Guidelines for Taking the Big Five Personality Test

1. Go to http://www.personal.psu.edu/~j5j/IPIP/ipipneo120.htm 2. Click on the following checkboxes: Yes, I understand that responding to all items on this inventory is time consuming etc Yes, I understand that the primary purpose of this site is to educate the public about the five factor model of personality etc

3. Hit the SEND button 4. Write your Full Name in the Your Nickname or Made-up Name (Explain to teachers/students/staff that although the box says you may write your nickname, the school needs you to write your full name to be able to identify who you are) 5. Select your sex (male or female) 6. Enter your age 7. Select your country 8. Answer the first 60* questions of the test by clicking on

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Very Inaccurate

if

Example: (Item No. 14) Love to help others

The description is not true about youYou hate helping others at all The description is mostly not trueYou mostly hate helping others about you

Moderately Inaccurate

Neither Accurate or The description is neither true norYou neither hate or love helping Inaccurate untrue about you others Moderately Accurate The description is true to a certainYou love helping others to a certain extent about you extent (e.g certain situations or people) The description is really true aboutYou love helping others

Very Accurate

you Refer to the following table for explanation about some of the items in the first set.

Item No.
3.

Description

What it means

Have a imagination

vivid(have a powerful and clear imagination)

9.

Use others for my own(Take advantage of others) ends Go on binges (indulge in large amounts of something (such as food) over a short period of time)

21.

28.

Tend to vote for liberal(prefers a leader who advocated change, new philosophies, political candidates and new ideas. Excel in what I do Rarely overindulge (is exceptionally good at something) (rarely overdo things or do too much of something)

33. 51. 53.

Avoid philosophical(Avoid deep, meaningful conversations about knowledge, discussions reality, and existence)

Raise your hand to ask your test administrator if you have questions about any other items in the first set. 9. Hit SEND after you have answered question the first 60* questions.

10.Answer questions 61 120 Refer to the following table for explanation about some of the items in this set.

Item No.
71.

Description

What it means

Am often down in the(often feel low and worthless) dumps Am indifferent to the(you have low interest in the feelings of others) feelings of others Enjoy being reckless (enjoy doing things without thinking or caring about the consequences) Have difficulty(difficulty understanding things that Exist in thought or as understanding an idea but not having a physical or concrete existence. abstract ideas Examples: Abstract: Friendship, Love, Happiness. Concrete: Chair, House, Cup.) Tend to vote for(Prefers a leader who is very careful about new ideas and conservative politicalprefers to choose things that have already proven to work) candidates Obstruct plans others(get in the way of others plans)

74.

82.

83.

88.

99.

108.

Am attached to(I prefer the tried and true ways of doing things) conventional ways Get back at others Boast virtues about (Get revenge) my(boast about my good or useful qualities)

109. 114.

Raise your hand to ask your test administrator if you have questions about any of the other items. 11.Hit SEND

12.Copy the test results into a word document 13.Save the documents as: Your Full Name_Your Occupation_Your Class (if applicable) E.g.: Yudhi Faisal_Teacher_6-7X Alyssa Tagor_Student_8-9Y

14.Save your document in the appropriate folder (according to your occupation; student, teacher, or administrator)