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Free Big Five personality test, plus your attachment style

Five traits describe how you are in general. Your attachment style describes how you are when someone matters. Twenty quick statements measure both.

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Example scores, each out of 100
  • Openness72 out of 100
    Prefers the familiarSeeks out the new
  • Conscientiousness44 out of 100
    SpontaneousOrganized, reliable
  • Extraversion31 out of 100
    Recharges aloneEnergized by people
  • Agreeableness81 out of 100
    Direct, skepticalWarm, accommodating
  • Neuroticism63 out of 100
    Even, slow to worryFeels stress strongly

What each of the five traits measures

The Big Five is the model personality researchers use most. It grew out of the words people use to describe each other, and the same five broad traits have turned up in many countries and languages. You may also see it called OCEAN, after their first letters.

Openness
How drawn you are to new ideas, art, feelings and experiences. High scorers are curious and imaginative; low scorers are practical and like what they know.
Conscientiousness
How organized and dependable you are. High scorers plan ahead and finish what they start; low scorers keep options open and go with the moment.
Extraversion
How much energy you get from people and activity. High scorers seek company and stimulation; low scorers prefer fewer people and more depth.
Agreeableness
How much you put getting along first. High scorers are warm, trusting and quick to help; low scorers are blunter, more competitive and harder to talk round.
Neuroticism
How strongly you feel worry, stress and low moods. High scorers react fast and feel things deeply; low scorers stay level under pressure. The opposite end is sometimes called emotional stability.

Personality is how you are in general. Attachment is how you are when someone matters.

Someone can be calm and outgoing at work and still check their phone every few minutes when a new partner goes quiet. The five traits explain the first part. Attachment style, measured on two scales, anxiety and avoidance, explains the second.

Read together, they say more than either does alone. High agreeableness with an anxious attachment style, like the example here, often looks like saying yes to keep the peace and then feeling unseen. Low extraversion with an avoidant style can look like needing a lot of space, and a partner taking that personally.

That is why your result shows both: your five trait scores, and a dot on the attachment map. What the four attachment styles mean.

Anxious Fearful-avoidant Secure Avoidant More avoidant → More anxious →
The same example person: anxiety 64, avoidance 28.

A short test, and what that means for your scores

The personality part uses ten statements from the International Personality Item Pool, a public-domain item bank used in research: two statements per trait. That is enough for a rough picture of where you sit on each scale.

It is not enough for fine detail. Longer Big Five tests use 50 to 300 statements and can split each trait into smaller parts, such as worry and irritability within neuroticism. If you need precise scores, for research or for a decision that matters, take a longer test as well.

For self-reflection, not a diagnosis.

Traits are scales, not boxes

Type-based tests sort everyone into a fixed number of types. Someone who is barely introverted and someone who is very introverted get the same label, and a couple of different answers can flip you into the opposite type.

The Big Five places you on a scale for each trait instead, which is why researchers prefer it and why your result shows a number for each trait rather than a label.

  • Person A, extraversion48
  • Person B, extraversion52
Four points apart and nearly the same person. A type test would put them in opposite boxes.

Questions about the Big Five test

Is this Big Five personality test free?

Yes. The test and your result are free: your five trait scores, your attachment style and its two scores. An optional full written report costs a one-time $4.99. There is no subscription.

How long does it take?

About three minutes. There are 20 statements, ten about close relationships and ten about you in general, each answered on a five-point scale from strongly disagree to strongly agree.

How accurate is a short Big Five test?

Accurate enough for a rough picture, not for fine detail. With two statements per trait, one answer moves a score a lot, so read 48 and 55 as roughly the same. Longer tests give steadier and more detailed scores.

What does OCEAN stand for?

Openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism: the five traits of the Big Five, in the order that spells the word. It is the same model under another name.

Is a high or a low score better?

Neither. Each end of each trait has its strengths and its costs. Low agreeableness can mean bluntness, and it can also mean you say the hard thing everyone else avoids. A score describes; it does not grade.

Do Big Five traits change over time?

Slowly. On average, people become more conscientious and agreeable and less neurotic as they get older, and your answers can also move a little with your mood on the day.

How is this different from an attachment style test?

It is both. The first ten statements measure the two dimensions attachment researchers use, anxiety and avoidance; the last ten measure the Big Five. Read about the four attachment styles.

See your five traits and your attachment style together

20 statements, about three minutes on your phone. Your scores and your place on the attachment map are free.

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