Can I Manage Money?

Money problems are becoming increasingly complex, individuals who are responsible for family budgeting have tremendous job to do. But is isn't easy and there are many problems to deal with.

Marriage counselors frequently maintain that marriage break up as frequently mismanagement of money s for any other cause. Hence, it seems clear that the proper management of money in the home vital to its satisfactory survival. Why not try these True-False items to see how YOU are managing money.

1. ___I keep a regular budget and know quite accurately where the money goes.
2. ___I am in no more debt that I can handle reasonably.
3. ___I eat out or entertain more than our budget really allows.
4. ___I have a regular savings practice that really woks.
5. ___I live and spend in a fashion that forces me to keep earning more to keep up.
6. ___Each year we seem to be getting progressively deeper into dept.
7. ___There are a lot more important things to worry about in life so I pay little attention to money management.
8. ___Nowadays a person truly has little real control over money and expenses because of inflation, unpredictable expenses, and money demands.
9. ___Because of my employment I simply can't predict my income from year to year.
10. ___I rely upon someone else to manage my money as I'm just not good at it.

On this quiz the criterion of the Good Money Manager would require that you have answered numbers 1,2, and 4 True. And the rest are false.

With rising prices and serious shortages developing, it is very easy to get discouraged over money matters. Nevertheless, they are not unbeatable for persons who are not on poverty-level subsistence. Chances are if you want to so do something to improve you financial situation, you can. Do you have a plan, do you keep track? If you just spend on it to a day-to-day demand, you may not be able to make it even if you have comparatively large income. Planning and keeping track is the basic key. If you are truly in trouble financially you might find budget counselor (not just a money-mad loan company) helpful in getting back in line.

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Can You Condition Your Teacher or Your Boss?

If you have ever felt they were trying to brain wash you or otherwise manipulate you at school or at work, you have then felt like a victim subject to the superior power of the person in authority. But now the fairly simple but highly powerful forces of behavior mod at are your disposal to in a sense get back at those powerful folk. EGOQUIZ simply going to list the number of behavior reinforcements you will need to learn to use effectively if you are going to become more of a behavior engineer, Just check which ones you think you can learn to do.

1. ___I will use the power of a big smile when my boss (this stands for teacher, parent or other powerful person in your life) does something which i like.
2. ___I will learn or use variety of positive reinforcement immediately following behaviors I approve (e.g., compliments, agreeing, nodding, returning the before, etc. )
3. ___On the other hand I will use negative reinforcers immediately after behavior I fell having a negative influence on me (e.g., frown turn away, say how it makes you feel, tell how you disagree,, or how you would prefer it). I will avoid being unreasonable or egocentric here.
4. ___I will become a more systematic observer on what kinds of positive and negative reinforcers work with which people in what situations; be flexible in adapting to the kinds of reinforcers that truly modify the behavior in the desired directions. (It's even fun and constructive to keep track of the number of reinforcers and the type you use and also the changed behaviors in the "boss.")

That's the basic formula for becoming a behavior engineer. Whether you realize it or not you are already using the positive and negative reinforcers in your current behavior reactions. Start the very basic principles in a more systematic, planned way so that you will gain more control over your destiny.

You parent, teacher, or your boss might complain that you are trying to influence him. But he can hardly complain if your behavior too starts being m0re purposeful and rewarding. For therein lies the "rub." Because you will both have to start pleasing each other more really to make it work.

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Advertising Can Sell You?

You can imagine the thousands of dollars big advertisers spend each year to learn how to best sell you (and the many millions) on their particular products. They want to understand your persuasion psychology. Do you have sufficient defenses against their sophisticated techniques? This topic wants you to test some of the rather basic facts about the psychology of advertising with you on these True-False items.

1. ___Catching your attention and focusing it on their product is very basic.
2. ___ Factors like motion, sound intensity, vivid color, and color contrast are used to grab your attention, regardless of your intentions.
3. ___ The advertisers know what basic needs (s3x, power, pride, social recognition, success) are powerful activators of most people.
4. ___ They are usually successful in linking up their product with your need satisfaction.
5. ___ Motivations of which you are unconscious actually influence your buying behaviour.
6. ___ The vast majority of persons buy only those things they truly need for a good life.
7. ___ Negative appeals to fears should never be used by reputable advertisers.
8. ___ Ploys that go, "You deserve our product," are not very effective.
9. ___ The advertising industry credits itself with raising the standard of living.
10. ___ Advertising is designed mainly for suckers and push-overs.

Some of the Quiz items today will raise some disagreement, but scoring key reads:

Items #4, 6, 7, 8, 10 should be False, all others, True.

