OUTLINE OF A STUDY OF TEE SELF 12 



(d) Temperament and character. Describe yourself briefly, accurately, hon- 

 estly, with respect to temperament (inherited disposition) and character (the 

 inherited disposition as modified by experience). 



Use the following questions as suggestions toward the elaboration of your 

 description. Were you frank, honest (with self and others), courageous, just, 

 fearless of injury, calm, cheerful, self-controUed, ambitious ? Were you pri- 

 marily thoughtful and deliberate, or emotional and impulsive (tending to act 

 hastily) ? Were you a " good " or a " bad " child, in comparison with your 

 mates ? What made you such ? Were you high-strung ? Nervous ? High- 

 tempered ? Quick or slow in thought ? In action ? Superficial or deep in 

 feeling ? Revengeful ? Did your emotions and plans center mainly in yourself 

 or on some other object ? Were you pure in thought; speech; action ? Careful 

 of your reputation ? For what were you reputed ? The occasion of your first 

 He ? Have you given up lying ? Why ? Were you naturally or by training 

 (whose ?) careful in attitude, gait, speech, use of voice, nails, teeth, dress, state- 

 ment, judging others ? 



Consider the following aspects of yourself: conceit, or self-love; vanity, 

 self-consciousness, benevolence, optimism, conscientiousness, self-dependence, 

 sensitiveness, caution, courage, recklessness, love of adventure, willingness to 

 make sacrifices for your future good or for others. 



(e) Vocational suggestions. What was your childish attitude toward your 

 father's vocation ? What, at various ages, have been your ideal vocations ? 

 When did you begin seriously to think of a life work ? What were the circum- 

 stances ? Have you found yourself to be most attracted by men or by women; 

 by a certain type of individual, physically or mentally, or by one engaged in a 

 certain occupation ? Discuss this matter fully in the light of your vocational 

 influences and aptitudes. During childhood how did you spend your leisure ? 

 Think of yourself among your companions; in what did you excel ? How did 

 your habits, occupations, ideals, differ most strikingly from theirs ? What 

 kinds of Hterature did you read, if left to yourself ? In what studies and 

 other work did you succeed best during childhood ? What appealed to you 

 most strongly ? Why ? Has all this any bearing upon your chosen or prob- 

 able career ? What ? 



