The following is an internet-based study of personality. Many of us have a good idea what it means to be extraverted or agreeable at an intuitive level, but we are interested in what form those descriptions take at the most basic level. One theory on this subject argues that there are five basic dimensions of personality -- Extraversion, Emotional Stability, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness, and Openness to Experience.
This study has two purposes. One is to find out more about these five dimensions of personality. Another is to take part in and further the use of the internet as a collaborative and data collection tool. To that end, our test is composed of freely available items from the International Personality Item Pool, and the descriptions we use for each trait were borrowed and adapted from work done by John Johnson.
When you take this test, you will receive a report summarizing your standing in the Big-5 dimensions. This report is generated dynamically and is different for everybody taking the test. If you want to learn more about the Big-5 model and want to know where you might stand in that model, you should take this test.
After completing the test, you are invited to leave feedback regarding your impressions of the test and the reports it generates.
In addition to helping you find out your "Big 5" score, we are also interested in relating those broad personality traits to experimental measures of musical preference and cognitive ability. We include a few items about musical preferences and a few cognitive ability items that we are developing.
Before taking the test you must proceed to the consent form.