The CPI Self Assessment

The CPI is a longer assessment of 462 questions. This assessment is a self-report inventory that helps individuals gain a clearer picture of their characterizes and thinking styles. The assessment is broken up in two sections the profiles for validity and the personological modes or quadrants. The validity profiles are broken up into an expansive amount of categories; but the ones individuals need to take notice of are the ones that fall above or below the standard t-score results. In this section of the assessment the categories that stuck out to me for being above the standard t-scores are: dominance (Do), self-acceptance (Sa), independence (In), empathy (Em), achievement via independence (Ai) and flexibility (Fx). In a nutshell what these

results mean is that I am: assertive, dominant and task orientated. It also means that I have a good opinion of myself and see myself as talented; and that I am self-sufficient, resourceful and slightly detached. I also have the skills of understanding others and being comfortable with myself; all while having a strong drive to do well and I like to have tasks clearly defined. Finally I am flexible and enjoy new experiences; it also means that I can be impatient and get bored by everyday routines.
My scores that significantly fell beneath the standard t-score on the CPI were sociability (Sy), socialization (So), self-control (Sc), good impression (Gi), and femininity (F/M).

The overall picture I gain from this is that I am: shy and uneasy in social settings, I resist rules and regulations and find it hard to conform. I also tend to have strong feelings and emotions and do not make an attempt to mask them. I also insist on being myself in all situations and I am action orientated and I take initiative. These results are not surprising to me and I can picture little ways I do each of these. For instance with the self-control, I often refuse to walk on sidewalks on college campuses because it annoys me that everyone does so when there is perfectly good grass to walk on. People simply walk on them in my opinion, because they refuse to break from the set way of doing things. In the next section of the CPI I scored as an Alpha on the quadrant grid meaning that I am dependable, outgoing and enterprising. Though I was close to being a Gamma-who are adventurous, restless, and pleasure seeking. I can see both of these quadrants as holding bits of my personality. I think because I tread the line so much on both of these that I will switch back and forth depending on what the situation entails. As for the levels of realization, I scored a 4 or an average integration and realization of

potential.