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Optimism: Scoring Test From Seligman's Learned Optimism

The document outlines Seligman's learned optimism test which measures a person's optimism levels. It does this by having the person answer 48 questions that are grouped into 6 categories: Permanent Bad, Permanent Good, Pervasiveness Bad, Pervasiveness Good, Personalization Bad, and Personalization Good. The scores in each category are added up and compared to benchmarks to determine if a person is very optimistic, moderately optimistic, average, moderately pessimistic, or very pessimistic in that area. The overall, total optimism score is calculated by subtracting the total of the "Bad" scores from the total of the "Good" scores. This score is also compared to benchmarks to determine an overall optimism level.

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Optimism: Scoring Test From Seligman's Learned Optimism

The document outlines Seligman's learned optimism test which measures a person's optimism levels. It does this by having the person answer 48 questions that are grouped into 6 categories: Permanent Bad, Permanent Good, Pervasiveness Bad, Pervasiveness Good, Personalization Bad, and Personalization Good. The scores in each category are added up and compared to benchmarks to determine if a person is very optimistic, moderately optimistic, average, moderately pessimistic, or very pessimistic in that area. The overall, total optimism score is calculated by subtracting the total of the "Bad" scores from the total of the "Good" scores. This score is also compared to benchmarks to determine an overall optimism level.

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Optimism

Scoring test from Seligmans


Learned Optimism

Permanent Bad (PmB)

Add up score on items


5, 13, 20, 21, 29, 33, 42, 46
Total of 0 or 1 very optimistic
2 or 3 mod. optimistic
4 average
5 or 6 mod. pessimistic
7 or 8 very pessimistic

Permanent Good (PmG)

Add up score on items


2, 10, 14, 15, 24, 26, 28, 40
Total of 7 or 8 very optimistic
6
mod. optimistic
4 or 5 average
3
mod. pessimistic
0, 1 or 2 very pessimistic

Pervasiveness Bad (PvB)

Add up score on items


8, 16, 17, 18, 22, 32, 44, 48
Total of 0 or 1 very optimistic
2 or 3 mod. optimistic
4 average
5 or 6 mod. pessimistic
7 or 8 very pessimistic

Pervasiveness Good (PvG)

Add up score on items


6, 7, 28, 31, 34, 35, 37, 43
Total of 7 or 8 very optimistic
6
mod. optimistic
4 or 5 average
3
mod. pessimistic
0, 1 or 2 very pessimistic

Personalization Bad (PsB)

Add up score on items


3, 9, 19, 25, 30, 39, 41, 47
Total of 0 or 1 very high self esteem
2 or 3 mod. high self esteem
4 average
5 or 6 mod. low self esteem
7 or 8 very low self esteem

Personalization Good (PsG)

Add up score on items


1, 4, 11, 12, 23, 27, 36, 45
Total of 7 or 8 very optimistic
6
mod. optimistic
4 or 5 average
3
mod. pessimistic
0, 1 or 2 very pessimistic

Overall scores

Add three Bs
PmB
PvB
PsB
Total B

Add three Gs
PmG
PvG
PsG
Total G

Total G minus Total B = Total optimism score

Total B score

3 to 6
6 to 9
10 or 11
12-14
15 or over

marvelously optimistic
moderately optimistic
average
moderately pessimistic
very pessimistic, need
to read Changing chapters

Total G score

19 or higher
17 to 19
14 to 16
11 to 13
10 or less

marvelously optimistic
moderately optimistic
average
moderately pessimistic
very pessimistic, need
to read Changing chapters

Total optimism score (G-B)

9 or above
6 to 8
3 to 5
1 or 2
0

optimistic across the board


moderately optimistic
average
moderately pessimistic
very pessimistic, need
to read Changing chapters

Hope score

Add PvB and PmB


Total of 0, 1 or 2 very hopeful
3 to 6
mod. hopeful
7 or 8
average
9 to 11
mod. hopeless
12 to 16
very hopeless

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