Test 1: "are You a High Self-Monitor?"

In social psychology, self-assessment is the process of looking at oneself in order to assess aspects that are important to one's identity. We are assigned to select and complete three self-assessment tests. Afterwards, the task is to produce a short report including a description of each selected self-assessment test, followed by a detailed description of the results and then stating out where the evaluated results might have an impact on my behaviour in a workplace situation. Finally, I summarize my main impressions from the given exercise.

For the purpose to select three self-assessment tests, I decided to discuss initially the test “Are You a High Self-Monitor?”, secondly I picked the test “Are You a Type A”? and completing it with the test called “What’s Your EI at Work?”.

Description of the assessments

Test 1: “Are You a High Self-Monitor?”

What is the ability of self-monitoring? Self-Monitoring is “a personality trait that measures an individual’s ability to adjust behaviour to external situational factors (Langton, Robbins, Judge, 2010, p.55). There is a distinction between high self-monitors and low self-monitors. Individual with high self-monitoring skills are good in adjusting and adapting their behaviour to their environment and people around them. It is said, that high self-monitors tend to pay closer attention to the behaviour of others and therefore are better in assessing people’s feelings. Further, they are capable to hide their true feelings, even when they are upset. The opposite are the low self-monitors. They cannot hide their true feeling. Low self-monitors tend to display their mood and attitudes and cannot adjust or hide their feelings to the environment they are in. In addition, they have difficulties in understanding others’ emotions and motives (Langton, Robbins, Judge, 2010). A Self-Monitor test works as