Big Five Movie Star Test

Compared to the general population, your friend is:

• Above average on Openness
• Below average on Conscientiousness
• Below average on Extroversion
• Average on Agreeableness
• High on Neuroticism

According to scientific data compiled by the Ph.D.s Dana R. Carney, John T. Jost, Samuel D. Gosling, and Jeff Porter, your friend's scores indicate that he or she is:

• Eccentric, sensitive, and individualistic.
• Open, tolerant, and flexible.
• Creative, imaginative, and curious.
• Complex, nuanced, and open-minded.
• Someone with a strong desire for novelty and diversity.
• Likely to use fewer pauses in their speech than the average person.
• Spontaneous, impulsive, and quick to improvise.
• Adaptive, flexible, good at thinking on their feet.
• Likely to use more hand movements and gesticulations in a conversation than the average person.
• Withdrawn, reserved, and introverted.
• Tense, concerned, worrisome.

According to Geoffrey Miller, professor of psychology at the University of New Mexico, these slogans are likely to describe your friend's personality and outlook on life:

• "Talk nerdy to me."
• "A PBS mind in a Fox News world."
• "Don't say ironic when you mean coincidental."
• "If it fits on a bumper sticker, it's not philosophy."
• "Live every day to its full."
• "A clean house is the sign of a wasted life."
• "Better to be a failure at something you love than a success at something you hate."
• "Drive it like you stole it."
• "A stripper is a great last-minute gift idea."
• "If cats could talk, they wouldn't."
• "People should come with an 'off' button."
• "I take a long time to warm up to strangers."
• "Tell me, what is this bright side of life that you speak of?"
• "Carefree sleep is a dream; a distant rumor."

According to a study done by the Ph.D.s Dana R. Carney, John T. Jost, Samuel D. Gosling, and Jeff Potter, your friend's scores indicate that he or she is:

• More likely than the average person to have furnished their home in a way that other people regard as 'stylish' or 'distinctive'.
• Less likely than the average person to have organized the books and records in their home into some orderly system.
• Likely to appreciate more genres of music than the average person.
• More likely than the average person to own books about travel (e.g. 'Lonely Planet', 'Rough Guide', and the like).
• More likely to have art supplies (e.g. canvas and paint) in their home than the average person.
• More likely than the average person to keep old plane and movie tickets as memorabilia.

According to peer-reviewed studies from Texas AM University (US), Pepperdine University (US), Cambridge University (UK), and Sejong University (Korea), your friend's scores indicate that he or she is:

• More likely than the average person to want their political representatives to negotiate with the representatives of other parties in order to arrive at a workable compromise.
• More likely than the average person to have a critical view of the 2003 American invasion of Iraq.
• Likely to be more knowledgeable than the average person about political issues.
• More likely than the average person to care about the ambience of a hotel where they are staying, and not just its quality and service.
• More likely than the average person to buy something unexpected and fun that they stumbled across while shopping.
• More spontaneous, improvising, and supple than the average person.
• Less in favor of using military action to solve foreign policy disputes than the average person.
• More likely than the average person to cheat on their homework and exams.
• More likely than the average person to treat themselves to a little extra luxurious something when shopping.
• More deliberate and thorough in their actions than the average person.
• Someone who spends less time following the news and latest happenings than the average person.
• Less likely than the average person to attempt to enlist their friends and acquaintances to get behind the political issues that they support.
• More concerned than the average person with how they are perceived in the eyes of others.
• More likely than the average person to have a favorable view of labor unions.
• More alert to threats in their environment than the average person.
• Likely to be worse at performing under pressure than the average person. (So they should take care of themselves.)

According to a scientific study done by the Ph.D.s Gokul Chittaranjan, Jan Blom, and Daniel Gatica-Perez, your friend's scores indicate that if he or she own a smartphone he or she is:

• Likely to use longer words, and more long words, in their text messages than the average person.
• Likely to spend less time texting than the average person.
• Less likely to use internet apps on their smartphone than the average person.
• More likely to use entertainment apps (like games, audio, and video) on their smartphone than the average person.
• Likely to spend more time emailing (as opposed to calling) from their smartphone than the average person.