Tellegen Absorption Scale
Factors and Content Categories
By any standard, the most frequently studied correlate of hypnotizability is absorption, or "openness to absorbing and self-altering experiences (Tellegen & Atkinson, 1974). A series of studies from our laboratory by Martha Glisky and her colleagues offered a close examination of the relationship between absorption, hypnotizability, and a broader trait of openness to experience identified by Costa and McCrae as one of the "Big Five" traits of personality measured by various versions of the NEO Personality Inventory. The first of these studies (Glisky et al., 1991) confirmed the basic absorption-hypnotizability relation, and showed that absorption was related to those facts of Openness having to do with imaginative involvement (i.e., Fantasy, Aesthetics, and Feelings), but not with those facets having to do with sociopolitical liberalism (i.e., Actions, Ideas, and Values). The second study (Glisky & Kihlstrom, 1993) showed that hypnotizability was related to Absorption, but not to either Sociopolitical Liberalism or Intellectance (an alternative construal of Openness). For a review of the early literature on absorption, see Roche & McConkey (1990).
The following table lists the 34 items of the Tellegen Absorption Scale, which was published separately (Tellegen & Atkinson, 1974), and also is included as one of the scales of Tellegen's Multidimensional Personality Questionnaire. The table also shows the results of a content analysis (Tellegen, 1982) and a factor analysis (Tellegen, 1992) of the TAS items.
rest of article(to score your tellegam absorption level) here
http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~kihlstrm/TAS.htm (http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/~kihlstrm/TAS.htm)
I scored 8 on the dichotomous scale (yes or no). What's your score Avery? Very interesting test. Thanks for posting it!
--bp
actually, I'm kinda embarrased I posted this. (didn't take the test myself untill after I posted it and then realized the instructions on how to score it didn't make much sense to me.) Anyrate, I scored each answer on a 0-3 scale which gave me a 49...... divided by four, gave me a 12.1 which is way off the chart, so I'm sure i did it wrong. Not to mention the fact that I should have introduced it differently, with the test first and the results explanation afterward, cuz knowing what the test is about before hand prolly colors your score.
My opologies to those who went through all this and came to a symiliar conclusion.
try just answering yes or no... that's the easiest way...
bp