My Life Goals

My Life Goals

Welcome to the life goals psychological survey! This survey is designed to study the goals and aspirations that people set.

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Everyone has long-term Goals or Aspirations. These are the things that individuals hope to accomplish over the course of their lives. In this section, you will find a number of life goals, presented one at a time. Please rate how important each goal is to you. Use the following rating scale:

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
Not at all		A little		Moderately		Very		Extremely

How important to you is each goal?

Not at all		A little		Moderately		Very		Extremely	Statement
									1. To be a very wealthy person.
									2. To grow and learn new things.
									3. To have my name known by many people.
									4. To have good friends that I can count on.
									5. To successfully hide the signs of aging.
									6. To work for the betterment of society.
									7. To have many expensive possessions.
									8. At the end of my life, to be able to look back on my life as meaningful and complete.
									9. To be admired by many people.
									10. To share my life with someone I love.
									11. To have people comment often about how attractive I look.
									12. To assist people who need it, asking nothing in return.
									13. To be financially successful.
									14. To choose what I do, instead of being pushed along by life.
									15. To be famous.
									16. To have committed, intimate relationships.
									17. To keep up with fashions in hair and clothing.
									18. To work to make the world a better place.
									19. To be rich.
									20. To know and accept who I really am.
									21. To have my name appear frequently in the media.
									22. To feel that there are people who really love me, and whom I love.
									23. To achieve the "look" I've been after.
									24. To help others improve their lives.
									25. To have enough money to buy everything I want.
									26. To gain increasing insight into why I do the things I do.
									27. To be admired by lots of different people.
									28. To have deep enduring relationships.
									29. To have an image that others find appealing.
									30. To help people in need.

Sacredness Survey: What would you do for a million dollars?

Try to imagine actually doing the following things, and indicate how much money someone would have to pay you (anonymously and secretly) to be willing to do each thing. For each action, assume that nothing bad would happen to you afterwards. Also assume that you cannot use the money to make up for your action. If you prefer to think about Euros or any other currency, please do. The exact amounts are not very important.

$0 (I'd do it for free)	$10	$100	$1000	$10,000	$100,000	a million dollars	never for any amount of money	Action
								1. Kick a dog in the head, hard.
								2. Shoot and kill an animal that is a member of an endangered species.
								3. Make cruel remarks to an overweight person about his or her appearance.
								4. Step on an ant hill, killing thousands of ants.
								5. Stick a pin into the palm of a child you don't know.
								6. Cheat in a game of cards played for money with some people you don't know well.
								7. Steal from a poor person and use the money to buy a gift for a rich person.
								8. Say no to a friend's request to help him move into a new apartment, after he helped you move the month before.
								9. Throw out a box of ballots, during an election, to help your favored candidate win.
								10. Sign a secret-but-binding pledge to only hire people of your race in your company.
								11. Publicly bet against your favorite sports team (so that lots of people know).
								12. Burn your country's flag, in private (nobody else sees you).
								13. Say something bad about your nation (which you don't believe to be true) while calling in, anonymously, to a talk-radio show in a foreign nation.
								14. Break off all communications with your immediate and extended family for 1 year.
								15. Renounce your citizenship and become a citizen of another country.
								16. Leave the social group, club, or team that you most value.
								17. Curse your parents, to their face (you can apologize and explain 1 year later).
								18. Curse the founders or early heroes of your country (in private, nobody hears you).
								19. Make a disrespectful hand gesture to your boss, teacher, or professor.
								20. Throw a rotten tomato at a political leader you dislike (remember, you will not get caught).
								21. Slap your father in the face (with his permission) as part of a comedy skit.
								22. Sign a piece of paper that says "I hereby sell my soul, after my death, to whoever has this piece of paper."
								23. Cook and eat your dog, after it dies of natural causes.
								24. Get plastic surgery that adds a 2-inch tail on to the end of your spine.
								25. Get a blood transfusion of 1 pint of disease-free, compatible blood from a convicted child molester.
								26. Attend a performance art piece in which all participants (including you) have to act like animals for 30 minutes, including crawling around naked and urinating on stage.

Now please answer the questions below.