The first two questions point up the very basic requirement of capturing your involuntary attention first with eye and ear-catching vivid stimuli. But advertisers know they cannot hold your voluntary attention without tying into your needs, motives, and interests very quickly. Thus, they spend a great deal of research money learning how best to accomplish the linking to their products.

#4 is false, however, because they usually don't sell you, or many other individuals. They only need to sell a reasonable number out there in their audience - usually not more than 25% or 30%.

They have learned very well that appeals to unconscious motives (#5), to fears (reasonable ones) such as death, rejection, failure (#7), and the indirect, pamper-yourself approaches, are usually highly effective and not too offensive. Advertising is created for the masses of John Q Public, not just for the suckers. It is usually quite successful, apparently has helped raise standard of living. But has it been in the direction we truly wanted to go?

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Are you a handicapped Person?

When ask if you are handicapped, we bet you answered, “No.” It is actually quite rare for individuals to consider themselves handicapped. But in a real sense we are all truly handicapped in some significant way. Those are all truly handicapped. Those who are conventionally labeled as handicapped are not that different from you an me – who deny we are handicapped.

People who insist the handicapped find that one of the first (and most difficult) problems is to get individuals to understand and accept their “defect” in reality terms. We know and understand how hard it is for each of you to recognize and accept a handicap, defect or limitation. But we would like you an assist with this inventory of possible handicaps. Simply check those items where you can feel your handicap might be limiting you in certain circumstances. Be honest now!

Some hearing loss _________
Emotionally dependent __________
Color blindness _________
Undereducated __________
Painful joints _________
Intolerant _________
Poor teeth _________
Unloved __________
Poor locomotion _________
Very Shy __________
Significant Weakness _________
Low social Status __________
Often sick or ill _________
Disliked Minority __________
Drug Dependent _________
Unattractive Looks __________
Bad Reputation _________
Obese __________
Imperfect Eyesight _________
Very awkward __________



We have listed only 20 of many handicaps we might have inventoried. But these sufficient I number to get across the idea that each of us is probably handicapped in some significant way – at least potentially. Of course most of us do not allow defect(s) to seriously handicap us. But do you have a fair appraisal of just how limiting your defect(s) might be? Even your best friends usually won’t tell you.

A certain defect of deficiency can be more or less serious depending upon a number of things:
1. Our attitude toward it.
2. Our ability to recognize it and work around it.
3. The kind of work we do.
4. The presence of compensating strength s
5. How others and our culture react to our handicap.

Rehabilitation counselors are specialists who help in correcting deficiencies, to learn acceptance of uncorrectable defects, and to achieve both social and vocational success in proportion to full human potential remaining.
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The art of asking questions

Most childr3n learn rather early in life that when you don't know something you ask someone who might have an answers. But as you grow into sophisticated adulthood you learn that asking good questions, that truly facilitate communication is an art. We've chosen the questioning approach to check out your skill-level in this area - answer TRUE of FALSE.

1. It's better to start out with the hardest questions and wind up with the easy ones. ______
2. Try to make many of your questions answerable by a simple yes or no. _________
   
3. The way you ask the question is at least as important as what you ask. ________
   
4. You should largely ignore the "feelings" components and focus on the logical content. ______
5. To get the valid answers (facts) you should somehow box him or her in. ________
6. Showing a sincere interest in the other usually reduces his defensiveness. ________
7. If it's usually better to use open-ended questions rather than closed-end ones. ________
8. Avoid posing threats ti his status, future, or well-being. ________
9. Try to read hidden meanings and get right to the issue. _________
   
10. If he's not answering your questions, point that out of him. __________

EGO QUIZ has been a little tricky with the questions to try to challenge the depth of your questioning skills, but tricky questions are not usually desirable in ordinary communications.

#1 is false as just the opposite is true in order to first build rapport.

#2 is false as you are not getting him to talk with simple yes and no answers.

#3, 6,7,8 are all true and very basic to good communications. Answer "false" to #4 because you must read accurately his feelings and attitudes and show him you understand.

Only the lawyer-type situation would call for boxing him in (#5 false). Threat usually leads to falsification, rationalization, and anger.

#10 is false too as that is usually too threatening and he will likely back off. You should indeed try yo read his hidden meanings, but should be very slow and gentle in surfacing them in your questioning (#9 false.)

If you got all these questions correct you may indeed be a good question asker. But EGOQUIZ knows too that it talks many other personal qualities such as patience., respect, friendliness, good will, and probably some training if it's your business to be able to ask good questions. But let's get back to the simplicity of childhood. "If you don't know, ask"

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Do I Have A Sense Of Humor?

