A test to see how optimistic you are: http://www.stanford.edu/class/msande271/onlinetools/LearnedOpt.html
btw my total score is -4 (very pessimistic)
btw my total score is -4 (very pessimistic)
Learned Optimism Test
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Swedishguy
Deity
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Eukaryote
Deity
I don't think this test is very accurate. I'm not very pessimistic, I think. 
SuperBeaverInc.
Groucho
-10 Very pessimistic
Masquerouge
Deity
wow -1? Weird. I think I am one of the most optimistic persons I know!
JohnRM
Don't make me destroy you
This is the worst online test that I have ever taken. None of the answers made sense.
No, its called personal responsibility. When you get lost driving to a friends house, campaign for an office, or forget an important date, you take responsibility for yourself. You don't blame it on others. That is is not "low self-esteem", it is being pragmatic and realistic about your own limitations.
I am, without a doubt, the most optimistic person that I know.
"Worst...Test...Ever!"
No, its called personal responsibility. When you get lost driving to a friends house, campaign for an office, or forget an important date, you take responsibility for yourself. You don't blame it on others. That is is not "low self-esteem", it is being pragmatic and realistic about your own limitations.
I am, without a doubt, the most optimistic person that I know.
"Worst...Test...Ever!"
Masquerouge
Deity
Wowow wait you mean the test actually scores as pessimistic any answer that says "it's my freakin'fault"?
"Worst...Test...Ever!"
Seconded.
I very much doubt this test will be any good, so I won't bother taking it. 
Chukchi Husky
Lone Wolf
I got -10.
"Worst...Test...Ever!"
Thirded (no offense, OP). I didn't even make it to the tenth question - almost every question is some lame choice between accepting responsibility or blaming things on outside circumstances. Whoever made this test seems like a moron (and yet is likely a tenured professor making six figures
).Edit: I love the category titled "Stuff of Hope".
I may be backing a losing cause in the 'Battle of the nerds' thread, but I think I can safely nominate the guy who wrote this crapfest for last place in the 'seekers of truth' category. 
Gogf
Indescribable
Yeah, I thought the test was pretty awful too. Apparently not very accurate, either.
Gilder
Deity
It was a poor test. You're pessimistic if you blame others. How is blaming others optimisim?
Hygro
soundcloud.com/hygro/
This is the worst online test that I have ever taken. None of the answers made sense.
No, its called personal responsibility. When you get lost driving to a friends house, campaign for an office, or forget an important date, you take responsibility for yourself. You don't blame it on others. That is is not "low self-esteem", it is being pragmatic and realistic about your own limitations.
I am, without a doubt, the most optimistic person that I know.
"Worst...Test...Ever!"
I am optimistic and and have high self-esteem. I consider my accepting responsibility and my reasoned thinking a strength, which further bolsters my optimism and my self-esteem. The idea that I have low self-esteem or that I am a pessimist is rediculous.
I got a 0, by the way.
Gogf
Indescribable
I think the logic is that it's optimistic bBecuase you're not blaming yourself. But putting "optiministic answers" on this test also shows that you're not willing to be accountable for your actions. Admitting that you made a mistake or knowing your faults does not make you pessimistic.
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
I don't understand where you ppl get only 1 "result".
I get 10.
I get 10.
Chukchi Husky
Lone Wolf
It's the last one.
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
You mean the "Good minus Bad Score" ? That one is 0 - Very Pessimistic.
If 0 is very pessimistic then what is -5 ?
If 0 is very pessimistic then what is -5 ?
Chukchi Husky
Lone Wolf
I got -10, which is very pessimistic.
Heretic_Cata
We're gonna live forever
In that case, apparently -10 is just as pessimistic as 0. Wierd test. Some of the questions were very stupid tho, on several i really didn't know what to answer.
Wierd test. Some of the questions were very stupid tho, on several i really didn't know what to answer.
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