Life Position
Overview
- No Of Test 1
- No Of Questions 32
- Duration 25 Minutes
- Test Type Objective
- Language English
- Mode Online
- Report PDF
The Life Positions refers to the specific behavior towards others that an individual learns on the basis of certain assumptions made very early in the life.The life positions can be categorized as follows:
I am O.K., You are O.K.
This life position shows that an individual has several O.K. experiences with others. This means, an individual encountered no severe problems or issues with others in his childhood and had a normal relationship with them. People with such life positions about themselves and others around him can solve any problem very easily and realizes the significance of others being in his life. This position is based on the adult ego.
I am O.K., You are not O.K.
This life position is created when an individual was too much ignored when he was a child. Here, an individual believes that he is right, and all the others around him are wrong. These are the individual who possesses the rebellion child ego and put blame on others for anything that goes wrong with them.
I am not O.K., You are O.K.
This life position gets created when an individual feels that others do things better than him. He feels inferior to others and believes that others can do many things which he cannot do by himself. These kinds of people always complain about one thing or the other and remain highly dissatisfied with their lives.
I am not O.K., You are not O.K.
This kind of life position is created by those who lacks interest in living. They feel life is not worth living and are the ones who have been neglected by their parents in their childhood and were brought up by the servants. Such kind of people commits suicide or homicide to end their lives.
How To Give The Test?
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The Purpose
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The Life Positions refers to the specific behavior towards others that an individual learns on the basis of certain assumptions made very early in the life.
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Setting
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It is important not to rush completion, so a quiet place for undisturbed working/responding is required.
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Method
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Read the instructions before completing the survey. Consider each statement separately. Consider the results carefully in order to assess how valid they are.
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Summary Of The Theory By The Creator
Debjani Ghosh
Test CreatorLife positions are basic beliefs about self and others, which are used to justify decisions and behavior.Thus, the life positions talk about the individual developing his identity, sense of worth and perception about others during his childhood and believing it to be true until and unless some major experience changes it.
Many of us go through life’s interactions feeling uneasy, sometimes a bit unsure, but we cannot always put a finger on it. This test can get you closer to answering some of these questions. Understanding something as simple as where we sit in the table above, our life position, allows us to start making sense of many of our actions and thoughts.