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The Life Orientation Test TAKE THE LIFE ORIENTATION TEST below:  Answer the following questions… SIMPLY COPY, PASTE AND ANSWER THE 5 QUESTIONS BELOW (10 point); AFTER COMPLETING THE LIFE ORIENTATION TEST

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The Life Orientation Test

TAKE THE LIFE ORIENTATION TEST below:  Answer the following questions… SIMPLY COPY, PASTE AND ANSWER THE 5 QUESTIONS BELOW (10 point); AFTER COMPLETING THE LIFE ORIENTATION TEST.   DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR RESULTS!!!  Failure to follow directions will result in forfeiture of points.

1. Did you answer each question truthfully?
2. Did you score as expected?
3. Do you agree with your score?  Why or why not?
4. Did you find this assignment helpful?  Why or why not?
5. Would you consider asking you spouse/partner/mate to take THE LIFE ORIENTATION TEST?  Why or why not?

The Life Orientation Test (20 points)

Scheier and Carver’s Life Orientation Test (1985), measures a respondent’s optimism, or expectations regarding the favorability of future outcomes. In scoring the scale, you should reverse their responses to items 3, 8, 9, and 12 (0 = 4, 1 = 3, 2 = 2, 3 = 1, 4 = 0), and then add up their responses to items 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 11, and 12 to obtain a final score (items 2, 6, 7, and 10 are filler items). Scores can range from 0 to 32, with higher scores reflecting greater optimism. The mean score is approximately 21.

Scheier & Carver’s Life Orientation Test

Indicate the degree to which you agree with the statements using the following response scale:

                        0 = strongly disagree

                        1 = disagree

                        2 = neutral

                        3 = agree

                        4 = strongly agree

__ 1.  In uncertain times, I usually expect the best.

__ 2.  It’s easy for me to relax

__ 3.  If something can go wrong for me, it will.

__ 4.  I always look on the bright side of things.

__ 5.  I’m always optimistic about my future.

__ 6.  I enjoy my friends a lot.

__ 7.  It’s important for me to keep busy.

__ 8.  I hardly ever expect things to go my way.

__ 9.  Things never work out the way I want them.

__ 10. I don’t get upset too easily.

__ 11. I’m a believer in the idea that “every cloud has a silver lining.”

__ 12. I rarely count on good things happening to me.