Basic desires
by V.E. on September 29th, 2005
filed under quizzes/surveys
Read the following statements about each basic desire. If they strongly describe you mark “+” if they somewhat describe you mark “0,” and if they apply to you very little mark “-”:
(+)1. Curiosity. I have a thirst for knowledge.
(+)2. Acceptance. I have a hard time coping with criticism.
(+)3. Order. It upsets me when things are out of place.
(-)4. Physical Activity. Physical fitness is very important to me.
(+)5. Honor. I am a highly principled and loyal person.
(0)6. Power. I often seek leadership roles.
(+)7. Independence. Self-reliance is essential to my happiness.
(0)8. Social Contact. I am known as a fun-loving person.
(+)9. Family. My family/children come first.
(-)10. Status. I am impressed by people who own expensive things.
(+)11. Idealism. Compared with most people, I am very concerned with social causes.
(-)12. Vengeance. It is very important to me to get even with those who insult or offend me.
(0)13. Romance. Compared with my peers, I spend much more time pursuing romance.
(0)14. Eating. I love to eat and often fantasize about food.
(-)15. Saving. I hate throwing things away.
(0)16. Tranquility. It scares me when my heart beats rapidly.
Notes
1. Oh my Lord, it’s not healthy how much I want to know things.
2. Well, it depends. From people I really care about, acceptance is HUGE. But from people I barely know? Non-existant.
3. HAH, THAT’s the understatement of the century.
4. Fitness is important to me, but it’s not on my top ten list of “Things I MUST have in myself/my partner”
5. Duh.
6. I don’t really SEEK leadership roles, I just want to fix things that I know could be better and leadership lands in my lap.
7. Duh.
8. I AM a fun loving person, but I do much better in groups of 2-4 than anything larger.
9. Duh.
10. Okay, so I’m initially impressed by expensive things, etc, but after thinking about it, I usually re-evaluate.
11. Duh.
12. I’m not going to put a flaming bag of poop on someone’s doorstep, but I AM going to stick up for myself.
13. Er, well, having a romantic partner is nice, but only when they’re AROUND enough for it to count.
14. I like eating, but what I like more is eating with a group of people I’m close to; I like the conversation.
15. Well, I like scrapbooking, but periodically I go through all my stuff and throw away about half of it.
16. It depends on WHY my heart is beating rapidly, but usually I don’t like it.
