I have an assignment to complete for my psychology class. Participants who fully complete the survey will receive rep from me in appreciation.

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This survey is meant to assess your attitudes towards several contemporary issues in Western society. If you prefer to respond by private message, your results will not be revealed to anyone else, and will be discarded following completion of this study. At the end of the study, you will be informed as to the full nature of the survey, and what results developed from the data.

This survey is divided into two sections. Each section contains its own method of responding to questions. Please be sure to follow the directions for each section to avoid data errors.

PART 1

In this first section, you will be presented with sentences that express a certain belief or opinion. Your task is to indicate the degree to which you agree or disagree with each sentence on a 4-point scale. On this scale:


A score of 1 indicates that you “strongly disagree” with the sentence
A score of 2 indicates that you “somewhat disagree” with the sentence
A score of 3 indicates that you “somewhat agree” with the sentence
A score of 4 indicates that you “strongly agree” with the sentence


Please answer every question honestly. Fractional or decimal scores are not allowed; only integer responses from 1-4 will be scored as correct answers. To facilitate data analysis, please do NOT put the question number before your reply; only input your response in your post.

For example, in replying to the first four questions, you would input your results as such:

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You would NOT input your results like the following:

#1. 1
#2. 4
#3. 4
#4. 2

The first section contains a total of 38 questions:


Everyone who has an eating disorder will completely recover after treatment

I support laissez-faire / free market economic policies

The national government should not make imported goods cost more through tariffs and/or taxes

Morbid obesity represents an utter lack of motivation to stay healthy (note: an example of morbid obesity is a man with a height of 5 feet, 8 inches, and a weight of 260lbs)

I feel more comfortable telling jokes about fat people than I do about racial/ethnic minorities

Biological traits such as genes and brain chemistry are established risk factors for eating disorders

At least 20% (or one out of five) women have had eating disorder symptoms at some point in their life

Minimum wage is a good thing

Well-off, White/Caucasian women are more likely to have eating disorders than minorities and/or less-affluent people

Genetics, hormones, and other biological factors can make it impossible to have a normal body-weight.

Societal factors make it easier for people to become overweight or obese

Prevention programs can decisively keep people from getting eating disorders at all ages

People with eating disorders either starve themselves or throw up after eating

The national government should guarantee a minimum income for the elderly, the disabled, and other citizens who cannot work

A person’s weight is completely within their control

Overweight or obese people are inherently less healthy than people within normal weight guidelines

Eating disorders are “all in someone’s head.”

There is currently an “obesity epidemic” in America

Individuals know how to spend their money better than the national government

If a child is obese, it’s primarily the fault of the parents

The Body Mass Index (BMI) is an effective way to determine obesity

Size discrimination (a.k.a. sizism) is no different than discriminating based on race, gender, ethnicity, or national origin (note: these four characteristics are ones protected against discrimination under American national laws)

Eating disorders are real, but there are plenty of “fakers” who claim they have the disease for attention

I feel I could tell if someone had an eating disorder

Exercise and a low-calorie diet can solve most people’s obesity problems

If I was 20% heavier than my current weight, I would be severely distressed

As long as people with eating disorders don’t regularly vomit, their physical health should be ok.

The national government should bail out critical industries such as airlines, farms, and car manufacturers if they end up in financial trouble

Public institutions such as hospitals and community centers should spend money on equipment to accommodate obese or morbidly obese patrons (i.e. MRI machines that can hold larger people or chairs that can bear a greater load)

Men can get full-blown eating disorders too

Obese people need more “reality checks” than verbal encouragement if they want to lose weight

Assistance to the needy should come from individual contributions, not the national government

I know someone with disordered eating behaviors

I know people who claimed their excess weight was due to being “big-boned”

Businesses should have the right to set wages, hiring practices, and the like without governmental interference

I think it’s okay if someone is obese due to a disability or medical condition (i.e. taking a prescribed medicine that increases appetite)

If someone is deliberately starving themselves, that’s a definite indicator of anorexia

The less that the national government is involved in the economy, the better


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PART 2

For each question in Part 2, rather than using the 1-4 scoring, indicate whether you mostly agree with either sentence A or sentence B by indicating “A” or “B”. Again, please only input your answer; do NOT indicate the number of which question you're answering. For instance, the following is the right way to answer:

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The following is NOT the right way to answer because you put in the number of the question:

1. A
2. B
3. A
4. A
5. B

This section contains 29 questions

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a. Children get into trouble because their parents punish them too much.
b. The trouble with most children nowadays is that their parents are too easy with them.

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a. Many of the unhappy things in people's lives are partly due to bad luck.
b. People's misfortunes result from the mistakes they make.

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a. One of the major reasons why we have wars is because people don't take enough interest in politics.
b. There will always be wars, no matter how hard people try to prevent them.

