This list presents traits that provide a comprehensive description of personality. By selecting those which are most characteristic and least characteristic of yourself, a picture of your unique personality emerges.

These "high" and "low" personality characteristics are used in creating your Personal Decorating Analysis.

For your convenience, the List of Personality Characteristics is repeated on the order form for the Personal Decorating Analysis, along with simple instructions for selecting your personal traits.

ACHIEVEMENT

Doing one's best in objective or difficult tasks and achieving recognition

DEFERENCE

Being agreeable to accepting the leadership of others and avoiding unconventionality

ORDERLINESS

Organizing one's work and habits and planning ahead systematically

EXHIBITION

Behaving so as to attract attention to one's self by appearance, speech, and manner

AUTONOMY

Doing as one chooses independently of others' opinions and avoiding conformity

AFFILIATION

Participating in friendships, sharing things with friends, and forming attachments to them

SENSITIVENESS

Analyzing motives and putting oneself in other people's shoes in order to understand their behavior

NEEDINESS

Seeking encouragement and support from others and appreciating being aided when in need

DOMINANCE

Being a leader who supervises or wields influence over others

ABASEMENT

Feeling oneself blameworthy and inferior to others and experiencing timidity

NURTURANCE

Assisting those less fortunate and giving moral support to others

CHANGE

Participating in new activities and fashions and liking novelty in one's life

ENDURANCE

Remaining with a task until it is completed and being able to work without being distracted

HETEROSEXUALITY

Engaging in social activities with the opposite gender and being interested in related matters

AGGRESSION

Attacking contrary points of view and expressing disagreement or criticism of others openly