Begin the process of applying this chapter’s concepts by taking a self-assessment quiz here or online—where you will find out what the results mean.

Purpose: The 10 items below allow you to measure your perception of your ability to take others’

perspective.

Instructions: Rate each item for how well it describes you. Use the following scale:

5 Describes me very well 4 Mostly describes me well 3 Describes me somewhat or in some situations 2 Mostly does not describe me well 1 Does not describe me well at all 1. If another person and I see something differently, I am pretty sure the other person is wrong.

2. When talking with friends, I work hard to understand their perspectives.

3. I believe that there are many reasonable ways to look at most issues and situations.

Assessing Yourself 4. I find it hard to look at an issue from another person’s perspective if their perspective is very different from mine.

5. The advice to “walk a mile in another’s shoes” makes sense to me.

6. Before I say anything critical to another person, I think about how I would feel if I were that person hearing me.

7. When someone says something that hurts me, I try to think about why he or she might have said that.

8. I worry that trying to understand others’

perspectives might weaken my own perspective.

9. When I don’t see eye to eye with others, I work to understand why they think and feel what they do.

10. I think it is possible to really understand another person’s perspective without agreeing with it.