Escala: Perfil de Reiss

Referências:
Reiss, S. (2002). Who Am I?: 16 Basic Desires that Motivate Our Actions Define Our Persona. Berkley Trade.
Reiss, S. (2004). Multifaceted nature of intrinsic motivation: The theory of 16 basic desires. Review of
General Psychology, 8(3), 179-193.

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POWER PODER
Rate your desire for power as very important Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
to you if any of the following statements is
1. Altamente ambicioso(a)
generally true:
comparativamente aos(às) outro(a)s
1. You are highly ambitious compared
concorrentes.
with other people your age.
2. Que procure ocupar lugares de
2. You usually seek leadership roles.
liderança.
3. You usually dominate in social
situations with people your own age.

Rate your desire for power as less important

to you if either of the following statements is
generally true:
4. You are noticeably less ambitious than
other people your own age.
5. Generally, you prefer being submissive
in social situations.

Rate your desire for power as of average

importance if you have not rated it as very
important or less important, of if you have
endorsed statements indicating that power is
both very and less important to you.

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INDEPENDENCE
Rate your desire for independence (…)
1. You usually resist advice and guidance
from others.
2. Self-reliance is essential to your
happiness.
Rate your desire for independence (…)
3. Compared to other people your own
age, you are noticeably more
devoted to your spouse or partner.
4. You dislike being on your own.
Tradução/Adaptação
INDEPENDÊNCIA
Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. Que resista em aceitar conselhos por
parte de outros concorrentes.
3. Que seja mais dedicado(a) ao seu
companheiro (à sua companheira) do que
outro(a)s concorrentes.

CURIOSITY CURIOSIDADE
Rate curiosity as (…) Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. You have a thirst for knowledge. 1. Que tenha sede de conhecimento.
2. Compared to your peers, you ask a lot 2. Que coloque muitas perguntas.
of questions.
3. You think a lot about what is true.
Rate your curiosity as (…)
4. You dislike intellectual activities.
5. You rarely ask questions.

ACCEPTANCE ACEITAÇÃO

Rate acceptance as (…) Prefiro um(a) concorrente:

1. You usually set easy goals for yourself. 2. Que desista facilmente.
2. You are a quitter. 3. Que tenha muita dificuldade em lidar
3. You have great difficulty coping with com a crítica.
criticism.
Rate acceptance as (…)
4. You have a lot of self-confidence.
5. You handle criticism noticeably better
than most people—that is, you do not
become unduly upset.

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ORDER
Rate your desire for (…)
1. You are noticeably more organized
than most people.
2. Your have many rules and try to
follow them religiously.
3. You enjoy cleaning up.
Rate your desire for (…)
4. Your office/workplace is usually a
mess.
5. You hate planning.
S AV I N G
Rate your desire for (…)
1. You are a collector.
2. You are a miser.
3. You are noticeably more tight with
your money than other people are with
their money.
Rate your desire for (…)
4. You are a free spender.
5. You rarely save anything at all.
HONOR
Rate your desire for (…)
1. You are known as a highly principled
person.
2. You are known as a very loyal person.
Rate your desire for (…)
3. You believe that everyone is out for
him- or herself.
4. You do not care much about morality.
Tradução/Adaptação
ORDEM
Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. Que seja, nitidamente, mais
organizado(a) do que os restantes
concorrentes.
4. Que deixe a casa, normalmente,
desarrumada.
POUPANÇA
Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
2. Que lhe pareça um forreta.
3. Que lhe pareça mais cuidadoso com o
seu dinheiro do que os outros
concorrentes.
HONRA
Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
2. Que seja conhecido como sendo um
concorrente muito leal.
4. Que não se importa muito com
questões morais.
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IDEALISM
Rate your desire for (…)
1. You make personal sacrifices for a social
or humanitarian cause.
2. You have repeatedly volunteered time
to community-service organizations.
3. You have repeatedly made generous
contributions to the needy.
Rate your desire for (…)
4. You pay little attention to what is going
on in society at large.
5. You do not believe in charity.
Tradução/Adaptação
IDEALISMO
Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. Que lhe pareça que se sacrifique por
causas sociais ou humanitárias.
4. Que lhe pareça que presta pouca
atenção ao que está a acontecer à
sociedade.

