The Jealousy TestThe Jealousy Test will present you with 25 situations. Read each description and try to imagine yourself in the situation. Then choose the number from the scale below that best describes the intensity of your feelings about the situation and write down your response in the space provided. Only after you've completed all 25 situations should you read on for your score and interpretation.
Answer all situations honestly! SCALE
[ ] 1. You go to a party with your lover. You lover spends an inordinate amount of time talking to a person of the same sex that you aren't introduced to. [ ] 2. You wake up in the middle of the night to hear your lover talking in his or her sleep. You hear the name of someone you don't know repeated over and over again. [ ] 3. You're visiting your lover's apartment when the telephone rings. You pick it up and say hello. Whoever's calling hangs up. [ ] 4. Your lover never bothers to ask about your personal or day-to-day problems, but when a friend comes over with a minor crises, you watch your lover enthusiastically offer attention or help. [ ] 5. You're having lunch with your lover in a cozy booth. You're in the midst of telling an important story when you notice your lover's eyes straying from your face. You turn and see an attractive person of the same sex walking through the restaurant behind you. [ ] 6. You're deep in conversation with your lover when all of a sudden he or she calls you by the name of an ex-lover. [ ] 7. Someone you're attracted to but have never gone out with seems more interested in your best friend. [ ] 8. Your lover has come into just enough money to go on an exotic vacation to the South Seas. You can't afford to go. [ ] 9. You know that your lover never allows anyone to smoke in his or her car, but one day you find a cigarette butt in the ashtray. [ ] 10. You're sitting on a plane alone. Someone very attractive is coming down the aisle toward you. He or she passes the empty seat next to you and sits down next to someone right behind you. They begin to converse on a subject yo know everything about. [ ] 11. You've asked someone out on a date and are told that he or she plans to spend the evening at home. You call back later and no one answers the phone. [ ] 12. You know that your lover has had lunch with an old flame. That night he or she would rather go to sleep than to make love with you. [ ] 13. New personnel have been hired at your lover's office and you lover has been coming home late every night for a week. The explanation is that the new employees need to be trained for their jobs. [ ] 14. You're at a party where someone of the same sex as yourself is getting all the attention. [ ] 15. You're standing in line at a supermarket checkout counter with your lover, who becomes chatty with the attractive cashier of the same sex. [ ] 16. Someone you know has just won the Million Dollar Lotto. [ ] 17. Your lover's friends, who he or she met through a previous lover, seem to get more attention than you do. [ ] 18. After a wonderful courtship you're relegated to second place by your lover's passion for watching television. [ ] 19. While shopping with a friend, yo find a piece of clothing you would really like to own, but can't afford. A few minutes later your friend tries on the same thing and then casually buys it. [ ] 20. Your lover is an extremely popular dance partner. When you go out together you often fond yourself seated, watching everyone else dance with your date. [ ] 21. Your lover is in top physical condition without ever doing an exercise, while you slave away for hours each day without any apparent payoff. [ ] 22. You agree to play tennis with a really wimpy-looking type, who goes on to play two perfect sets against you and is very gracious when you give up. [ ] 23. Your lover has received a hand-addressed letter, which you see but don't open. Yo become mildly suspicious and wait for an explanation, but your lover, who usually shares everything with you, says nothing. [ ] 24. Your lover comes home from an office birthday party and shows you some of the gifts. One of them is very sexy and suggestive. [ ] 25. You feel that you aren't attractive to people of the same sex. A good friend complains to you incessantly about how hard it is to cope with all of the attention he or she gets from admirers. SCORINGTo find score on the Jealousy test, add up all the numbers that you've written in the [ ] areas and write the total: INTERPRETATIONNORMS TABLE36 and below VERY LOW
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