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QUESTIONNAIRE - Page 31

The method of filling in the questions and of scoring is explained in the first page of the Questionnaire, Activity.

E - SOCIAL & POLITICAL ATTITUDES

Trait 6 - REACTIONISM

  • Few people really know what would be best for their long-term interest.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • It is only by returning to our glorious and forgotten past that real social progress can be made.
    Yes* | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Criminal violence should be punished more severely than by mere imprisonment.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • To compromise with our political opponents is dangerous because it usually leads to letting down our own side.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Life in the old days used to be much more pleasant than it is now.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Avante-garde artists are in no way inferior to past masters.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Today's revolutionaries and protesters show unrest because the old ways have failed .
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • The greatest threats to this country have come from foreign ideas and agitators.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • It is better to stick with what you know than to try new ideas that are untested and may cause more problems.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Tradition has too big an influence in this country.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • The best of modern popular music is better than the old-fashioned music of years ago.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Most politicians have a hidden agenda that is quite different from their public statements
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Social planning leads to regimentation.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • We should recognize that we have duties to society as well as rights.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Easy access to divorce is a threat to the institution of marriage and this trend should be reversed.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • The Constitution of our great country should never be questioned.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Most modern art is pretentious nonsense.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • If you start trying to change things much, you usually make things worse.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Even though the masses appear to behave stupidly at times, that is a reflection of their leaders; taken individually, I have a lot of faith in the common sense of the ordinary man.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • The maintenance of order within the nation is more important than ensuring that everybody's rights are upheld.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • Nowadays, more and more officials are prying into matters which do not concern them.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Scientific inventions have carried us too far too fast; we should be given a resting pause now.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • It is always a good idea to look for new ways of doing things.
    Yes | Maybe | No* || Score:

  • This country should ensure that none of its independence and power is ever lost.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Things were much better when it was understood that the place for a woman is in the home.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • Morals in this country are pretty bad and getting worse.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

  • It seems to me that whoever you vote for, things go on much the same.
    Yes* | Maybe | No || Score:

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ANALYSIS

People are labeled "reactionary" if they resist change to a new order of things - but then they may be right! High scorers tend to be disturbed by what they see as moral decay in society. They show strong support for traditional institutions and look to the past for their model of life.

Low scorers are progressive thinkers, open to new ideas and future-oriented. They think that life is getting better - but then they may just be following the tide or latest fashion.

This scale has fairly high correlation with age.

How do you compare?

The norm on this trait is between 16-17 points (statistical approximation). This may be represented on the following scale:

Reactionary 27 26 25 24 23 22 21 20 19 18 17 || 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Progressive

Move on to the next Trait: PACIFISM

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