SOCIALCONTACT CONTACTO SOCIAL

Rate your desire for (…) Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. You feel that you need to be around 1. Que precisa de estar perto de outras
other people a lot to be happy. pessoas para ser feliz.
2. You are known as a fun-loving person. 3. Que seja uma pessoa reservada.
Rate your desire for (…)
3. You are a private person.
4. You hate parties.
5. You do not care much about other
people except for family and a few close
friends.

FAMILY FAMÍLIA
Rate your desire for (…) Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. Raising children is essential to your 2. Que lhe pareça que passe muito mais
happiness. tempo com os seus filhos.
2. Compared with other parents you 3. Que você considere ser um pai (uma
know, you spend much more time with mãe) opressor(a).
your children.
Rate your desire for (…)
3. You find being a parent mostly
burdensome.
4. You have abandoned a child.

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SOCIAL STATUS CONTACTO SOCIAL
Rate your desire for (…) Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. You almost always want to buy only the 2. Que lhe pareça que compra coisas
best or most expensive things. apenas para impressionar os outros.
2. You often buy things just to impress 4. Que, normalmente, não quer saber
other people. aquilo que as pessoas pensam de si.
3. You spend a great deal of time trying to
join or maintain membership in
prestigious clubs or organizations.
Rate your desire for (…)
4. You usually do not care what most
people think of you.
5. You are significantly less impressed by
wealth than most people you know.
6. You are not at all impressed by upper-
class status or royalty.

VENGEANCE VINGANÇA
Rate your desire for (…) Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. You have trouble controlling your 1. Que tenha problemas em controlar a
anger. sua raiva.
3. Que adore competir.
2. You are aggressive.
3. You love to compete.
4. You spend a lot of your time seeking
revenge.
Rate your desire for (…)
5. You are slow to feel anger compared to
most people.
6. You often “look the other way” when
insulted or offended.
7. You dislike competitive situations.

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ROMANCE
ROMANCE
Rate your desire for (…)
Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. You spend an unusual amount of time,
1. Que passe muito tempo à procura de
compared to other people you know who
um romance.
are about the same age as you, in the
2. Que tenha um longo historial de
pursuit of romance.
parceiro(a)s sexuais.
2. You have a long history of sex with
many partners.
3. You have trouble controlling your sexual
urges.
4. Compared to most people you know,
you spend much more time appreciating
beauty.
Rate your desire for (…)
5. You spend little time pursuing or
thinking about sex.
6. You think that sex is disgusting.

EATING
COMIDA
Rate your desire for (…)
Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. You spend an unusual amount of time,
1. Que passe muito tempo a comer,
compared to other people you know who
quando comparado(a) a outros
are about the same age as you, eating.
concorrentes.
2. You spend an unusual amount of time,
2. Que passe muito tempo a fazer dieta.
compared to other people you know who
are about the same age as you, dieting.
Rate your desire for (…)
3. You have never had a weight problem.
4. You rarely eat more than you should.

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PHYSICALACTIVITY EXERCÍCIO FÍSICO
Rate your desire for (…) Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. You have exercised regularly all your 1. Que se exercite fisicamente, de forma
life. regular.
2. Playing a sport is an important part of 3. Que seja fisicamente preguiçoso(a).
your life.
Rate your desire for (…)
3. You have a history of being physically
lazy.
4. You have a sedentary lifestyle.

TRANQUILITY TRANQUILIDADE
Rate your desire for (…) Prefiro um(a) concorrente:
1. You strongly agree with at least two of 2. Que tenha um histórico de ataques de
the four ASI statements: pânico.
a. It scares me when I feel “shaky” 4. Que seja uma pessoa corajosa.
(trembling).
b. It scares me when my heart beats
rapidly.
c. When I notice that my heart is
beating, I worry that I might have a
heart attack.
d. It embarrasses me when my
stomach growls.
2. You have a history of recurring panic
attacks.
3. You are generally fearful and timid.
Rate your desire for (…)
4. You are a brave person.
5. You have noticeably fewer fears than
your peers.

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