yourself three points; for each one that you marked _S_, give
yourself two points; for each item that you marked _L_, give
yourself one point. Items marked _N_ are counted zero. Then add
these numbers up for your _total_ score on Trait I. For example,
if you marked four of the fifteen items _M_, that would give you
twelve points; let us say you also marked five items _S_, that
would be five times two points, or ten more points; if you marked
three items _L_, that would be another three points. That would
leave three items that you marked _N_ for which you get no credit.
Your total score on Trait I would then be 12 + 10 + 3 = 25 points.
* * * * *
TEST FOR TRAIT II. For each _A_ you marked, you get two points and
for each _R_ you get one point. Items that you answered _D_ are
counted zero. Add these up for your total score.
* * * * *
TEST ON TRAIT III. The scoring is reversed on this test from that
used for Trait I. On Trait III, _M_ is scored zero, each _S_ gets
credit of one point, each _L_ gets credit of two points, and each
_N_ gets credit of three points.
* * * * *
TEST ON TRAIT IV. You marked the items on this test either, _T_,
_D_, or _F_. Those you marked _T_ are scored zero. For each _D_
answer you get one point, and for each _F_ answer you get two
points.
* * * * *
TEST ON TRAIT V. Each marked _M_ gets zero credit, each _S_ gets
one point, each _L_ gets two points, and each _N_ gets three points.
* * * * *
TEST ON TRAIT VI. Each _M_ gets three points, each _S_ gets two
points, each _L_ gets one point, and _N_ receives no credit.
* * * * *
TEST ON TRAIT VII. This is the test in which four words come after
each word in capitals. The first of the four words gets three
points if circled, the second gets two points, the third word
gets one point, and the last word receives no credit. Take the
word PAST. If you marked it _yesterday_, or the word in the first
column, you get three points; if _forget_ is circled instead you
would get two points. If you marked it _hidden_, you get no credit
for that word. Add all your points for your total score.
* * * * *
TEST ON TRAIT VIII. The items in this test were marked _S_, _P_, or
_D_. Items marked _S_ get no credit. For each item marked _P_, give
yourself one point credit; for each item marked _D_, give yourself
two points credit.
* * * * *
TEST ON TRAIT IX. Each _M_ gets three points; each _S_, two points;
each _L_, one point, each _N_ gets no credit.
* * * * *
TEST ON TRAIT X. In this test you were asked to mark your answers
either _Yes_, _?_, or _No_. For each _Yes_, give yourself ten
points; for each question mark, credit yourself with five points.
You receive no credit for any question that you answered _No_.
If you have followed carefully the directions that have been given
you, you now have ten separate raw scores, one for each of the ten
traits on which you were tested. We are now ready to see what these
scores mean. Using the little outline below, put down your scores.
YOUR RAW SCORE
TRAIT I ________ TRAIT VI ________
TRAIT II ________ TRAIT VII ________
TRAIT III ________ TRAIT VIII ________
TRAIT IV ________ TRAIT IX ________
TRAIT V ________ TRAIT X ________
NOW FIND YOUR ADJUSTED SCORE
If you are a man If you are a woman
TRAIT I ____ (Repeat raw score) ____ (Repeat raw score)
TRAIT II ____ (Repeat raw score) ____ (Repeat raw score)
TRAIT III ____ (Double raw score) ____ (Repeat raw score)
TRAIT IV ____ (Double raw score) ____ (Multiply raw score
by 4)
TRAIT V ____ (Repeat raw score) ____ (Double raw score)
TRAIT VI ____ (Repeat raw score) ____ (Repeat raw score)
TRAIT VII ____ (Double raw score) ____ (Repeat raw score)
TRAIT VIII ____ (Repeat raw score) ____ (Repeat raw score)
TRAIT IX ____ (Repeat raw score) ____ (Double raw score)
TRAIT X ____ (Repeat raw score) ____ (Repeat raw score)
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Total Score ____ (add the 10 scores) Total Score ____
Thus, if you were a man you repeated all of your original “raw”
scores except in traits III, IV, and VII where you doubled the raw
score. For example if your raw score on III was twenty-eight your
adjusted score should be fifty-six. Likewise if you were a girl you
repeated your raw scores in all but IV, V, and IX. You quadrupled
the score on IV and doubled each of the other two.
