Public-domain assessment
Published items and scoring keys that can legally be reused. We link to the source and preserve the original response format.
Our method
Show the source. Explain the score. Name the limits.
Every published assessment should make it easy to understand where its questions came from and what its result can—and cannot—say.
Three content labels
Research-informed reflection
Original questions informed by published concepts. These are described as reflections, not validated psychological measures.
Just for fun
Editorial quizzes designed for curiosity and conversation. Entertainment tests are clearly identified before someone begins.
Current assessment
The IPIP-IPC
The Interpersonal Circumplex organizes interpersonal behavior around eight neighboring regions that combine different degrees of warmth and dominance. Each region contains four items. Responses are scored from 1 to 5 and averaged within each region.
- All 32 items and their eight scale assignments follow the official IPIP scoring key.
- Scores are shown as averages from 1 to 5, never as population percentiles.
- The friendly explanations are TraitSpring editorial guidance, not text from the research authors.
Publication checklist
- 1Confirm a distinct user question and avoid duplicating an existing test.
- 2Document every item source, citation, permission, and scoring rule.
- 3Review every result for clarity, usefulness, and unsupported claims.
- 4Test scoring with fixed answer sets before changing the status to published.
- 5Generate one canonical public page; keep quiz sessions and personal results out of search.