PROFILE OF FUNCTIONAL EGO STATES

Everyone is a little or a lot in terms of the descriptions given below. There

are no right or wrong answers. Be objective about yourself Dont
cover up your faults, but also dont overlook good things about yourself.
Answer each one quickly by choosing one number for each phrase to
describe how you see yourself. Your first reaction will be the best answer.
Answer all the 60 items. Rate yourself the way you are most of the time.
Please answer each item below
By choosing one of the answer
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categories on the right that
fits you best.
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VERY WELL 4
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1.

I care for people in need.

2.

When I deal with data, I behave like a computer.

3.

I shift my attention or change activity rather too quickly.

4.

I am careful in observing etiquette and perform socially

acceptable behavior.

5.

I keep myself in some task or other all the time unmindful of its
utility or importance.

6.

I like guessing much more than I use them to some purpose or

outcome.

7.

I stay away to sulk when I am ignored or disappointed.

8.

I am firm when I deal with one on matters, which count.

9.

I am fun loving and engage myself in sporting events.

10.

When I like someone, I start smothering him / her with love.

11.

I tend to ridicule people if they fail in my estimate.

12.

I think of novel and creative solutions to problems.

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TOTALLY

VERY WELL 4
QUITE WELL

SOME-WHAT
SLIGHTLY
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13.

I encourage others when they are on the job.

14.

I observe more for information than interpretation.

15.

I do things on impulse.

16.

I stay acceptable to people of different sorts.

17.

I tend to overload others with data or instructions when I ask

them to do something.

18.

I am clever in getting things done at someones cost or effort.

19.

I am jealous of others when they succeed or get rewarded

without adequate skill or effort.

20.

I am direct and never round about in tackling people.

21.

I gradually grow excited when I do something of interest to me.

22.

I tend to help others beyond what he/she needs.

23.

I resort to pressure to make others comply.

24.

I provide many worthwhile suggestions, which are widely

different from each other.

25.

I never fail to praise others as they work through something.

26.

I clarify and specify what is required from others.

27.

I get distracted easily.

28.

I seek and accept help from others.

29.

I work for just the outcome precisely and exactly what I initially
planned.

Categories
2

TOTALLY

VERY WELL 4
QUITE WELL

SOME-WHAT
SLIGHTLY
1
3
NOT AT ALL

0
30.

I can manage to avoid or evade a job when I am not keen on

doing it.

31.

I get confused and become blank (at least momentarily).

32.

I probe others when I confront them for facts.

33.

I am spontaneous when I respond or react.

34.

I resort to unnecessary praise to make someone comfortable.

35.

None is beyond blame and I do blame others.

36.

I convert a boring talk into an interesting one if I so desire.

37.

I really listen to what people say and what they intend to say.

38.

I am logical and objective in what I do.

39.

I insist on what I want and never stop till I get exactly what I
wanted.

40.

I accommodate to variations in requirements of others in a

task.

41.

I stay with my original style and technology of doing a work

without referring to later developments.

42.

I overwhelm with new ideas and techniques.

43.

I turn defiant when others insist that I do something I dont

want to do.

44.

When I disapprove, I communicate it straight.

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I feel easily happy in many situations around.

46.

I make others dependent on me by helping them too early or

too long.

47.

I judge others in terms of their bio-data.

Categories

TOTALLY

SOME-WHAT

2
VERY WELL 4
QUITE WELL

SLIGHTLY
1
3
NOT AT ALL

0
48.

I use my sixth sense (including my gut feelings) to interpret

available data to come to a decision.

49.

I allow people to be their natural self and respond the way they
prefer to.

50.

I work for recent information using many resources in solving a

problem.

51.

I cannot stand delay in getting praises.

52.

In a group, I am willing to accept a secondary role.

53.

I focus all my concern on the task and little on the ways and
means of achieving it.

54.

I find it easy for me to slip out when I apprehend being caught

or held responsible.

55.

I try to shift blame on someone or something else.

56.

I keep control on others basically to protect them.

57.

I am playful and continue to enjoy something that interests me.

58.

I take the initiative and continue to help even if the other

person is capable of carrying on by himself / herself.
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59.

I have the tendency to punish others if things go wrong.

60.

I do the same job may it be a physical task, a talk, or an

argument differently every time.

Please check whether you have answered all the 60 questions

above.

Scoring Key for

Profile of Functional Ego States
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