_Interpretation of Your Final Adjusted Scores_
TRAIT I. If your score was thirty or above you would seem to be
a very sociable person, quite fond of the company of others, one
who has very broad interests, and who will probably enjoy talking
things over with your mate. A score of twenty-five is about
average. If your score is twenty or less, you are probably cautious
about making friends, have rather specialized interests, and are
not very talkative unless the topic is quite interesting to you.
It may be wise, if you have a low score, to try to develop more
friends, have more of a social life, and to get out of your shell.
* * * * *
TRAIT II. If your score was fifteen or more you are probably a
conforming person, agreeable and poised. You tend to be coöperative
even though you are positive and firm when your mind is made up. A
score of eleven is average. If your score was eight or less, you
may be bullheaded, domineering, and argumentative. It may be wise,
if you have a low score, to try to remember that the other person
has a right to his own opinion and that you may lose friends and
make enemies unless you act more diplomatically.
* * * * *
TRAIT III. If your score was fifty-six or more if a man, or
twenty-eight or more if a girl, you are probably a tranquil person
who is not easily irritated or annoyed. You rarely “fly off the
handle” or become impatient; this is particularly important if you
are a man. A score of forty-six for a man or twenty-three for a
girl is typical or average. If your score is thirty-six or less if
a man or eighteen or less if a girl, you are probably an irritable
person who is easily annoyed. You may lose your temper too easily
and stay peeved too long. You should make an effort to control
your temper and to think before you speak, especially when you are
annoyed or provoked.
* * * * *
TRAIT IV. If your score is fifty or more if you are a man, or one
hundred or more if you are a girl, you would seem to be a frank,
dependable person who makes few excuses and who tries to face
reality and do a good job. A score of forty for a man and eighty
for a girl are average. If you are a man and have a score of thirty
or less or are a girl and have a score of sixty or less, you tend
to blame your mistakes on others, may shirk your responsibilities,
exaggerate and daydream too much. If your score was low, you should
try to improve, especially if you are a girl for whom this trait
is quite crucial in marriage happiness. Try to be more honest
with yourself and others; be less unreasonable, and stop being
suspicious and resentful of people who do not think and act as you
do.
* * * * *
TRAIT V. If you are a man and have a score of forty or more, or are
a girl and have a score of eighty or more, you would appear to be a
stable person, confident, and responsible. You can work with others
or can work by yourself without getting lonely and depressed. An
average score is thirty for a man or sixty for a woman. If you are
a man and have a score of fifteen or less, or are a girl with a
score of thirty or less, you may be unstable, nervous, and fearful.
You may feel inferior at times and get blue and discouraged. You
need to raise your opinion of yourself. Acquire more social skills,
train yourself to be very good or expert in something like a sport
or a hobby.
* * * * *
TRAIT VI. If your score was thirty or above, you would seem to have
extremely high ideals and standards, especially if you are a man.
While this is generally desirable, don’t permit yourself to become
too intolerant or prejudiced about others. A score of twenty-five
is average. A score of twenty or less is low and may indicate
that you are too broadminded, too flexible and expedient in your
standards and ideals. Watch this because you are not the sort of
person who should let himself go. Keep a firm grip on yourself,
and remember it is easier never to begin a bad habit than it is to
break one.
* * * * *
TRAIT VII. If your score is eighty or more if you are a man, forty
or more if you are a girl, you are probably a very objective person
who thinks like most other people think. You are probably quite
steady, look at things dispassionately, and are neither repressed
nor hypercritical. A score of seventy for a man, or of thirty-five
for a girl is average. A score of sixty or less for a man or of
thirty or less for a girl may indicate that you are temperamental
and emotional. You may, at times, appear peculiar and odd to your
friends. You may be repressed. Associate as much as possible with
others. Don’t be the first to suggest something different or the
last to give in.
* * * * *
TRAIT VIII. If your score is twenty-two or more, you would seem
to be a person whose attitudes and interests are flexible and
adaptable especially if you are in the twenties. If you are in the
thirties or forties a high score is probably less desirable than
an average score. A score of thirteen is average. If your score is
eight or less, you would seem to be a very persistent person whose
attitudes and interests are so fixed and rigid that you may find it
difficult to adjust readily in marriage. Especially would that seem
to be the case if you are in the twenties.
