Speech 121
Self-Disclosure Survey Exercise
Working alone, label each statement below on the line closest to each number (PRINTING & CAPITALIZING):
L (low risk), meaning you believe it is appropriate to disclose this to almost anyone; OR
M (medium risk), meaning you believe it is appropriate to disclose this to persons you know pretty well and have already established a
friendship with; OR
H (high risk), meaning you believe it is appropriate to disclose such information only to the few friends you have great trust in or the persons
you regard as your most intimate friends; OR
X (extreme risk), meaning you would never disclose it to anyone.
(you- answer on right hand, second line)
x
___ ___ 1. Your hobbies, how you like best to spend your spare time (if you had any)
___ ___ 2. Your preferences and dislikes in music
___ ___ 3. Your educational background and record as well as your feelings about them
___ ___ 4. Your personal views on politics
___ ___ 5. Your religious views and your religious participation
___ ___ 6. Your personal habits that bother you
___ ___ 7. Your personal characteristics that make you proud
___ ___ 8. The details of the unhappiest moments in your life
___ ___ 9. The details of your happiest moments in your life
___ ___10. The actions you have most regretted and why
___ ___11. Your guiltiest secret
___ ___12. Your views on how a husband and wife should live in a marriage
___ ___13. The main unfulfilled dreams of your life
___ ___14. What you do, if anything, to stay physically fit
___ ___15. The aspects of your body you are most pleased with
___ ___16. The features of your appearance you are most displeased with
___ ___17. The person in your life whom you most resent and why
___ ___18. The person in your life whom you most admire and why
___ ___19. Your most significant fears
___ ___20. The people with whom you have been sexually intimate and the circumstances of
your relationship with each
When you have competed this list alone, go back through it and label each item again (with L, M, H, or X) the way you think “most people” would respond, using the line closest to the left edge. It is fine if your answers are not the way you think “most people” would respond.
Bring to next class to discuss. Your answers do not have to be like those of anyone else. You may be asked in general why you answered it as you did, but NO extremely private details will be asked of you. If you won't disclose a reason for choosing each letter, you can't get many points. Don't just copy what others say. (This will be clearer in class as we go over it.)