Traits
Traits
The five domains and their thirty facets
Each page says what the trait is, what it does not mean before what it does, what high and low look like in daily life, what the research finds it predicts with the papers cited, and where people fall. If you have taken a test on this device, your marker is drawn on. The facets are the six narrower scales inside each domain of the 120-item Big Five test.
- Imagination How much a person lives in fantasy and daydream rather than only in the concrete present.
- Artistic interests Liking for art, music, poetry and beauty.
- Emotionality How strongly feelings are experienced and noticed.
- Adventurousness Preference for variety and new experiences over routine.
- Intellect Enjoyment of ideas, abstract discussion and challenging reading.
- Liberalism Readiness to question convention and authority.
- Self-efficacy Confidence in one's ability to get things done.
- Orderliness Liking for tidiness and things in their place.
- Dutifulness Keeping promises and following rules.
- Achievement-striving Working hard and aiming high.
- Self-discipline Starting tasks and carrying them through.
- Cautiousness Thinking before acting.
- Friendliness Warmth and ease with other people.
- Gregariousness Liking for crowds and company.
- Assertiveness Taking charge and speaking up.
- Activity level Pace of life and keeping busy.
- Excitement-seeking Appetite for thrills and risk.
- Cheerfulness How readily joy and enthusiasm arise.
- Worry How readily worry and apprehension arise.
- Anger How readily irritation and temper arise.
- Low mood How readily low mood and discouragement arise.
- Self-consciousness Discomfort under other people's attention.
- Immoderation Difficulty resisting cravings and urges.
- Vulnerability Feeling overwhelmed under pressure.
Take the test
Take the Big Five test 120 items, 12 minutes, every domain and facet against a sample of over 400,000 people.
The 24 character strengths Not Big Five traits: the strengths the character strengths test measures, one entry each.