* * * * *
TRAIT IX. If you are a man and your final score is thirty or above;
or if you are a girl whose adjusted (doubled) score is sixty
or more, you would seem to be a thoughtful person who has done
considerable thinking about marriage and its responsibilities.
Particularly does this seem to be true of women. Attitudes toward
marriage would appear to be wholesome and concerned about making
the marriage a success. A score of twenty-four for a man or of
forty-eight for a girl is average. A score of eighteen or less for
a man or of thirty-six or less for a girl is low and suggests that
you may be immature in your thinking and that you have not given
much consideration or thought to the responsibilities of marriage.
* * * * *
TRAIT X. This test measured your family background to see if
you had been reared in the kind of home in which parents and
circumstances were favorable to developing traits and attitudes
essential to happy marriage. If you scored 120 or more, and
remember the higher the score the better, your family background
was conducive to your happiness in marriage. A score of one hundred
is average. If you scored eighty or less, it would seem that your
family background was not one that tended to develop in you the
traits and attitudes necessary for happiness in marriage.
_Summary_
You took a total of ten tests. If you followed the directions, you
have scored them correctly. (If you were a man, you doubled your
scores on Traits III, IV, and VII before you interpreted them.
If you were a girl, you doubled your scores on Traits V and IX
and quadrupled, or multiplied by four, the score you earned on
Trait IV.) After having made these adjustments, you then read the
interpretations and saw how you compared with other people of your
own sex. Perhaps your prospective mate also took the tests and both
of you now know how you stand as individuals.
We hope you and your mate made average to high scores on all of
these tests. But now you want to know if you are the sort of
person, and if your mate is the sort of person, who will be happy
in marriage.
Go back to your final adjusted scores on the ten tests. Add all ten
of these test scores together if you have not already done so to
see what the total is.
If you are a man, and your total is 450 or above you would seem
to be the sort of person who has an excellent chance of finding
happiness in marriage. This is particularly likely to be the case
if you also made high scores on Traits III, IV, VII, and X. If you
made a score of about 350 you would seem to be a person who has
about an average chance of achieving marriage happiness. If you
made a score of 265 or less, you will need to use great care in
selecting your mate and be willing to work very hard at making your
marriage happy.
If you are a girl and if your score is five hundred or more, you
are the kind of person who would seem to have an excellent chance
of being happy in marriage. Especially is this likely to be the
case if you made high scores on Traits IV, V, IX, and X. If you
made a score of about four hundred, your chances would seem to be
about average that you will find happiness in marriage. A score of
three hundred or less is not too favorable to happiness in marriage.
In our next chapter you are going to be able to compare your
testing partner with yourself and see if the two of you would be
likely to be happy (if you married _each other_). So far we have
just tried to find out if you, or if your mate, is likely to be
happy in whatever marriage is entered upon. In this next chapter we
want to find out if you _two_ people are likely to be happy in your
marriage to each other. You will have need for the final (adjusted)
scores on each of the ten tests, as well as your final or total
score you calculated by adding the ten separate scores. With these
scores for both yourself and your mate, plus the answers to several
other questions, you will be able to find out if the two of you are
likely to be happy when you marry each other.
_Chapter XII_
Now, See How You Match as a Couple!
In the last chapter you--and perhaps a testing partner--took ten
tests to determine your individual chances of achieving happiness
in marriage. The tests recorded your rating on nine important
personality traits and on your family background.
Now we will see how well matched you are. It is possible that you
can get a rough idea how well you are matched to an absentee person
without having him take any of the tests in these two chapters.
_Suggestions for procedure in such a case are given at the end of
this chapter._ However, it is much more desirable, if you want a
really accurate picture, to have the other person take the tests
and do the matching with you.
The matching of you two will be based not only on the scores you
made in the ten tests just taken and your total score on the tests,
but also on ten other factors which we have found are important
in predicting marital success. They include such things as age,
education, length of courtship and tendency to quarrel. These
factors together with your test results will present an accurate
over-all picture of your compatibility for marriage, or lack of it.
And incidentally a “matching” of two people is not as important
when both the man and the girl made a _high_ score (above four
hundred) in the ten tests just taken as it is if one made a low
score and the other a high score, or if both made low scores.
