At Home-ta

Model Attitude Test

Situation: At Home

1. When you are woken up by mother, do you:
   1. Get up at once
   2. Take your own time
   3. Turn in and go back to sleep
2. If your brother/sister gets a new pair of pants/dress
   1. Are you happy
   2. Do you cry and demand one also
   3. Feel hurt and left out
3. If your mother is ill, do you
   1. Help her in any way
   2. Give more trouble
   3. Go to play and leave her alone
4. When you get home from school, do you
   1. Keep your books and uniform in an appropriate place?
   2. Leave them for mother to do it?
   3. Wait till you’re reminded to do it?
5. When a visitor comes to see your parents, do you
   1. Greet them nicely
   2. Run and hide
   3. Make a noise, as your parents are busy
6. If you are given a pet of your own, do you
   1. Care for it yourself
   2. Leave it to mother or the servant to care for it
   3. Neglect it
7. If your parents ask you to do something for them, do you
   1. Obey at once
   2. Wait till you are shouted at
   3. Don’t ever obey
8. If there is a new baby in the family, are you
   1. Happy about it
   2. Helpful to mother
   3. More troublesome
9. When daddy returns from work, do you
   1. Keep quiet
   2. Greet him
   3. Make more noise in the other room

[Adapted from: ‘Attitude Tests’, A Handbook for Balvikas gurus and Teachers by Smt.G.Nalini Padmanaban]