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Fundamental Personality Traits Test

Designed for a quick look at enduring patterns, the Fundamental Personality Traits Test is a 21-question self-report questionnaire completed in about 4 minutes. Your result highlights tendencies in sociability, emotional sensitivity, and interpersonal style, offering a structured starting point for self-reflection and a clearer view of your personality profile.

Questions: 214 minutes

Fundamental Personality Traits Test: sample question card

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How the Scales are Structured

Soft-Heartedness–PsychoticismSHP

This scale assesses the continuum from soft-heartedness to psychoticism, reflecting egocentrism, social adaptability, and persistence versus rigidity.

example score17/35

17/35Balancedexample score

0 – 16Soft-hearted

17 – 25Balanced

26 – 35More psychoticism

A score of 17 falls in the Balanced range, suggesting a typical mix of self-interest and social adjustment with generally steady persistence toward goals.

Neuroticism–StabilityNS

This scale assesses emotional stability versus sensitivity to stress and anxious reactivity.

example score17/35

17/35Balancedexample score

0 – 16More stable

17 – 25Balanced

26 – 35More sensitive

A score of 17 falls in the Balanced range, suggesting generally steady emotional regulation with occasional stress sensitivity.

Introversion–ExtraversionIE

This scale measures where a person falls on the introversion–extraversion dimension in terms of sociability, activity level, and optimistic engagement with others.

example score19/35

19/35Balancedexample score

0 – 16More introverted

17 – 25Balanced

26 – 35More extraverted

A score of 19 falls in the Balanced range, suggesting a moderate need for social interaction with generally even levels of sociability and activity.

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DATA-BASED USER COHORTS

Who Usually Takes This Test?

Job candidates and hires

41%OF USERS

People take it during recruitment or onboarding to quickly map core traits that affect teamwork, communication, and stress response.

Counseling and coaching clients

34%OF USERS

Individuals use it in short sessions to clarify patterns like emotional reactivity and sociability and guide practical next steps.

Students and group participants

25%OF USERS

Learners take it in classes or workshops to build self-awareness and compare how different personality styles show up in group work.

BASED ON AGGREGATED, ANONYMIZED DATA FROM TENS OF THOUSANDS OF FREUDLY USERS.

Benchmarking

See How You Compare

Once you complete the test, your results are compared with real-world data from people in your country.
Below is a preview of how scores are typically distributed across each scale.

Shaded area — where most people score

Dot — the average

You — your score lands on each curve after the test— your score, after the test

Soft-heartedness → PsychoticismS→P

You?

Average17

Typical rangeTypical11.6 – 22.4

Possible0 – 35

Neuroticism → StabilityN→S

You?

Average9

Typical rangeTypical2.5 – 15.6

Possible0 – 35

Introversion → ExtraversionI→E

You?

Average24.1

Typical rangeTypical18.3 – 30

Possible0 – 35

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SAMPLE QUESTIONS

Example Questions From the Test

You are presented with a list of statements describing human behavior. Some behavioral characteristics may be more pronounced in you, while others may be less pronounced. Please respond as quickly as possible, without spending too much time on any one item. Remember that there are no “good” or “bad” answers. Indicate the degree to which each characteristic applies. Select the response that most accurately describes your behavior at the present time.

- Not true of me
- Somewhat untrue of me
- True of me
- Clearly true of me
- Very true of me
- Not characteristic
- Rather not characteristic
- Characteristic
- Noticeably characteristic
- Very characteristic
- Not pronounced
- Rather not pronounced
- Pronounced
- Clearly pronounced
- Very pronounced

These are 3 of the 21 real questions — the rest appear in the test. No sign-up needed to start.

WHAT THE TEST MEASURES

Fundamental Personality Traits Test - Description and methodology of the test

type of temperament

Readers who want to connect everyday reactions with a three-dimensional result may use this personality test to examine social orientation, emotional sensitivity, and interpersonal style. The Fundamental Personality Traits Test organizes those areas into displayed ranges, giving readers a practical way to consider how the result may relate to everyday interactions.

What This Assessment Explores

Three broad personality dimensions connect the statements about sociability, nervousness, guilt, sensitivity to criticism, reactions to rudeness, empathy, organization, and willingness to take risks. Together, they describe how a person balances social energy, emotional reactivity, persistence, and interpersonal softness. The resulting personality profile is descriptive: it highlights a direction of tendency, not a permanent identity or a clinical category.

The following scales explain what each result means:

Soft-Heartedness-Psychoticism (0-35) reflects egocentrism, social adaptability, persistence, and the balance between hardness and softness of character. Soft-hearted 0-16, Balanced 17-25, More psychoticism 26-35.
Neuroticism-Stability (0-35) measures emotional stability and sensitivity to stress. More stable 0-16, Balanced 17-25, More sensitive 26-35.
Introversion-Extraversion (0-35) assesses sociability, activity, optimism, and orientation toward social interaction. More introverted 0-16, Balanced 17-25, More extraverted 26-35.

Methodology and Evidence Base

Each statement uses a five-point response scale, from low endorsement to strong endorsement, although wording varies across items. Questions cover social comfort, emotional reactions, interpersonal responses, responsibility, and risk. There is no right answer; the profile depends on how accurately the respondent recognizes their usual behavior.

The questionnaire is conceptually consistent with the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ), whose framework links psychoticism, neuroticism, and introversion-extraversion with broad personality differences. The published EPQ literature does not establish standardization or validity for this online personality assessment.

The questionnaire reports results on the three displayed scales and presents the corresponding bands for each result. The online questionnaire has no documented standardization against population norms, so these bands are interpretive categories rather than validated clinical cutoffs. Current mood, self-presentation, limited self-awareness, and answering context can influence self-report. Treat the profile as a structured starting point for reflection rather than a complete account of personality.

Author: Paul T. Costa Jr., Robert R. McCrae

Literature:

Hanin, Y., Eysenck, S. B. G., Eysenck, H. J., & Barrett, P. (1991). A cross-cultural study of personality: Russia and England. Personality and Individual Differences, 12(3), 265-271. DOI 10.1016/0191-8869(91)90112-O
Eysenck, H. J., & Eysenck, S. B. G. (1975). Manual of the Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (Junior and Adult). London: Hodder and Stoughton.
Eysenck, S. B. G., & Eysenck, H. J. (1968). The Measurement of Psychoticism: A Study of Factor Stability and Reliability. British Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 7(4), 286-294. DOI 10.1111/j.2044-8260.1968.tb00571.x

Updated: 2025-10-02