First of all let’s pair up your scores on those ten tests in the
last chapter to see what your scores mean on each trait when they
are paired together.
Trait I is a sociability factor. You can see how two people,
one who is sociable and something of a gadabout and the other a
home-body who isn’t sociable, might not be well matched. Both should
be sociable and like to go out and be with people, or both should
be fireside toasters, home-loving souls who enjoy being alone with
each other.
Trait II is a measure of conformity, of agreeableness to others,
and conscientiousness. While it is better for both to score high on
this trait, if one scores low, it is better that the other score
high.
Trait III is a measure of tranquillity or lack of irritability.
While it is better for both to score high, if one scores low, it
is important that the other should score high, or there may be
considerable bickering and angry feelings.
Trait IV is a measure of dependability, frankness, and willingness
to accept responsibility. This trait is of _great importance_ to
happiness of both men and women, and it is especially important
that a girl score high here. Both should score high, but if one
scores low, it is quite important that the other score high.
Trait V is a measure of stability. Our research shows that it is
of the greatest importance that the two people make about the same
scores on this test. While it is better for both to be high, it is
more crucial that the girl make a high score, be very stable, than
it is for the man.
Trait VI is a measure of standards and ideals. Both should have
high scores but it is more important that the man have a good score
than the girl because girls have been trained to have higher ideals
than men. If one mate has a very low score, then the other by all
means should have a high score. That combination will provide a
balance wheel.
Trait VII is a measure of steadiness and freedom from excess
emotionality. While more important that the man score high, because
in most cases he will be the income earner, both should make about
the same scores.
Trait VIII is a measure of flexibility and adaptability. While
average to high scores are important, and while agreement or about
the same scores are desirable, if one must score low it is better
for the man to do so than for the woman.
Trait IX is a measure of thoughtfulness and consideration. This
is a much more important trait for women than for men, yet at the
same time, marriage happiness is definitely promoted by both making
about the same scores.
Trait X is important for either the man or the woman, because it
measures the family background of both people. It is important
that both score as high as possible on this trait. It is even more
important for the girl to score high than it is for the man. But if
either mate should score low, it is most important that the other
score high.
To sum up, it is important that both people make about the same
scores on sociability (I), conformity (II), dependability (IV),
stability (V) idealism (VI), flexibility (VIII) and seriousness
(IX), and the higher the better. If one scored low on the other
three (tranquillity, steadiness and family background) it is
important that the other score high.
But how can you get a more detailed, concrete picture of your
compatibility, or lack of it? On the following pages you are
going to see your degree of compatibility emerge from a series of
twenty-one figures. When those twenty-one figures are totaled you
will have your answer.
_Instructions_
First glance over these “Do You Match?” tables on the next few
pages to familiarize yourself with them. In the twenty-one blocks
you will match yourselves on the ten traits already tested, you
will match your _total_ scores on those traits and then in the last
ten will match yourself on ten other factors.
Take the very first item, “Test I.” This matches you on sociability.
Suppose the man had an adjusted score of twenty-seven when he took
the sociability test in the last chapter and the girl had a score of
twenty-four. Look over the five alternative combinations to see where
such a scoring fits. It fits in combination (d) so you should write
a credit of three points in the block on the right. On “Test II,”
suppose the man made an adjusted score of eighteen and the girl of
seven. That’s a big difference. Since no such combination is shown,
write a zero in the block.
DO YOU MATCH?
