Scoring Your Sentences

Positive / Negative Trends

Go back and evaluate each of the statements you completed. Put one of the following letters beside each sentence.

P = Sentence is positive, humorous, happy, successful, goal-oriented, friendly, etc.

N = Sentence is negative, pessimistic, shows rejection, unhappy, failure, shows conflict.

X = Sentence is a statement of fact or neutral. (Example – Men are the opposite sex.)

 

Now get a total for each letter.

P =

N =

X =

 

Take you N score and add 50 to it.

N + 50 = _____

 

Now subtract your P score from this total.

N + 50 = _____ (minus P) = _____

 

This is your score for the test.

Total Score = _________

 

What Your Score Means:

Scores can be from 0 to 100. A score of 50 or below indicates you generally have a positive outlook on life, feel you will be successful at what you attempt, and if you fail you will learn from mistakes, an overall optimistic.

If you score is 50 or above it suggests that you underestimate your abilities, and are somewhat pessimistic. (This does not mean psychological maladjustment – just your way of viewing your life). Probably a perfectionist.

 

Theme Analysis / Trends

Now go back through your sentences and read all the ones that have to do with: 
(A) your mother (9, 23, 35, 42); 
(B) your father (14, 19, 32); 
(C) sex and marriage (4, 7, 21, 38, 46); 
(D) future goals (3, 12, 20, 25, 30, 34, 44, 48, 50).

 

Discussion Questions for the 
Sentence Completion Test

Answer the following questions and submit them using the Blackboard/CE6 assignment drop box for this project.  Remember, be thorough when answering the discussion questions in order to help ensure a higher score.

 

  1. Describe themes you see about (A) your mother, (B) your father, (C) sex an marriage, and (D) future goals.                                                                        

  2. Imagine you accidentally left an anonymous copy of your 50 sentence responses on the ground in a parking lot.  A person who does not know you picks up the paper and reads your responses.  Overall, what would that person likely think about you?  That is, what general conclusions would this person draw about your personality? 

  3. Explain why you think you were asked to explain what a stranger would think of your sentence responses, instead of what you thought about them.  (Hint: Has to do with the general philosophy of a projective test.)

  4. What is the most interesting, helpful or important thing you learned from completing this activity?

  5. Additional comments?

 

 

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