In comparing your scores with others in your class, or even friends you ask to complete the RCQ, are there differences between male and female students in their numbers of constructs? Are there differences between you and students with other characteristics, such as those who are older, are younger, or have different ethnic backgrounds?

One way that language might influence how you perceive the world around you is through implicit categories and hierarchies found in language systems. For instance, you might comment that a dog is “cute” and “friendly.” Those terms indicate that you place the dog into certain categories and perhaps even rank the dog into some sort of hierarchy. The role category questionnaire (RCQ) provides one mechanism through which you can identify such hierarchies in how you use language.