TEST I. a. Both scored 30 or above, give credit of 10 points
b. One scored 30 or above, other scored 25-29, credit
5 points
c. Both scored 25-29, credit 5 points
d. One scored 25-29, other scored 21-24, credit 3 ___
points | |
e. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
TEST II. a. Both scored 15 or above, give credit of 8 points
b. One scored 15 or above, other scored 11-14, credit
4 points ___
c. Both scored 11-14, credit 2 points | |
d. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
TEST III. a. Man scored 56 or above, girl 28 or above, credit
12 points
b. Man scored 56 or above, girl 23-27, credit 10
points
c. Man scored 46-55, girl 23 or above, credit 8
points
d. Man scored 37-45, girl scored 23 or above, credit ___
5 points | |
e. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
TEST IV. a. Man scored 50 or above, girl 100 or above, credit
20 points
b. Girl scored 100 or above, man scored 40-49, credit
15 points
c. Girl scored 100 or above, man scored 31-39, credit
10 points
d. Man scored 40-49, girl scored 81-99, credit 8
points
e. Man scored 31-39, girl scored 81-99, credit 5 ___
points | |
f. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
TEST V. a. Man scored 40 or above, girl 80 or above, credit
15 points
b. Man scored 31-39, girl 80 or above, credit 12
points
c. Man scored 21-29, girl 80 or above, credit 10
points
d. Man scored 40 or above, girl 60-79, credit 8
points ___
e. Man scored 31-39, girl 60-79, credit 5 points | |
f. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
TEST VI. a. Both scored 30 or above, give credit of 10
points
b. One scored 30 or above, other scored 25-29,
credit 5 points
c. Both scored 25-29, credit 5 points
d. One scored 25-29, other scored 21-24, credit 3 ___
points | |
e. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
TEST VII. a. Man scored 80 or above, girl 40 or above,
credit 12 points
b. Man scored 80 or above, girl 35-39, credit 10
points
c. Man scored 71-79, girl 40 or above, credit 8
points
d. Man scored 71-79, girl 35-39, credit 5 points
e. Man scored 61-69, girl 40 or above, credit 3 ___
points | |
f. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
TEST VIII. a. Both scored 22 or above, credit 10 points
b. Man scored 22 or above, girl 13-21, credit 8
points
c. Man scored 13-21, girl scored 22 or above,
credit 5
points
d. Man scored 13-21, girl scored 13-21, credit 3 ___
points | |
e. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
TEST IX. a. Man scored 30 or above, girl scored 60 or above,
credit 15 points
b. Man scored 24-29, girl scored 60 or above,
credit 12 points
c. Man scored 19-23, girl scored 60 or above,
credit 10 points
d. Man scored 30 or above, girl 48-59, credit 8
points
e. Man scored 24-29, girl scored 48-59, credit 5 ___
points | |
f. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
TEST X. a. Both scores 120 or above, credit 20 points
b. One scores 100-119, other scores 120 or above,
credit 15 points
c. Both score 100-119, credit 10 points
d. One scores 120 or above, other scores 81-90,
credit 8 points
e. One scores 100-119, other scores 80 or less, ___
credit 5 points | |
f. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
TOTAL TEST SCORE
(Total of all ten tests as scored in Chapter XI)
a. Man 460 or above, girl 500 or more, credit 25
points
b. Man 400-459, girl 500 or more, credit 20 points
c. Man 460 or above, girl 425-499, credit 15 points
d. Man 400-459, girl 425-499, credit 10 points ___
e. Man 350-425, girl 400 or above, credit 5 points | |
f. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
Now score your compatibility on the ten additional factors
following and fill the proper credits in the blocks just as you
have been doing. On factors 7, 8 and 9 bear in mind that you cannot
count as a part of your acquaintanceship, courtship or engagement
any period of time of three months or longer when you did not see
each other, as is the case where a man was overseas.
1. PARENTS
a. Both sets of parents happily married, credit 15 points
b. One set of parents happy, other set average, credit 10
points
c. Both sets of parents average in happiness, credit 8
points ___
d. One set happy, other set not happy, credit 5 points | |
e. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
2. SCHOOLING
a. Both members of the couple have had education beyond high
school, credit 10 points
b. Both have completed high school, credit 8 points
c. One has some college, the other has finished high school, ___
5 points | |
d. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
3. RELIGION
a. Both regularly attend the same or similar churches, credit
15 points
b. Both are Jews, Catholics, or Protestants, credit 10 points
c. Although basic religions differ, both have about the same ___
views, credit 5 points | |
d. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
4. PARENTAL APPROVAL
a. Both sets of parents approve this match, credit 12 points
b. One set approves, the other is not opposed, credit 10
points ___
c. One set approves, one set opposes, credit 5 points | |
d. Any other combination receives no credit |___|
5. AGE COMPARISON
a. Both people are within 3 years age of each other, credit
10 points
b. Girl is three or more years older than man, credit 5 ___
points | |
c. Any other combination receives no credit |___|