Characteristics

Code:

A-CP-g-rdp-v-5-a

Focus:

Affect: Cheerful Person (A-CP)

Time frame:

generally (g)

Mode:

rating by peers (rdp)

Scale Type:

verbal scale (v)

Scale Range:

5

Description

Peer rating on the basis of two questions:

A. "Is S inclined to be ... most of the time?"
b  optimistic and cheerful
a  pessimistic and depressed

B. "Is she ... in mood?"
a  steady
b  fluctuating

Ss were classified as:
5 steadily optimistic
4  variable tending to optimism
3  indifferent or fluctuating
2  variable tending to pessimism
1  steadily pessimistic.