Do you get lot of fun out of life in spite of its hardships? Are you a lot of laughs of the other people? Or is your life more of a trig-comedy? Let's take a peek into you Senses Of Humor by answering true or false to these:

1. ___I am quite capable of playing a clown successfully
2. ___I'm afraid I get laughed at often when I intend no joke.
3. ___The use of ethnic humor on TV is always inappropriate.
4. ___I laugh at the majority of the jokes my friends tell (sick puns excluded.)
5. ___I often appreciate the humor even when the jokes are on me!
6. ___Slap-stick comedy was never funny to me quite frankly.
7. ___I never laugh at the risque joke.
8. ___Some people often see humor in everyday happenings, but not to me.
9. ___I have to be in the mood or have an alcoholic lift of to lighthearted.
10. ___My sense of humor has truly saved me from some bad times.

Some people "play the clown" because they don't feel capable of relating effectively any other way (fell inferior). But persons with a good sense of humor should be able to play the clown successfully sometimes (#1-True), and be ale to laugh at themselves (#5-True), but not feel like they are the butt of jokes (@2-False).

One should be truly amused by more than 50% of the jokes told by friends (with the exclusions mentioned) (#4-True), unless you have the bad luck to be stuck with some pretty unfunny friends right now. Ethnic humor, like the most other humor, can be offensive, but is often poignantly funny (#3-false).

Persons who can never laugh at the risque, (mind you we didn't say "dirty") joke are probably up-tight about sex and hence somewhat inflexible (#7-false). Persons who have to get in the mood or need alcohol to laugh are probably up-tight too (#9-false).

Some persons think slap-stick is too low a comedy, but most persons with a flexible sense of humor will find some of of it quite amusing (#6-false). Persons with good, supportive sense of humor will find humor in quite simple everyday experiences (#8-false) and will find that their mental equilibrium was often saved by it (#10-true.)

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Am I observant?

Do you have any idea how much you are missing? If you consider how your sense organs work and how your attention gets directed and (and distracted!), you will begin to see how much you probably miss. Ego quiz want to help you assess your Observer Habits by having you spend a few minutes of your valuable attention on these questions:

1. Can you say definitely where each of the following may be found right now: check book, hammer, automobile title? (Must get all three.) _________
2. What is the mileage on your family car? (Within 1,000 miles.) _________
3. How man vertical columns of print are there on the front page of your local newspaper? ______
4. What time is it right now? (Within seven minutes.) _________
5. Name the streets two blocks away from your home apartment, in all four directions. _______
6. Which are the even-numbered pages of a book, right or left? _______
7. Where is the fire hydrant nearest your dwelling? ________
8. On what days does the garbage man come in neighborhood? ________
9. Choose any significant set of stairs at your house - how many steps are there in the entire flight? (1 step error is okay.) _______
10. On your clock, or wristwatch, how many Numbers actually appear?

After you have taken the quiz you will have to determine the correct answers, perhaps with some help. When you find that a particular item does not apply (if the family does not have an auto) you might try to think of a similar-type item to substitute. For example, how many miles do you travel each week just by going to work (or school)? (10% are allowed.)

Determine the number of errors you made and judge your-self on there norms:

Exceptionally observant: 0 or 1 error

Very observant: 2 or 3 errors

Normally Observant : 4 errors

Below average : 5 or 6 errors

You are missing to much: 7 or more errors.

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Maybe you are a genius.

Many must have suspected at some time or other that they might be a genius- or some of your parents must have wondered of one of you very special childr3n might be a genius? Check the list of characteristics (TRUE or FALSE, as they apply to you, or the person you suspect of possessing genius quality.)

1. Has IQ of 140 or more. (Genius is more than IQ buts it's usually very helpful in many accomplishments.)__________
2. Has a very inventive mind. (Is able to pit together things, ideas, and perceptions in fascinating ways.) ______________
3. Has at least one area truly outstanding accomplishment. (A young potential genius may not yet have his record achieved.)
4. Possesses an intense, highly focused attention and concentration. (Some persons have a one-track mind, but the genius us productive.)__________
5. Has a near-relative from whom he could have inherited genius genes. (Of course he could have learned genius-type behavior from them too.) ____________
6. His early environment provided excellent stimulus fro creative approaches. (Both heredity is probably a little important.)
7. Child with budding genius qualities then received very special attention and advantages, as well as high expectations, from parents, teachers, etc. __________

The more the above criteria you can truthfully apply to yourself or the very special someone you are thinking of, the more likely she or he is a genius or near-genius. You should realize the true genius is quite rare. And science has not yet westablished a clear, easy-to-apply criterion of genius.

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