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Sample Questions
The Respect for Persons' survey has 24 questions, divided into three modules: questions about staff, questions about students, and questions about the self-perceptions of the person taking the survey. Click on the underlined words to go directly to that section, or scroll down the page.
Module 1: Perception of Staff Attitudes and Behavior
1. Here, adults have high expectation of all students, regardless of skin color.
Completely true
Mostly true
Somewhat true
A little true
Not true at all
2. Here, adults show a preference for one religion over others.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
3. Here, adults show more respect to students who speak without an accent.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
4. Here, adults teach students who rely on wheelchairs to limit their goals in life.
Always
Most of the time
Sometimes
Not very often
Never
5. Here, adults show the same respect to students who have a really hard time learning, as they do to very smart students.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
6. Here, when it comes to behavior, boys get by with more than girls
Always
Most of the time
Sometimes
Not very often
Never
7. Here, adults expect boys to do as well in academics as girls.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
8. Here, when adults punish students, it’s at least partly based on skin color.
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
Module 2: Perception of Peer Attitudes and Behavior
9. Here, this is how often students bully or disrespect others because of their religion:
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
10. Here, this is how often students bully or disrespect others based on skin color or ethnic group:
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
11. Here, this is how often students bully or disrespect others they think are gay:
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
12. Here, this is how often girls get sexually harassed:
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
13. Here, this is how often boys get sexually harassed:
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
14. Here, this is how often students who are blind, deaf, or rely on wheelchairs get teased or bullied:
Never
Rarely
Sometimes
Often
All the time
15. Here, this is how often students who have a very hard time learning get teased or bullied:
Always
Most of the time
Sometimes
Not very often
Never
16. Here, this is how often students who are bystanders get off on watching other students get bullied:
Always
Most of the time
Sometimes
Not very often
Never
Module 3: My Own Attitudes and Behavior
17. I think skin color has nothing to do with how smart someone is.
Not true at all
A little true
Somewhat true
Mostly true
Completely true
18. I think skin color is connected to whether people will break the law.
Not true at all
A little true
Somewhat true
Mostly true
Completely true
19. I think no one should be disrespected because of being gay.
Not true at all
A little true
Somewhat true
Mostly true
Completely true
20. I’m suspicious of people who don’t share my religion.
Not true at all
A little true
Somewhat true
Mostly true
Completely true
21. I think people with serious learning problems should have the same rights as me.
Not true at all
A little true
Somewhat true
Mostly true
Completely true
22. I think people who are blind, deaf, or use a wheelchair should be expected to succeed in regular life
Not true at all
A little true
Somewhat true
Mostly true
Completely true
23. I think being around students who are really different from me is a big plus.
Completely true
Mostly true
Somewhat true
A little true
Not true at all
24. When it comes to power in my life, compared to other people my age, I have:
A lot more
A little more
About the same
A little less
A lot less
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