How to Pick a Mate: The Guide to a Happy Marriage
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HOW TO PICK A MATE
THE GUIDE TO A HAPPY MARRIAGE
DR. CLIFFORD R. ADAMS
Associate Professor of Psychology and Director of the Marriage Counseling Service, Pennsylvania State College. Member of the American Association of Marriage Counselors. Director of the Woman’s Home Companion Marriage Clinic.
AND
VANCE O. PACKARD
Staff Writer, The American Magazine
NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY, INC. 1946
Copyright, 1946, by E. P. Dutton & Co., Inc.
All rights reserved. Printed in the U.S.A.
Clifford R. Adams
Vance Packard
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Contents
List of Tests
Foreword
WHAT IS YOUR EXPECTANCY OF MARRIAGE?
ARE YOU OLD ENOUGH TO MARRY?
ARE YOU GROWN UP EMOTIONALLY?
ARE YOU REALLY IN LOVE?
ARE YOU WARM OR COOL BY NATURE?
DO YOU HAVE A NEGATIVE OR POSITIVE PERSONALITY?
TRAIT I (Sociability)
TRAIT II (Conformity)
TRAIT III (Tranquillity)
TRAIT IV (Dependability)
TRAIT V (Stability)
TRAIT VI (Standards and Ideals)
TRAIT VII (Steadiness)
TRAIT VIII (Flexibility)
TRAIT IX (Seriousness)
TRAIT X (Family Background)
YOUR RAW SCORE
NOW FIND YOUR ADJUSTED SCORE
DO YOU MATCH?
TOTAL TEST SCORE
ARE YOU WELL MATED?
ARE YOU TOO JEALOUS?
IS THE MATE A NEUROTIC?
After Thoughts