Personality Tests
A personality test can help you learn more about yourself and better understand both your strengths and weaknesses. Learning that you might be high on a specific trait can help you gain greater insight into your own behavioral patterns.
The Riso-Hudson Enneagram Type Indicator (RHETI® version 2.5) is the world's most popular Enneagram-based test. It is a scientifically validated, forced-choice personality test with 144 paired statements. The test takes about 40 minutes to complete and costs $12. The RHETI® results are available in a PDF format and include your scores for all nine types in a full-spectrum profile, as well as the Expanded Type Descriptions (of over 2,500 words each) for your top three scores.
The Enneagram Type Combinations - Pair your type with your partner's to help understand some of the main positive and negative issues that are likely to arise between any two types.
The Enneagram Type Combinations - Pair your type with your partner's to help understand some of the main positive and negative issues that are likely to arise between any two types.
Based on Carl Jung’s study of psychological traits (for example, introversion and extroversion) and the famous Myers-Briggs test, this free personality test at personalitydata.org, expands upon the 16-type model popularized by the MBTI® and goes further to reveal your subtypes.
How is this test different to the 16 Type Model or MBTI®?
We have extended the 16 type model to include subtypes, which means 8 letters instead of 4 and a more detailed result. The 16 type model of personality (the most popular of which is the Myers Briggs Type Indicator®) categorizes people according to 16 personality types, and reports them using a four-letter result. The convenience of having 16 types and four letters offers a useful shorthand to understand different personality types, but it doesn't allow us to report variations within each type.
When we study the trait of extraversion for example (reported in the four-letter result as E), we see that there are in fact different versions of extraversion. The same E for extraversion would be applied equally to an outgoing gregarious personality as it would a confident assertive personality. So we introduce the concept of 'subtypes'. Back with the example of extraversion, we now have Eg for an extraverted-gregarious personality and Ea for an extraverted-assertive personality. When we extend this to each trait we end up with a personality type result of eight letters rather than four, which includes 512 subtypes.
How is this test different to the 16 Type Model or MBTI®?
We have extended the 16 type model to include subtypes, which means 8 letters instead of 4 and a more detailed result. The 16 type model of personality (the most popular of which is the Myers Briggs Type Indicator®) categorizes people according to 16 personality types, and reports them using a four-letter result. The convenience of having 16 types and four letters offers a useful shorthand to understand different personality types, but it doesn't allow us to report variations within each type.
When we study the trait of extraversion for example (reported in the four-letter result as E), we see that there are in fact different versions of extraversion. The same E for extraversion would be applied equally to an outgoing gregarious personality as it would a confident assertive personality. So we introduce the concept of 'subtypes'. Back with the example of extraversion, we now have Eg for an extraverted-gregarious personality and Ea for an extraverted-assertive personality. When we extend this to each trait we end up with a personality type result of eight letters rather than four, which includes 512 subtypes.
In his #1 New York Times bestseller, The 5 Love Languages®, Dr. Gary Chapman presents a simple truth: relationships grow better when we understand each other. The premise is simple: different people with different personalities express love in different ways. They are Words of Affirmation, Acts of Service, Receiving Gifts, Quality Time, and Physical Touch. Each individual has at least one language that they prefer above the other… and this is where it gets interesting. Want to radically strengthen and improve your relationships? Take the 5 Love Languages Quiz today and discover how you prefer to give and receive love.
This test is inspired by Daniel Goleman, psychologist and science journalist for The New York Times, as well as author of Emotional Intelligence: Why It Can Matter More Than IQ, a book discussing the many reasons why EQ shapes who we are. Instead of being direct, it presents stories and asks you to answer how you’d normally respond in that circumstance.