Social Skills Inventory Quiz
Adapted and used with permission from Mind Garden, Inc. The Social Skills Inventory (SSI) is a 90-question self- report measure designed to measure the possession of basic emotional and social communication skills. The SSI is based on a theoretical model of communication skills that presumes that there are three basic types of skills: expressive (encoding) skills, sensitivity (decoding) skills, and control (regulatory) skills. These three basic types of emotional/social skills comprise the core of emotional and social intelligence.
- 1.It is difficult for others to know when I am sad or depressed.
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- 2.When people are speaking, I spend as much time watching their movements as I do listening to them.
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- 3.People can always tell when I dislike them, no matter how hard I try to hide my feelings.
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- 4.I enjoy giving parties.
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- 5.Criticism or scolding rarely makes me feel uncomfortable.
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- 6.I can be comfortable with all types of people -- young and old, rich and poor.
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- 7.I talk faster than most people.
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- 8.Few people are as sensitive and understanding as I am.
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- 9.It is often hard for me to keep a "straight face" when telling a joke or humorous story.
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- 10.It takes people quite a while to get to know me well.
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- 11.My greatest source of pleasure and pain is other people.
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- 12.When I'm with a group of friends, I am often the spokesperson for the group.
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- 13.When depressed, I tend to make those around me depressed also.
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- 14.At parties, I can immediately tell when someone is interested in me.
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- 15.People can always tell when I am embarrassed by the expression on my face.
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- 16.I love to socialize.
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- 17.I would much rather take part in a political discussion that to observe and analyze what the participants are saying.
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- 18.Sometimes I find it difficult to look at others when I am talking about something personal.
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- 19.I have been told that I have expressive eyes.
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- 20.I am interested in knowing what makes people tick.
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- 21.I am not very skilled in controlling my emotions.
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- 22.I prefer jobs that require working with a large number of people.
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- 23.I am greatly influenced by the moods of those around me.
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- 24.I am not good at making prepared speeches.
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- 25.I usually feel uncomfortable touching other people.
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Questions: 10 | Attempts: 3270 | Last updated: Mar 22, 2022
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