SELF ASSEMENT

Self- Assessment Paper

Estimating Your Locus of Control

Self-Assessment 2.10 is about your beliefs on jobs. I strongly believe that a job is what you make it, but I also realize that there may be different circumstances. I was always told and believe that you can do whatever you set your mind to do. I do believe that you should choose a job that you think you will enjoy and not just a job that will pay the bills. You have to have the right attitude about it.

I slightly agree that you can get a job by who you know. It helps if you are well talked about among other employees. Employees and Managers want someone that they can work well with and someone that can work well with others: when employees don’t get along with each other the environment and work ethic may decrease over time.

I don’t believe promotions are all about who you know. Family members and friends shouldn’t help determine whether someone gets paid more or not. I also don’t believe in luck when it comes to a job. I believe that if you want a promotion or a job then you should work for it. Most the time the supervisor knows exactly what is going on and who is making the effort. I also believe that most employees have more influence on their supervisor than they think they do.

On this self-assessment, I scored a 33. Scores range from 16 to 96. A score of 16-42 indicates more of an internal locus, 43-69 indicates an in between an internal locus and an external locus, and 70-96 indicates more of an external locus. The assessment indicates that I feel that people are very much in charge of their own destiny in a workplace. I don’t believe anyone’s work or pay is determined upon fate or luck.

Perceived Stress Scale

Self-assessment 4.9 is about your estimated perceived level of stress. When I saw this test I thought I had to take it. I feel like I stress out a lot with school and work. I am a person that would love to have everything planned out and I admit that I get upset if things don’t go as planned. I think that out of everything that goes on in my life, school is the number one thing I stress out about. I have been in school for over four years now and should be done but I have changed my major causing me to lack a year or two. I often feel like things aren’t going my way, I wasn’t coping efficiently to important changes being made in my life, or I have been angry because I felt things were happening outside of my control.

I scored a 29 on this self-assessment. The scores ranged from 0-56. A score from 0-19 indicates that you perceive your current life situations as low stress. A score from 20-39 indicates that you perceive your current life situations as moderate stress. Last, a score from 40-56 indicates that you perceived your current life situations as high stress.

I expected to receive that my score had indicated that I perceived my current life situations as high stress, instead of as moderate stress. If mine only indicates moderate stress then I would hate to be someone who really does have high stress. I will admit that I think I am getting better and not stressing out as much.

Decision Making Style Inventory

Self-assessment 7.9 is about how individuals go about making important decisions. Decisions can be hard to make at times and also can be life changing. Some decisions I have made in the past have determined how I am where I am today. Decisions are having to be made every day, whether big or little. It could be as easy as what to eat, or as hard as what house to buy.

I would prefer to say that I make my decisions based on facts and logic, but at times I don’t. Sometimes your gut feeling is the right decision even when others say it isn’t. Sometimes you can’t control what your inner feeling is. I have always been told that the answer you mark first is usually the right one, so could that go for the first way you feel or think about something?

This self-assessment had two different scores. The first score was a 14 for rational decision style. My score indicated moderate performance for rational decision making. Moderate performance for rational decision making means that I use both my gut instinct and facts and logical analysis when making decisions. The second score was a 13 for intuitive decision style. My score indicated moderate performance for intuitive decision style. This self-assessment described me so well and was right on point.

Are you a team player?

Self-Assessment 8.6 is all about working as a team. The people on the team depends on if I like working as a team. I agree that having a team project makes many people think they don’t have to make that much of an effort in their part in a project. I believe that working alone is somewhat better than working as a team. You can see who actually cares and works hard for a grade. Overall, I work better working alone. Working alone helps me by not having to worry if someone will do his/her part or not. If working alone, I will be sure the work gets done. I would agree that working in a team helps me hear other peoples’ ideas and can help me think more creative. I also agree that at times team work is not always needed when it is assigned. At times, teams are used too often when individual work would be more efficient. I haven’t had great experiences working as a team. Whether it be that my team members drop the class, don’t show up for meetings, show up late to meetings, leave early, or they try to be a leader and want everything to go their way. I believe that the best thing about team work is that more solutions and ideas are generated when working in a team situation then working alone.

I scored a 26 on self-assessment 8.6, Are you a team player? Scores range from 10 to 50. 50 meaning you really enjoy working in teams and believe it’s beneficial, where 10 means you really dislike working in teams and think it’s not beneficial at all. A score ranging from 10-20 shows you have low performance of team work. A score ranging from 21-39 shows you have moderate performance of team work. A score from 40-50 shows you have strong performance for team work.

I believe team work may or may not be beneficial in different situations. Sometimes it is better to be in teams because some people work better in teams than others. Personally, I wouldn’t want to be in a group with someone that scored a 10-20 because that would tell me that they dislike team projects. I would rather team up with someone that would enjoy being around others and would be willing to show up and do his/her part.

How trusting are you?

Self-assessment 8.7 is about trust. Trust is something I thought I was good at until taking this self-assessment. I always used the saying “I trust someone until they give me a reason not to”. I guess now I should say I try to trust but sometimes people make it really hard to do. Some people can be counted on to do what they say they are going to do, but I wouldn’t say most people could be. I don’t really trust people at first. It is something they have to gain from me. I do believe people can and will take advantage of you if you don’t stay alert. Whether it be making you do more on a team project or just looking off of one of your papers in class for an answer. I strongly agree that I typically will be cautious of people until they have demonstrated their trustworthiness. I really can’t stand someone being selfish. I usually don’t give anyone the benefit of the doubt if they do something that seems selfish. I believe that most people pretend to be more honest than they already are. I really do try to believe that most people are generally trustworthy, but it is hard at times to do so.

On this self-assessment, I scored a 21. Scores range from 8-48. A score of 8 to 48 indicates a low propensity to trust, 24 to 35 indicates a moderate propensity to trust, and 36-48 indicates a high propensity to trust. If I had a choice I would wish that I was more moderate to trust. Being low makes me think that I am a little selfish since I can’t trust people as much. I think someone with too much trust could hurt them in the long run. I believe you have to realize that you can’t trust everyone, even though I wish you could.