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The California Child Q-Set (CCQ) Link to this test: http://www.personalitylab.org/tests/ccq_self.htm

The questionnaire you have just completed is the California Child Q-Set, or CCQ, an instrument developed by Jack and Jeanne Block (1980). The original goal of the CCQ was to provide psychologists with a tool for comprehensively describing the personalities of children and adolescents. Avshalom Caspi and colleagues (1992) reworded some of the CCQ items so that this measure can now be easily used by people who are not professional psychologists. Additionally, recent research has shown that the CCQ can be effectively used to describe the personalities of adults.

The Big Five

The “Big Five” is the most widely agreed-upon model of personality structure used by psychologists today. It proposes that the most basic dimensions of personality are captured by a set of five broad trait domains: Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, Neuroticism, and Openness to Experience. Scores these five personality dimensions, as well as descriptions of people who score high and low on each of these traits, are presented in the table below.

Personality Scores and Descriptions

Score (0-100)
Personality Dimension

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Extraversion
High scorers tend to be sociable and outgoing. They prefer to be around people most of the time. High Extraversion is associated with being seen as more popular and more socially competent, having more friends and dating partners, being accident-prone, taking more study breaks, engaging in thrill-seeking and delinquent behavior, better performance in sales and management jobs, higher job satisfaction, earning a higher salary, having more leadership roles, attending more parties, exercising more frequently, belonging to a fraternity, playing a sport, smoking cigarettes, consuming more alcohol, and preference for hip-hop, soul, funk, electronic, rock, and heavy metal music.

Low scorers tend to be reserved and serious. They often prefer to be alone or with a few close friends. Low Extraversion is associated with engaging in fewer risky behaviors.

69
Agreeableness
High scorers tend to be compassionate, good-natured, and eager to cooperate and avoid conflict. High Agreeableness is associated with being seen as more socially competent, with greater religiosity, greater willingness to help a stranger, and preference for pop, country, and religious music.

Low scorers tend to be hardheaded, skeptical, proud, and competitive. They tend to express their anger directly. Low Agreeableness is associated with having more dating partners, with smoking cigarettes, driving fast, and holding prejudicial views.

Agreeableness usually increases with age. Women tend to score higher on Agreeableness than do men.

86
Conscientiousness
High scorers tend to be responsible and well-organized. They have high standards and work hard to achieve their goals. High Conscientiousness is associated with earning higher grades, scoring higher on verbal intelligence tests, better school attendance, spending more time studying and completing household chores, sleeping more, being more religious, better performance in most jobs, and exercising more frequently.

Low scorers tend to act spontaneously rather than making plans. They may pay little attention to details, are not very well-organized, and can sometimes be careless. Low Conscientiousness is associated with risky behavior, disciplinary problems, being accident-prone, more job changes, consuming more alcohol, and receiving more traffic tickets.

Conscientiousness usually increases with age.

35
Neuroticism
High scorers tend to be sensitive, emotional, and prone to experience feelings that are upsetting. High Neuroticism is associated with exercising more frequently.

Low scorers tend to be secure, generally relaxed even under stressful conditions, and worry little. Low Neuroticism is associated with better physical and psychological health.

Neuroticism usually decreases with age. Women tend to score higher on Neuroticism than do men.

80
Openness to Experience
High scorers tend to be open to new experiences. They have broad interests and are imaginative. High Openness is associated with earning better grades, scoring higher on general intelligence tests, playing a musical instrument, holding liberal political opinions, and with preference for rock, heavy metal, classical, jazz, blues, and folk music.

Low scorers tend to be down-to-earth, practical, traditional, and pretty much set in their ways. Low Openness is related to earning a higher salary, holding conservative political opinions, and having prejudicial views of minority groups.

ps. IMO, the test I took is geared for adults. Check it out if, you're interested. -bart-