIEVEMENT
- Doing one's best in objective or difficult tasks and achieving recognition
- DEFERENCE
- Being aggreeable to accepting the leadership of others and avoiding unconventionality
- ORDERLINESS
- Organizing one's work and habits and planning ahead systematically
- EXHIBITION
- Behaving so as to attract attention to one's self by appearance, speech, and manner
- AUTONOMY
- Doing as one chooses independently of others' opinions and avoiding conformity
- AFFILIATION
- Participating in friendships, sharing things with friends, and forming attachments to them
- SENSITIVENESS
- Analyzing motives and putting oneself in other people's shoes in order to understand their behavior
- NEEDINESS
- Seeking encouragement and support from others and appreciating being aided when in need
- DOMINANCE
- Being a leader who supervises or wields influence over others
- ABASEMENT
- Feeling oneself blameworthy and inferior to others and experiencing timidity
- NURTURANCE
- Assisting those less fortunate and giving moral support to others
- CHANGE
- Participating in new activities and fashions and liking novelty in one's life
- ENDURANCE
- Remaining with a task until it is completed and being able to work without being distracted
- HETEROSEXUALITY
- Engaging in social activities with the opposite gender and being interested in related matters
- AGGRESSION
- Attacking contrary points of view and expressing disagreement or criticism of others openly