1) How often do you follow what is going on in government and public affairs?
	Hardly at all	Only now and then	Some of the time	Most of the time

2) Would you say that you are politically conservative or politically liberal?
	Extremely Liberal	Liberal	Slightly Liberal	Moderate; Middle of the road	Slightly Conservative	Conservative	Extremely Conservative

3) Would you say that you are a Republican or a Democrat?
	Strong Democrat	Democrat	Lean toward Democrat	Independent/Neither Democrat nor Republican	Lean toward Republican	Republican	Strong Republican

4) Overall, how interested are you in politics?
	Not at all interested	Not so interested	Somewhat interested	Very interested

5) How many days in the past week did you talk about politics with family or friends?
	0 days	1 day	2 days	3 days	4 days	5 days	6 days	7 days

6) How much do you feel you know about politics?
	Nothing	A little	A moderate amount	A lot

7) There has been some discussion about abortion during recent years. Which one of the opinions below best agrees with your view?
	By law, abortion should never be permitted.	The law should permit abortion only in cases of rape, incest, or when the woman's life is in danger.	The law should permit abortion for reasons other than rape, incest, or danger to the woman's life, but only after the need for the abortion has been clearly established.	By law, a woman should always be able to obtain an abortion as a matter of personal choice.

8) Should same-sex couples be allowed to marry, or do you think they should not be allowed to marry?
	Should be allowed	Should NOT be allowed	Should not be allowed to marry but should be allowed to legally form a civil union

9) Some people think the government should provide fewer services even in areas such as health and education in order to reduce spending. Other people feel it is important for the government to provide many more services even if it means an increase in spending. And, of course, some other people have opinions somewhere in between. Where would you place yourself on this scale?
	Far fewer services	Fewer services	Slightly fewer services	About the same level of services	Slightly more services	More services	Far more services

10) Some people feel there should be a government insurance plan which would cover all medical and hospital expenses for everyone. Others feel that all medical expenses should be paid by individuals through private insurance. And, of course, some other people have opinions somewhere in between. Where would you place yourself on this scale?
	Strongly favor government insurance	Favor government insurance	Slightly favor government insurance	In the middle on this issue	Slightly favor private insurance	Favor private insurance	Strongly favor private insurance

11) Some people believe that we should spend much less money for defense. Others feel that defense spending should be greatly increased. And, of course, some other people have opinions somewhere in between. Where would you place yourself on this scale?
	Greatly decrease defense spending	Decrease defense spending	Slightly decrease defense spending	Neither increase nor decrease defense spending	Slightly increase defense spending	Increase defense spending	Greatly increase defense spending

12) Some people believe the United States should solve international problems by using diplomacy and other forms of international pressure and use military force only if absolutely necessary. Others believe diplomacy and pressure often fail and the US must be ready to use military force. And of course others fall in positions in between. Where would you place yourself on this scale?
	Strongly favor diplomacy	Favor diplomacy	Slightly favor diplomacy	In the middle on this issue	Slightly favor readiness to use military force	Favor readiness to use military force	Strongly favor readiness to use military force

13) Do you think the federal government should make it more difficult for people to buy a gun than it is now, make it easier for people to buy a gun, or keep these rules about the same as they are now?
	Much more difficult	Somewhat more difficult	Keep these rules about the same	Somewhat easier	Much easier

14) Do you favor or oppose the death penalty for persons convicted of murder?
	Strongly favor	Somewhat favor	Neither favor nor oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose

15) Do you favor, oppose, or neither favor nor oppose the U.S. government torturing people, who are suspected of being terrorists, to try to get information to prevent future attacks?
	Strongly favor	Somewhat favor	Neither favor nor oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose

16) Do you believe that the government should make every effort to improve the social and economic position of blacks, or do you believe the government should not make any special effort to help blacks in particular?
	Strongly believe government should make special effort to help blacks	Somewhat believe government should make special effort to help blacks	In the middle on this issue	Somewhat believe government should NOT make special effort to help blacks	Strongly believe government should NOT make special effort to help blacks

17) Some people say that because of past discrimination, blacks should be given preference in hiring and promotion. Others say that such preference in hiring and promotion of blacks is wrong because it gives blacks advantages they haven't earned. Where would you place yourself on this scale?
	Strongly favor preferential hiring and promotion of blacks	Somewhat favor preferential hiring and promotion of blacks	In the middle on this issue	Somewhat oppose preferential hiring and promotion of blacks	Strongly oppose preferential hiring and promotion of blacks

18) Do you think the number of immigrants from foreign countries who are permitted to come to the United States to live should be increased, decreased or kept the same?
	Increased a lot	Increased a little	Kept the same	Decreased a little	Decreased a lot

19) Do you think the federal government should do more than it's doing now to try to deal with global warming, should do less than it's doing now, or is it doing about the right amount?
	Much more	Somewhat more	Doing about the right amount	Somewhat less	Much less
20) What is your view of the political movement known as the Tea Party? Would you say you strongly support it, moderately support it, neither support nor oppose it, moderately oppose it, strongly oppose it, or you don't know enough about the Tea Party to say?
	Strongly Support	Moderately Support	Neither Support nor Oppose	Moderately Oppose	Strongly Oppose	Don't Know Enough

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