SELF-ASSESSMENT QUIZ 6-3 The Conformity Quiz Directions: Circle the extent to which each of the following statements describes your behavior or attitude: agree strongly (AS); agree (A); neutral (N); disagree (D); disagree strongly (DS). You may have to respond in terms of any team or group experience you have had if you are not currently a member of a work team, a class-project team, or a sports team. Consider having someone who is familiar with your behavior and attitudes help you respond accurately. 1. I rarely question the decision reached by the team. 2. Whatever the group wants is fine with me 3. My clothing distinguishes me from the other members of the team. 4. I consider myself to be one of the gang. 5. I rarely express disagreement during a group discussion. 6. I routinely have lunch with other members of the team. 7. My teammates sometimes complain that I think too independently. 8. My preference is to piggyback on the ideas of others rather than contributing ideas of my own. AS AND DS 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 54 32 1 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 32 1 1 2 34 5 5 4 32 1 5 4 32 1 1 2 3 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 5 4 3 2 1 9. When I notice that other members of the team make the same error in speech, I will copy them rather than sound different. 10. I am often the first person to get up at the scheduled ending of the meeting. 11. I do almost all of my creative thinking for the team task when I'm with the team. 12. I'm particularly careful not to criticize an idea submitted by the team leader. 13. The number of hours I work per week corresponds closely to the number worked by my teammates. 14. When I think it is necessary, I bring information to the group that conflicts with the path we are following. 15. I would rather keep my mouth closed than point out weaknesses in a teammate's ideas. 16. I've been called a maverick on more than one occasion by teammates. 17. I encourage team members to express doubts about proposed solutions to problems. 18. I invite criticism of my ideas. 5 4 3 2 1 12345 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5/n

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