About Toolbox Quizzes

Simply being aware of some aspects which drive and influence our daily lives is a powerful first step to turning inward with curiosity and care, and which may initiate further ideas/choices.

Quizzes can be conducted with or without a support person, and are useful for individuals to:

  • Build better awareness of how they see themselves.
  • Explore their inner world with curiosity, not judgment.
  • Support emotional wellbeing, creative expression, and personal growth.

And for professionals to:

  • Aid counsellors and psychologists to use these tools at their own discretion.
  • Coach and educate to foster metacognition and reflective learning.
  • Further narrative therapy, dialogical therapy, and cognitive-behavioural approaches.

Quizzes may additionally prove beneficial for user selected third parties (IE in a pre-employment assessment situation, sports coaching, or professional counselling environment).

Terms of Use

The choice to use any tool or topic quiz is made freely by the individual. Quizzes provided have been selected, reviewed and determined by qualified professionals appropriately fit-for-purpose and hail either from legitimate academic studies or research, or examples as currently used by health professionals. Permissions for reproduction and use has been gained by the content owners, where applicable. Supporting material is available in ‘Resources’. Our charter is not in the business of gathering email addresses for promotional campaigns or bombarding users with offers of any kind. The tools provided are FREE to use and designed for individuals in any stage of interest or curiosity. Basic advice relating to quiz results are provided automatically. Follow up on any matter herein is entirely in the hands of the induvial. No future automated correspondence with users is intended, or implied. Users can leave (or de-register, if activating that function) at any time.

Tips & Tricks

  • There is no pressure to get questions ‘right’. 
  • Higher scoring results may not be as desirable as one might usually imagine. 
  • Results are of course dependent on the answers users provide, and to which accuracy and honesty levels are entirely determined by the user.
  • It is helpful to imagine or recall a specific life event or occurrence when considering the questions.
  • Contextually, quiz results will likely vary when related to different life events.    
  • Quizzes can be aborted freely at any stage during completion.

All quizzes are academically and professionally verified. We endeavour to replicate quizzes, tools and material to the closest standard and process guidelines (if provided) or as directed by the study author/s. Quizzes use plain English, with as little subject jargon as possible. We recommend users are as honest as possible.

Options?

  • Quizzes may be undertaken on a one-off basis for which results are immediately available online as a simple screen saver. 
  • Raw data not attributed or attributable to URL or IP addresses may be retained for site management purposes only.

Disclaimer and Acknowledgements

These tools and models may have been adapted with permission-free access in mind and are used here in a non-commercial, transformative way to support self-awareness, creativity, and wellbeing. All original concepts remain the intellectual property of their respective authors and institutions. No data stored or otherwise issued or released to any third party. No financial benefits are attributed or sought from any quiz or toolbox component.

This website abides by NZ and international disclosure and legal requirements; however, we do NOT require the provision of a one-click UNSUBSCRIBE function due to the personal nature and sensitivity surrounding results and any stored information. Registered users may opt-out at any time – requiring a verified password process, being simple, quick and easy, should that function be activated.

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Our Subconscious

Positivity & Confidence

Internal Dialogue

Resilience

Dwell Time

Affirmations

Self-Image & Ego

Gut Feel & Intuition

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Positivity & Confidence

A ‘thrum’ that simply attracts success

Is positivity all it’s cracked up to be? Can simply having a positive outlook actually improve accident or illness recovery times?

In a nutshell, YES. And that’s backed by recent research. But if positivity is so powerful, why do we often react more strongly to negative ideas or new information? Turns out, our brains are wired for survival. Having a negative tendency is one of our species’ key survival traits – along with most other animal species on the planet.  At a subconscious level, us humans though still view our world as if we were being chased around by cave bears who want to eat us. Our negativity bias helps keep us safe by making us wary of new things.

Ironically, we flip this instinct in social situations by deferring to truth or positivity, such as when meeting someone for the first time. Here, we take it for granted and give them the benefit of the doubt that they are decent, honest and morally sound. And we must. If we didn’t, we’d not get much done as a society. That’s how it works for us to connect and build communities.

The key for us humans is to balance our instinctive responses for our immediate situational context and adjust our behaviour to achieve balanced and appropriate outcomes.  Basically, if we can adjust our instinctive reactions, we can create more confidence, build better relationships and attract success.

A ‘thrum’ that simply attracts success

Is positivity all it’s cracked up to be? Can simply having a positive outlook actually improve accident or illness recovery times?

In a nutshell, YES. And that’s backed by recent research. But if positivity is so powerful, why do we often react more strongly to negative ideas or new information? Turns out, our brains are wired for survival. Having a negative tendency is one of our species’ key survival traits – along with most other animal species on the planet.  At a subconscious level, us humans though still view our world as if we were being chased around by cave bears who want to eat us. Our negativity bias helps keep us safe by making us wary of new things.

Ironically, we flip this instinct in social situations by deferring to truth or positivity, such as when meeting someone for the first time. Here, we take it for granted and give them the benefit of the doubt that they are decent, honest and morally sound. And we must. If we didn’t, we’d not get much done as a society. That’s how it works for us to connect and build communities.

The key for us humans is to balance our instinctive responses for our immediate situational context and adjust our behaviour to achieve balanced and appropriate outcomes.  Basically, if we can adjust our instinctive reactions, we can create more confidence, build better relationships and attract success.

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