What's Your Social Role in a Group?

Spark, glue, planner, or observer — what is your social role in a group?

Answer 8 quick questions about how you behave in a group and find out what your real social role is.

What's Your Social Role in a Group?

8 questions · About 1 minute

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Questions Overview

All 8 questions in this quiz — take a look before you start.

  1. 1
    Pick your moment at a group gathering.
    • •Telling the story that makes everyone laugh
    • •Making sure the quiet person feels included
    • •Checking the plan so the day runs smoothly
    • •Watching everyone and enjoying the scene
  2. 2
    The group goes quiet and awkward. You…
    • •Crack a joke and get everyone laughing
    • •Ask someone a kind question to include them
    • •Suggest the next thing on the plan
    • •Stay quiet — someone else will fill it
  3. 3
    Your group is planning a trip. You…
    • •Come up with the wild, fun idea
    • •Make sure everyone is happy with the plan
    • •Make the bookings, the list, and the budget
    • •Go along happily with whatever they choose
  4. 4
    Pick your favourite group job.
    • •The entertainer — keeping the energy up
    • •The peacemaker — keeping everyone close
    • •The organiser — keeping everything on track
    • •The thinker — noticing what others miss
  5. 5
    Two friends in the group fall out. You…
    • •Lighten the mood until they laugh again
    • •Talk to both and help them make up
    • •Organise something fun to bring them back together
    • •Watch carefully and stay out of it
  6. 6
    Pick the compliment you love most.
    • •'You are the life of the group!'
    • •'You hold us all together!'
    • •'Nothing works without your planning!'
    • •'You notice everything!'
  7. 7
    Your group would say your role is…
    • •The spark that lights us up
    • •The glue that keeps us together
    • •The planner that keeps us going
    • •The quiet one who sees it all
  8. 8
    Describe your social role in one line.
    • •I bring the energy
    • •I bring us together
    • •I bring the plan
    • •I bring the insight