We can measure a key aspect of your personality with just seven questions. Please rate the following on a scale from 1 (very false) to 4 (very true):
我们可以仅仅通过7个问题，就能估量出你性格的关键方面。你可以通过下面的问题为自己打分，由极不符合到非常符合，1~4分不等。
1)If something bad is about to happen, I’m usually afraid or nervous.
1）如果不好的事情将要发生，我通常是害怕或者紧张的。
2)I get quite hurt by criticism or getting told off.
2）在被批评或责备后，我会觉得很受伤。
3)I get quite worried or upset when somebody seems to be angry with me.
3）有人要对我生气时，我会很郁闷不开心。
4)I usually get quite worked up if I think something unpleasant is going to happen.
4）如果我想到有什么不好的事情将要发生的话，我通常会变得相当激动。
5)I worry when I’ve done badly at something important.
5）如果我把重要的事情办得很糟糕，我会很担心。
6)I am more fearful than my friends.
6）我比我的朋友更胆小。
7)I worry about making mistakes.
7）我害怕犯错误。
Add up your scores to measure your behavioural inhibition system (BIS). This system – one of two aspects of Jeffrey Alan Gray’s biopsychological theory of personality – is involved in avoiding things that are boring, painful, new and scary or otherwise unpleasant. The average score is around 18 for men and 21 for women. People with a high score are sensitive to such unpleasantness and go out of their way to avoid it. They also show high levels of anxiety when escape from such a situation is difficult.
测试的分数总和可以看出你的行为抑制系统。这个系统——是杰弗里·艾伦·格雷的生理心理学人格理论两个方面的其中之一——它涉及到，避免那些无聊、令人不痛快的、新遇到的、令人害怕的或者其他不开心的事情。男士的平均分是18分左右，女士为21分左右。得分较高的人对这些负面情绪比较敏感，而且需要找到方法避免这种敏感。当他们发现逃离这种情形很困难时，通常也会表现出更强烈的焦虑感。
Interestingly, two recent studies have found that left-handers score higher on this questionnaire than right-handers. Similarly, left-handed marmosets are more fearful of approaching new food than right-handers and freeze for longer when they hear an eagle. This is because the brain systems responsible for the BIS are largely in right hemisphere, which is dominant in left-handers.
有趣的是，两项最近的研究已经发现，惯用左手的人在这份问卷中的得分要高于惯用右手的人。相似地，惯用左手的小猿在接近新食品时比惯用右手的更加胆怯，听到鹰叫时僵硬的时间更久。这是因为大脑系统对行为抑制系统的反应，更多的是在右脑，而右脑主导左手。
