Self Help: Do you really need a friend quiz to tell if someone is your friend?

Do you really need a friend quiz to tell if someone is your friend?

Written by Brian Fong

Q. I took a friend quiz in a magazine and it says that I don't make a very good friend. Can that really be true?

A. First, let me say congratulations! If repparttar quiz said that you don't make a very good friend then you must have answered repparttar 128505 quiz honestly, at least from repparttar 128506 friend quiz author's point of view.

Now let's delve into repparttar 128507 content of repparttar 128508 quiz. The bad thing about a friend quiz is that it is automatically biased by repparttar 128509 author's opinion of what makes a good friend.

For example: There might be a question that asks:

Your friend wants you to cover for her by telling her mother that she is sleeping at your house when she is really going to an all night party with her boyfriend. Do you say:

A. "No problem." B. "I'll do it but I'd rather not." C. "No way, you're on your own girlfriend."

What's repparttar 128510 right answer? Well, repparttar 128511 morally right answer is obviously "C". Would that make you a better friend that either "A" or "B"? Yes, actually, it would. There is a very good chance that something bad is going to come out of repparttar 128512 all night party. Your friend could get drunk and become a victim of date rape, get injured or killed in a car accident, or get arrested if repparttar 128513 police raid repparttar 128514 party. As a good friend, you should care more about your friend's safety and security than her having a good time doing something that she has to lie about.

What Does It Really Mean When You "Pass or Fail" A Relationship Quiz?

Written by Brian Fong

Q. It seems that no matter what magazine I am reading there is always some new relationship quiz being published. Aren't these a bunch of baloney?

A. Well, even baloney has a purpose if you're looking for a quick sandwich. The honest answer is that it depends upon repparttar quiz.

A relationship quiz that is written by a certified relationship professional, such as a licensed marriage counsellor or a psychologist, has a better chance of providing insight to a relationship than does one that is written by a magazine writer who was told to fill 1200 words of white space with a relationship quiz.

Of course, like anything else, garbage in, garbage out. What I mean is that no matter how structured or professional a relationship quiz is, repparttar 128502 answers can be skewed by answering repparttar 128503 questions dishonestly. So, if you're one of those people who want to "read their partner's mind" by having them take a relationship quiz, repparttar 128504 chances are that repparttar 128505 savvy partner is going to answer with whatever THEY think YOU want repparttar 128506 answer to be.

A relationship quiz works best when you take it by yourself and you answer every question honestly. It's imperative that you keep in mind that these quizzes, and their corresponding "correct" answers, are written for a generic audience and repparttar 128507 results may not be typical of your personal circumstances.

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