Schuman Forced Choice F Scale

Choose the statement you agree with more: (A) It would be a good thing if people spent more time thinking and talking about ideas just for the fun of it. OR (B) If people would talk less and work more, everybody would be better off.

Choose the statement you agree with more: (A) There is hardly anything lower than a person who does not feel a great love, gratitude, and respect for his parents. OR (B) Most honest people admit to themselves that they have sometimes hated their parents.

Choose the statement you agree with more: (A) Insults to our honor are not always important enough to bother about. OR (B) An insult to our honor should always be punished.

Choose the statement you agree with more: (A) It’s only natural for people to sometimes have thoughts about hurting a close friend or relative. OR (B) No sane, normal, decent person could ever think of hurting a close friend or relative.

Choose the statement you agree with more: (A) Young people sometimes get rebellious ideas, but as they grow up they ought to get over them and settle down. OR (B) If it weren't for the rebellious ideas of youth there would be less progress in the world.

Choose the statement you agree with more: (A) Human nature being what it is, there will always be war and conflict. OR (B) Human nature doesn't make war inevitable; man may some day establish a peaceful world.

Choose the statement you agree with more: (A) What the youth needs most is strict discipline, rugged determination, and the will to work and fight for family and country. OR (B) In the long run it is better for our country if young people are allowed a great deal of personal freedom and are not strictly disciplined.

Choose the statement you agree with more: (A) A person who has bad manners, habits, and breeding can hardly expect to get along with decent people. OR (B) People should be willing to overlook failures in the manners and unpleasant personal habits in other people.

Choose the statement you agree with more: (A) There are times when it is necessary to probe into even the most personal and private matters. OR (B) Nowadays more and more people are prying into matters that should remain personal and private.

Choose the statement you agree with more: (A) No weakness or difficulty can hold us back if we have enough will power. OR (B) There are many difficulties a person cannot overcome no matter how much will power he has.