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    Optimism: Scoring Test From Seligman's Learned Optimism

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    The document outlines Seligman's learned optimism test which measures a person's optimism levels. It does this by having the person answer 48 questions that are grouped into 6 categories: Permanent Bad, Permanent Good, Pervasiveness Bad, Pervasiveness Good, Personalization Bad, and Personalization Good. The scores in each category are added up and compared to benchmarks to determine if a person is very optimistic, moderately optimistic, average, moderately pessimistic, or very pessimistic in that area. The overall, total optimism score is calculated by subtracting the total of the "Bad" scores from the total of the "Good" scores. This score is also compared to benchmarks to determine an overall optimism level.

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    Optimism: Scoring Test From Seligman's Learned Optimism

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    The document outlines Seligman's learned optimism test which measures a person's optimism levels. It does this by having the person answer 48 questions that are grouped into 6 categories: Permanent Bad, Permanent Good, Pervasiveness Bad, Pervasiveness Good, Personalization Bad, and Personalization Good. The scores in each category are added up and compared to benchmarks to determine if a person is very optimistic, moderately optimistic, average, moderately pessimistic, or very pessimistic in that area. The overall, total optimism score is calculated by subtracting the total of the "Bad" scores from the total of the "Good" scores. This score is also compared to benchmarks to determine an overall optimism level.

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    The document outlines Seligman's learned optimism test which measures a person's optimism levels. It does this by having the person answer 48 questions that are grouped into 6 categories: Permanent Bad, Permanent Good, Pervasiveness Bad, Pervasiveness Good, Personalization Bad, and Personalization Good. The scores in each category are added up and compared to benchmarks to determine if a person is very optimistic, moderately optimistic, average, moderately pessimistic, or very pessimistic in that area. The overall, total optimism score is calculated by subtracting the total of the "Bad" scores from the total of the "Good" scores. This score is also compared to benchmarks to determine an overall optimism level.

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    Optimism: Scoring Test From Seligman's Learned Optimism

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    Luiza Mincu
    The document outlines Seligman's learned optimism test which measures a person's optimism levels. It does this by having the person answer 48 questions that are grouped into 6 categories: Permanent Bad, Permanent Good, Pervasiveness Bad, Pervasiveness Good, Personalization Bad, and Personalization Good. The scores in each category are added up and compared to benchmarks to determine if a person is very optimistic, moderately optimistic, average, moderately pessimistic, or very pessimistic in that area. The overall, total optimism score is calculated by subtracting the total of the "Bad" scores from the total of the "Good" scores. This score is also compared to benchmarks to determine an overall optimism level.

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    Optimism

    Scoring test from Seligmans


    Learned Optimism

    Permanent Bad (PmB)

    Add up score on items


    5, 13, 20, 21, 29, 33, 42, 46
    Total of 0 or 1 very optimistic
    2 or 3 mod. optimistic
    4 average
    5 or 6 mod. pessimistic
    7 or 8 very pessimistic

    Permanent Good (PmG)

    Add up score on items


    2, 10, 14, 15, 24, 26, 28, 40
    Total of 7 or 8 very optimistic
    6
    mod. optimistic
    4 or 5 average
    3
    mod. pessimistic
    0, 1 or 2 very pessimistic

    Pervasiveness Bad (PvB)

    Add up score on items


    8, 16, 17, 18, 22, 32, 44, 48
    Total of 0 or 1 very optimistic
    2 or 3 mod. optimistic
    4 average
    5 or 6 mod. pessimistic
    7 or 8 very pessimistic

    Pervasiveness Good (PvG)

    Add up score on items


    6, 7, 28, 31, 34, 35, 37, 43
    Total of 7 or 8 very optimistic
    6
    mod. optimistic
    4 or 5 average
    3
    mod. pessimistic
    0, 1 or 2 very pessimistic

    Personalization Bad (PsB)

    Add up score on items


    3, 9, 19, 25, 30, 39, 41, 47
    Total of 0 or 1 very high self esteem
    2 or 3 mod. high self esteem
    4 average
    5 or 6 mod. low self esteem
    7 or 8 very low self esteem

    Personalization Good (PsG)

    Add up score on items


    1, 4, 11, 12, 23, 27, 36, 45
    Total of 7 or 8 very optimistic
    6
    mod. optimistic
    4 or 5 average
    3
    mod. pessimistic
    0, 1 or 2 very pessimistic

    Overall scores

    Add three Bs
    PmB
    PvB
    PsB
    Total B

    Add three Gs
    PmG
    PvG
    PsG
    Total G

    Total G minus Total B = Total optimism score

    Total B score

    3 to 6
    6 to 9
    10 or 11
    12-14
    15 or over

    marvelously optimistic
    moderately optimistic
    average
    moderately pessimistic
    very pessimistic, need
    to read Changing chapters

    Total G score

    19 or higher
    17 to 19
    14 to 16
    11 to 13
    10 or less

    marvelously optimistic
    moderately optimistic
    average
    moderately pessimistic
    very pessimistic, need
    to read Changing chapters

    Total optimism score (G-B)

    9 or above
    6 to 8
    3 to 5
    1 or 2
    0

    optimistic across the board


    moderately optimistic
    average
    moderately pessimistic
    very pessimistic, need
    to read Changing chapters

    Hope score

    Add PvB and PmB


    Total of 0, 1 or 2 very hopeful
    3 to 6
    mod. hopeful
    7 or 8
    average
    9 to 11
    mod. hopeless
    12 to 16
    very hopeless

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