Altruistic Personality Scale – APS

I have helped push a stranger's car that was broken down or out of gas.

I have given directions to a stranger.

I have made change for a stranger.

I have given money to a charity.

I have given money to a stranger who needed it (or asked me for it).

I have donated goods or clothes to a charity.

I have done volunteer work for a charity.

I have donated blood.

I have helped carry a stranger's belongings (books, parcels, etc).

I have delayed an elevator and held the door open for a stranger.

I have allowed someone to go ahead of me in a lineup (in the supermarket, at a copy machine, at a fast-food restaurant).

I have given a stranger a lift in my car.

I have pointed out a clerk's error (in a bank, at the supermarket) in undercharging me for an item.

I have let a neighbor whom I didn't know too well borrow an item of some value to me (e.g., a dish, tools, etc).

I have bought 'charity' holiday cards deliberately because I knew it was a good cause.

I have helped a classmate who I did not know that well with an assignment when my knowledge was greater than his or hers.

I have, before being asked, voluntarily looked after a neighbor's pets or children without being paid for it.

I have offered to help a handicapped or elderly stranger across a street.

I have offered my seat on a bus or train to a stranger who was standing.

I have helped an acquaintance to move households.