Personality Psychology
Personality Psychology
What is a personality trait? How do you measure on the 'Big Five' personality factors in psychology? Find out how your personality shapes your behavior and discover the models aiming to explain the differences in the way in which people's personalities develop.
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Are You Neurotic? Test
Find out if you're neurotic with our free test.
Authoritarian Personality
How Theodor Adorno's F-scale aimed to identify fascism and authoritarian personality.
Personality Type Test
Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud theorised that our personality development is based on childhood events and labelled personality types such as analy retentive and oral. Discover your Freudian personality type with this test.
Handedness
What makes us left handed? Evolution from war, brain hemispheres or something else.
Personality Theories
Personality Types (Friedman & Rosenman)
Personality types according to Freidman and Rosenman.
Five-Factor Model of Personality
How the 'super traits' of the Five Factor Model explain differences in personality and the way people behave.
Eysenck's PEN Model of Personality
A look at Hans Eysenck's theory of three dimensions of personality.
Theories of Personality
How different theories explain the development of personality and individual differences.
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Extraversion and Introversion
A look at extraversion as a personality trait. What determines whether a person is extraverted or introverted?
How Your Speech Reveals Your Political Leanings
A study reveals people's sentence construction often reflects their political ideology.
Lemon Juice Introversion Test
What does your response to lemon juice say about how extraverted you are? Find out using this test!
Maximizer vs Satisficer Quiz
Discover your approach to decision-making with the maximizer vs satisficer quiz.
'Big Five' Personality Traits Affect Transportation Effects - Study
A study reveals how the Big Five personality dimensions influence audiences' narrative transportability.
Authoritarian Personality
How Theodor Adorno's F-scale aimed to identify fascism and authoritarian personality.
Theories of Personality
How different theories explain the development of personality and individual differences.
Agreeableness
What is agreeableness and is it desirable as a personality trait?
Five-Factor Model of Personality
How the 'super traits' of the Five Factor Model explain differences in personality and the way people behave.
Neuroticism: A 'Big Five' Personality Factor
What is neuroticism and how does it affect a person's personality?
Eysenck's PEN Model of Personality
A look at Hans Eysenck's theory of three dimensions of personality.
Openness to Experience Personality Trait
The openness to experience personality trait measures our receptivity to new ideas and experiences.
Personality Traits Predict Users' Facebook Status Updates - Study
Traits such as extraversion and self-esteem affect status topics and post popularity on the social network, according a recent study.
Personality Types (Friedman & Rosenman)
Personality types according to Freidman and Rosenman.
Conscientiousness: A 'Big Five' Personality Trait
What is conscientiousness and how does this 'Big Five' personality trait affect people's behavior?
Famous Left Handers
Information on famous left handed people.
Handedness
What makes us left handed? Evolution from war, brain hemispheres or something else.
Openness to Experience Test
Are you a daredevil or a hermit? Find out with this online test.
Are You Neurotic? Test
Find out if you're neurotic with our free test.
Five Factor Test
Measure 5 aspects of your personality with this online test: openness to experience, concienciousness, extraversion, agreeableness and neuroticism.
Are You An Extravert? Test
How extraverted are you? Find out with this online test.
Study Reveals Differences in Personality Traits Across Great Britain
Study finds significant differences in personality traits in regions across England, Scotland and Wales.
Personality Type Test
Psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud theorised that our personality development is based on childhood events and labelled personality types such as analy retentive and oral. Discover your Freudian personality type with this test.
Authority
Adorno's F-Scale revisited.
Conscientiousness Test
How conscientious are you? Test yourself.
How Agreeable Are You?
How agreeable are you? Take the online test.
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Maximizers and Satisficers
Maximizer vs Satisficer Quiz
Discover your approach to decision-making with the maximizer vs satisficer quiz.
Maximizers vs Satisficers: Who Makes Better Decisions?
Do maximizers or satisficers take the best approach to decision making, and which personality type is happiest with their decisions?
Personality Studies
How Your Speech Reveals Your Political Leanings
A study reveals people's sentence construction often reflects their political ideology.
'Big Five' Personality Traits Affect Transportation Effects - Study
A study reveals how the Big Five personality dimensions influence audiences' narrative transportability.
Personality Traits Predict Users' Facebook Status Updates - Study
Traits such as extraversion and self-esteem affect status topics and post popularity on the social network, according a recent study.
Study Reveals Differences in Personality Traits Across Great Britain
Study finds significant differences in personality traits in regions across England, Scotland and Wales.
