How Shy Are You?

How Shy Are You?
Read each item carefully, and decide to what extent it is characteristic of your feelings and behavior. Answer each question by choosing a number from the scale below.
	1 = Very uncharacteristic or untrue, strongly disagree 2 = Uncharacteristic 3 = Neutral 4 = Characteristic 5 = Very characteristic or true, strongly agree

Questions

____	1. I feel tense when I'm with people I don't know well.
____	2. I am socially somewhat awkward.
____	3. I find it difficult to ask other people for information.
____	4. I am often uncomfortable at parties and other social functions.
____	5. When in a group of people, I have trouble thinking of the right things to say.
____	6. It takes me long to overcome my shyness in new situations.
____	7. It is hard for me to act natural when I am meeting new people.
____	8. I feel nervous when speaking to someone in authority.
____	9. I have doubts about my social competence.
____	10. I have trouble looking someone right in the eye.
____	11. I feel inhibited in social situations.
____	12. I find it hard to talk to strangers.
____	13. I am more shy with members of the opposite sex.

Now, add up your score. If you scored over 49, you're probably very shy. If your score is between 34 and 49, you're somewhat shy. If you scored below 34, you're probably not a particularly shy person, although you may feel shy in one or two situations. Most shy people score over 39 and a few reach the possible high score of 65.

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