Interviews & Survery Questions

On a scale of 1-5 (1 being the lowest), how:

1. open are you?
2. easily do you make friends?
3. difficult do you find it to approach someone?
4. much do you avoid unnecessary interactions?
5. much do you talk?

6. Do you talk to your acquaintances about your life? If so, why?

Person #1:

On a scale of 1-5 (1 being the lowest), how:

1. open are you? 4
2. easily do you make friends? 4
3. difficult do you find it to approach someone? 2
4. much do you avoid unnecessary interactions? 4
5. much do you talk? 3.5

6. Do you talk to your acquaintances about your life? If so, why? No

Person #2:

On a scale of 1-5 (1 being the lowest), how:

1. open are you? 4
2. easily do you make friends? 5
3. difficult do you find it to approach someone? 1
4. much do you avoid unnecessary interactions? 5
5. much do you talk? 4

6. Do you talk to your acquaintances about your life? If so, why? Yes; because if they want to know, I'm open to telling them. Just not the really personal stuff.

Person #3:

On a scale of 1-5 (1 being the lowest), how:

1. open are you? 2
2. easily do you make friends? 5
3. difficult do you find it to approach someone? 3
4. much do you avoid unnecessary interactions? 1
5. much do you talk? 3

6. Do you talk to your acquaintances about your life? If so, why? No

First I needed to determine whether or not the person I interviewed was an extrovert so I stole the first 5 questions from the personality test we took. The way I determined this was, the person had to score a 3 or above on questions 1,2, or 5 or a 3 or lower on questions 2 and 3. If the person fulfilled 3 or more of these criteria, then that person is an extrovert. By looking at my data, all three of them fulfilled 4 of the criteria. Then I wanted to see whether they interacted with their acquaintances and were open enough to tell their acquaintances about their life. To my surprise, only 1 person would. This interview/survey provided evidence to support the claim that being more social does not mean that one needs more attention from the people they see daily. But I think this survey was not enough to determine this; instead of asking whether they talk to their acquaintances about their life, I think I should have made it broader and asked how many times they make conversations with their acquaintances and about what. This way, we get to see why people need other people and how frequently do we ask of our acquaintances.

Survey Question: How often do you talk to your acquaintances about your life?