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a. In the long run, people get the respect they deserve in this world
b. Unfortunately, an individual's worth often passes unrecognized no matter how hard he tries

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a. The idea that teachers are unfair to students is nonsense.
b. Most students don't realize the extent to which their grades are influenced by accidental happenings.

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a. Without the right breaks one cannot be an effective leader.
b. Capable people who fail to become leaders have not taken advantage of their opportunities.

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a. No matter how hard you try some people just don't like you.
b. People who can't get others to like them don't understand how to get along with others.

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a. Heredity plays the major role in determining one's personality
b. It is one's experiences in life which determine what they're like.

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a. I have often found that what is going to happen will happen.
b. Trusting to fate has never turned out as well for me as making a decision to take a definite course of action.

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a. In the case of the well-prepared student there is rarely if ever such a thing as an unfair test.
b. Many times, exam questions tend to be so unrelated to coursework that studying is really useless.

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a. Becoming a success is a matter of hard work; luck has little or nothing to do with it.
b. Getting a good job depends mainly on being in the right place at the right time.

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a. The average citizen can have an influence in government decisions.
b. This world is run by the few people in power, and there is not much the little guy can do about it.

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a. When I make plans, I am almost certain that I can make them work.
b. It is not always wise to plan too far ahead because many things turn out to be a matter of good or bad fortune anyhow.

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a. There are certain people who are just no good.
b. There is some good in everybody.

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a. In my case getting what I want has little or nothing to do with luck.
b. Many times we might just as well decide what to do by flipping a coin.

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a. Who gets to be the boss often depends on who was lucky enough to be in the right place first.
b. Getting people to do the right thing depends upon ability; luck has little or nothing to do with it.

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a. As far as world affairs are concerned, most of us are the victims of forces we can neither understand, nor control.
b. By taking an active part in political and social affairs the people can control world events.

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a. Most people don't realize the extent to which their lives are controlled by accidental happenings.
b. There really is no such thing as "luck."

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a. One should always be willing to admit mistakes.
b. It is usually best to cover up one's mistakes.

20.
a. It is hard to know whether or not a person really likes you.
b. How many friends you have depends upon how nice a person you are.

21.
a. In the long run, the bad things that happen to us are balanced by the good ones.
b. Most misfortunes are the result of lack of ability, ignorance, laziness, or all three.

22.
a. With enough effort we can wipe out political corruption.
b. It is difficult for people to have much control over the things politicians do in office.

23.
a. Sometimes I can't understand how teachers arrive at the grades they give.
b. There is a direct connection between how hard I study and the grades I get.

24.
a. A good leader expects people to decide for themselves what they should do.
b. A good leader makes it clear to everybody what their jobs are.

25.
a. Many times I feel that I have little influence over the things that happen to me.
b. It is impossible for me to believe that chance or luck plays an important role in my life.

26.
a. People are lonely because they don't try to be friendly.
b. There's not much use in trying too hard to please people. If they like you, they like you.

27.
a. There is too much emphasis on athletics in high school.
b. Team sports are an excellent way to build character.

28.
a. What happens to me is my own doing.
b. Sometimes I feel that I don't have enough control over the direction my life is taking.

29.
a. Most of the time I can't understand why politicians behave the way they do.
b. In the long run the people are responsible for bad government on a national as well as on a local level.


Thank you!

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Note to self -

Jack's data have been entered
Whorian's data were discarded because of missing values and because of a testing error in replying to the first part
Fes' data have been entered
Marrt's data have been entered
Abusivemelon's data have been entered
isol8d's data have been entered

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You still got rep.

And it's my SPSS, not my scantron.

And having been gone from SPSS work for about 3 years, it majorly sucks having to refresh how to do half the **** I learned in Stats II.

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Cracky, I don't care if you think it's stupid; I'm not using responses with missing data.

I can't agree or disagree to contradictory statements.

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Is thia data still valid because you are posting this on a message board? I would check with your prof to see if this was okay. All the psych experiments that I particapated in had to be in controlled environments (a room or cubicle by myself). I can see some objections being raised because I am sitting at home and could be watching porn and filling the survey out during the DP scenes and stroking myself every 5 questions. Thats not to say that I am but I would take such a situation into consideration when determining if this data is valid or not.

are we going to get the results?

i really hope i'm not positive.

Rsob, there's no problem with my survey study using a convenience sample. It'd be a problem if I was doing a study like this with the intent to be published, but this is for an assignment.

fes, if you really want personalized results, PM me. I've inputted the data so that I can't easily identify you by your data unless you want me to.

You still got rep.

And it's my SPSS, not my scantron.

And having been gone from SPSS work for about 3 years, it majorly sucks having to refresh how to do half the **** I learned in Stats II.

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Cracky, I don't care if you think it's stupid; I'm not using responses with missing data.

So you did do that? didn't see it, I'll take another look...

For some reason, I can't rep. Worse comes to worse, I'll go into your profile and double the value of rep previously given or something.

But thank you again for taking the survey.