HOW THIS TEST WORKS
How Am I Manipulative? works
How version core-v1 is scored, and what it can and cannot tell you.
How it is scored
Manipulation is not a diagnosis. Researchers have studied a trait called Machiavellianism, a habit of using strategy and tactics to influence others, often at their expense (Christie and Geis, 1970; Jones and Paulhus, 2014). Research also shows how painful the silent treatment and being shut out can be (Williams, 2007).
This test looks at five areas: bending the truth, using guilt, charm and flattery, silent treatment and withholding, and playing people. Each area has eight sentences. Half describe the tactic and half describe the opposite, so you cannot get a high score just by agreeing with everything. Each answer gives 0 to 4 points.
Each area score runs from 0 to 100. Your overall score is the average of the five areas. Scores are read as Low (0 to 33), Medium (34 to 66), or High (67 to 100). These levels show how you answered. They do not compare you with other people.
PersonalitySite.com wrote all of these questions and descriptions. They are not copied from any other test.
What it cannot tell you
This test is for learning about yourself. It is not a diagnosis. Do not use it to label yourself or anyone else, or to make legal, custody, or work decisions.
People tend to answer in ways that make them look good, mostly about tactics like these. Your real level may be higher or lower than your score.
This version has not yet been tested with a large group of people, so we do not yet know how accurate it is.