Evaluate Your Credibility Rate your credibility on form 1 below. Place an X along the continuum between each pair of words. You may want to evaluate yourself based on your image in a particular situation. For example: how competent, trustworthy, and dynamic do you appear in class or at your job? Next, have someone else rate you on form 2, while you evaluate that person. After you have finished your evaluations, discuss your reactions to this exercise. Were you surprised at how your partner rated you? Pleased? Displeased? Why did you rate yourself as you did? Would others rate you the same way?

Form 1: Self-Analysis56 Competence Experienced ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Inexperienced Informed ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Uninformed Skilled ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Unskilled Expert ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Inexpert Trained ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Untrained Trustworthiness Kind ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Cruel Friendly ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Unfriendly Honest ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Dishonest Sympathetic ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Unsympathetic Dynamism Assertive ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Hesitant Forceful ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Meek Bold ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Timid Active ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Passive Form 2: Partner Rating Competence Experienced ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Inexperienced Informed ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Uninformed Skilled ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Unskilled Expert ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Inexpert Trained ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Untrained Trustworthiness Kind ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Cruel Friendly ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Unfriendly Honest ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Dishonest Sympathetic ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Unsympathetic Dynamism Assertive ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Hesitant Forceful ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Meek Bold ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Timid Active ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ Passive