Personality · TIPI
Quick Big Five profile
'I see myself as someone who is…' — how much do you agree with each description?
Timeframe: how you generally see yourself
For self-understanding only, not a diagnosis · you can exit anytime; answers are not saved or uploaded
About this instrument
The TIPI (Ten-Item Personality Inventory), published by Gosling and colleagues in 2003, uses two items per Big Five dimension — enough for a quick self-portrait. There are no right answers; go with your gut. Scoring happens on your device.
The TIPI (Ten-Item Personality Inventory), published by Gosling, Rentfrow and Swann in 2003, compresses the Big Five into ten items — one positively and one negatively worded item per dimension, with reverse-keyed items flipped automatically.
The result is a 2-14 score per dimension: extraversion, agreeableness, conscientiousness, emotional stability and openness. Two items per trait means limited precision — for a finer read, try a longer instrument like the mini-IPIP.
No dimension is better than another: high extraversion is not 'better' and introversion is not a flaw. This describes tendencies, not ceilings.
Source: TIPI · Gosling, Rentfrow & Swann (2003) · Free to use per the authors' lab page · Original source
Item preview (10)
'I see myself as someone who is…' — how much do you agree with each description?
- Extraverted, enthusiastic
- Critical, quarrelsome
- Dependable, self-disciplined
- Anxious, easily upset
- Open to new experiences, imaginative
- Reserved, quiet
- Sympathetic, warm
- Disorganized, careless
- Calm, emotionally stable
- Conventional, uncreative