Possible Questionnaire Format for Administering the 100 Big-Five Factor Markers

1+ Am the life of the party.
2- Insult people.
3+ Am always prepared.
4- Get stressed out easily.
5+ Have a rich vocabulary.
1- Often feel uncomfortable around others.
2+ Am interested in people.
3- Leave my belongings around.
4+ Am relaxed most of the time.
5- Have difficulty understanding abstract ideas.
1+ Feel comfortable around people.
2- Am not interested in other people's problems.
3+ Pay attention to details.
4- Worry about things.
5+ Have a vivid imagination.
1- Keep in the background.
2+ Sympathize with others' feelings.
3- Make a mess of things.
4+ Seldom feel blue.
5- Am not interested in abstract ideas.
1+ Start conversations.
2- Feel little concern for others.
3+ Get chores done right away.
4- Am easily disturbed.
5+ Have excellent ideas.
1- Have little to say.
2+ Have a soft heart.
3- Often forget to put things back in their proper place.
4+ Am not easily bothered by things.
5- Do not have a good imagination.
1+ Talk to a lot of different people at parties.
2- Am not really interested in others.
3+ Like order.
4- Get upset easily.
5+ Am quick to understand things.
1- Don't like to draw attention to myself.
2+ Take time out for others.
3- Shirk my duties.
4+ Rarely get irritated.
5- Try to avoid complex people.
1+ Don't mind being the center of attention.
2- Am hard to get to know.
3+ Follow a schedule.
4- Change my mood a lot.
5+ Use difficult words.
1- Am quiet around strangers.
2+ Feel others' emotions.
3- Neglect my duties.
4+ Seldom get mad.
5- Have difficulty imagining things.
1+ Make friends easily.
2- Am indifferent to the feelings of others.
3+ Am exacting in my work.
4- Have frequent mood swings.
5+ Spend time reflecting on things.
1- Find it difficult to approach others.
2+ Make people feel at ease.
3- Waste my time.
4- Get irritated easily.
5- Avoid difficult reading material.
1+ Take charge.
2+ Inquire about others' well-being.
3+ Do things according to a plan.
4- Often feel blue.
5+ Am full of ideas.
1- Don't talk a lot.
2+ Know how to comfort others.
3- Do things in a half-way manner.
4- Get angry easily.
5- Will not probe deeply into a subject.
1+ Know how to captivate people.
2+ Love children.
3+ Continue until everything is perfect.
4- Panic easily.
5+ Carry the conversation to a higher level.
1- Bottle up my feelings.
2+ Am on good terms with nearly everyone.
3- Find it difficult to get down to work.
4- Feel threatened easily.
5+ Catch on to things quickly.
1+ Feel at ease with people.
2+ Have a good word for everyone.
3+ Make plans and stick to them.
4- Get overwhelmed by emotions.
5+ Can handle a lot of information.
1- Am a very private person.
2+ Show my gratitude.
3- Leave a mess in my room.
4- Take offense easily.
5+ Am good at many things.
1- Wait for others to lead the way.
2+ Think of others first.
3+ Love order and regularity.
4- Get caught up in my problems.
5+ Love to read challenging material.
1+ Am skilled in handling social situations.
2+ Love to help others.
3+ Like to tidy up.
4- Grumble about things.
5+ Love to think up new ways of doing things.


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