INSTRUCTIONS

1. Pick 2 people you know well – one you don’t like, one you do like.
2. Take a moment to mentally compare and contrast them in terms of personality, habits beliefs and the way they treat others. Think about them all. Do not limit yourself to just the similarities and differences. 
3. 5 minutes – explain the person you like so that a stranger would understand what he or she is like. DO NOT do physical characteristics. List attributes, mannerisms, defining characters etc. 
4. 5 minutes –DO the same thing for the person you do not like.

SCORING

• Adjectives and adverbs that modify the extent of a characteristic do not reflect additional constructs (totally sincere) (Scores 1)
• Physical descriptions do not count along with demographic labels (Scores 0)

EXAMPLE

EXPLANATION

• COGNITIVE COMPLEXITY is shown by the combined # of Constructs, for both descriptions.
• Higher score means more elaborate is the structure within your mind.
• Any score over 25: Considered reliable indicator of a high interpersonal cognitive complexity. 
• 70% of college students score between 15 and 25 constructs