Kevinaswell's Big 5 Break-down. GET EDUCATED.

Openness- 59 percentile You typically don't seek out new experiences. (I don't like art and I am not creative when it comes to such things. I am horrible at it. I would say that I am intellectually very open and I love new experiences. I get a high off of it.)

Conscientiousness- 2 percentile You probably have a messy desk! (I am messy though I don't think I am so much more messy than others.)

Extroversion- 18 percentile You probably enjoy spending quiet time alone. (I think this was the only one that was at least somewhat accurate when it comes to percentile. That is probably where I stand relative to the general population.)

Agreeableness- 32 percentile You find it easy to express irritation with others. (I think I am more agreeable than all of that. I can be very easy going. I would put me more at half-way)

Neuroticism- 27 percentile You are generally relaxed. (This is accurate. I am very laid-back and don't freak out over small things. I would put me more at the 35 percentile though)

So all in all, the theory is good but the test that I just took was not very accurate. I think there are probably better Big 5 tests out there.

Hi Kevinaswell,

Good explanation of the Big Five. I generally agree with you on most points, but there is one thing you got wrong: the in your opinion not existing correspondence between Big Five and MBTI.

Of course there is no correspondence between the concrete Types and the Big Five factors, but there is a even large correspondence between the MBTI scales and the Big Five Factors as follows:


Big Five Extraversion: High = Extroversion, Low = Introversion
Big Five Openness to Experience: High = Intuition, Low = Sensing
Big Five Agreeableness: High = Feeling, Low = Thinking
Big Five Conscientousness: High = Judging, Low = Perceiving


This does not apply for everyone on every scale, but mostly.
Only Exception is Big Five Neuroticism: it has NO correlation to the MBTI Scales.

Be aware that this is not an opinion or theory of mine, but backed up by statistic scientific studies, just as the Big Five themselves. References to two of these studies have already been posted in this thread, but you have ignored them.

To help you (and others) find out where to find abstracts or complete studies regarding these topic: use scholar.google.com or simply type the name of the Studie into Google:

- The relationship between the revised NEO-personality inventory and the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Adrian Furnham, Adrian, Joanna Moutafi, John Crump, 2003
- The big five versus the big four: the relationship between the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) and NEO-PI five factor model of personality, A. Furnham, 1996
- A “big five” scoring system for the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, Robert J. Harvey, William D. Murry, Steven E. Markham, 1995
- Reinterpreting the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator From the Perspective of the Five-Factor Model of Personality, Robert R. McCrae, Paul T. Costa Jr., 1989

Wow, this description was fantastic, thanks!

I especially enjoyed the reference to chemical systems in the brain. I'm definitely an MBTI introvert, but I'm a Big 5 extrovert because the description is quite different and MBTI describes preference, while Big 5 describes behaviour. It's also interesting that it's associated with dopamine, as I think I have high levels of it =)

I like it very interesting and very detailed
Your Big Five Results

I'm a O16-C64-E22-A1-N66 Big Five!!

Neuroticism 66... maybe that explain my necesity of compulsive liying
Great test by the way..

I'm a O70-C52-E0-A3-N76.
I'm fairly impressed with the test.

Yeah, I don't mind the Big 5 in itself, but I always saw it as something trait-based, rather than anything that coherently structures personality, unlike MBTI. Relative to MBTI, it does even less to unite any similarities between people, since it is categorically broader and more behavior-based. Two people with similar levels of agreeableness might still be very different people - hell, you can have people of the same personality type, where one is a lot more agreeable than the other, so it's serving to further differentiate people, which I do like, since it's another way of reducing stereotypes based on MBTI (like hey, you might get some INFP who isn't very neurotic relative to another one ;P). To me though, it feels a bit obvious - like, okay, it tells me what I hopefully already know about myself, although some categories are less easy to quantify than others, such as "agreeableness," which is actually one of the more important categories in the Big 5 - the one that's harder to pinpoint on my own. Actually, my biggest problem with tests like the Big 5 is that they don't really have much of a purpose in understanding people - it's one of those things that I'd worry about people using in divisive ways, such as "Oooh, I'm more agreeable than you, and I'm more conscientious than you..." which is pretty meaningless, as well as not constructive. I mean, much of this is pretty observational and, much unlike MBTI, can probably change, since it's mainly behavioral and situational, and the definitions and extent aren't really well differentiated. It makes me think of the "Moodlets" on The Sims, lol.

Your Results

O (80)
C (3)
E (9)
A (14)
N (55)

I don't agree with this.

This is awesome. Seriously.

Openness- 53 Percentile, I'm not sure what I think about this, I think the idea that seeking out new interests necessarily means that one is more creative is basically flawed. I believe I can be exceptionally creative, I'm not artistic, but I like thinking a lot. I like to gain knowledge about a lot of topics, I wouldn't necessarily like to "experience" them.

Conscientiousness- 64 Percentile, No surprises there, I'm generally pretty organized.

Extraversion- 1 Percentile, Again no surprises, I typically score very high on the E/I axis on the MBTI.

Agreeableness- 1 Percentile, I didn't answer to the extreme on any of the questions that appear to be related to this category, I wonder how it determined this score. I agree with it, but I think I might have scored lower simply because respondents don't want to look like dicks.

Neuroticism- 27 Percentile, I like to think I'm more or less stable, glad the test seems to think so too.

I think a basic problem with this test is that it conflates creativity and experience, the OP stated that people with a low extraversion scores needed less stimuli and so were not likely to seek more experience. I think I'm very creative concerning specific topics, but I don't constantly seek out new ones.