Refine traits: like or dislike
A simple test: you’re shown character traits and you decide which you like and which you don’t. Based on your choices, the most suitable archetypes and the animals behind them are selected.
What does this test show?
This test helps you find the archetypes—facets of personality and behaviour embodied in animal images from different cultures—that best express the character traits you choose. It answers the questions: which archetypes match these traits, which animals a person with such a character resembles—you, a friend, or a pet you’re thinking of—and what the complete opposite of those traits is. You choose between traits like “brave” and “cautious,” “sociable” and “reserved.” The result is not a diagnosis or a label, but the most suitable archetypes and the animals behind them: you can refine the selection (“This is me” or “Not me”), share it, open an archetype page or an animal profile. It works both as a standalone test and as a follow-up to “Pick an animal.”
The stages
There are three stages.
- 22 short rounds: in each round you choose the trait that feels closer out of six.
- If the choice for some facets turns out ambiguous, the test will ask a few clarifying questions.
- The result: the most suitable archetypes, similar ones and the complete opposite.
What the questions are like
There are no situations here - only character traits: "brave", "cautious", "sociable", "reserved" and others, some appealing and some not. The question is always the same: which trait do you like most. One click per answer.
All archetypes with their descriptions are collected in the archetype catalogue. All archetypes
How it works
Traits come one by one or in small groups. Mark what appeals to you and what puts you off — there are no right answers.
Every trait has an opposite: “courage ↔ caution”, “sociability ↔ reserve”. Choosing between them shows which facets are closer to you.
What you get
The same archetypes and for the same purpose as in the "Pick an animal" test: the most suitable facets of personality and behaviour and the suitable animals behind them. An archetype is not a type or a diagnosis: sometimes you are a hamster, sometimes a lion.
Next to each archetype you see similar ones (close facets) and the complete opposite (the opposite facet).
Example archetypes
This is what archetype pages look like: traits, opposite traits, similar and opposite images.
- Stork
- Shark
- Bull shark
- Alligator
- Anaconda
- Mountain ram
- Asian Cormorant
- European Cormorant
- Barracuda
- European Badger
- european badger or old world badger
- Hippopotamus female
What else to try
“Pick an animal” is a test made of everyday situations. You can take it for yourself, a male friend, a female friend or a pet.
Do I need to take “Pick an animal” first?
No, “Refine traits” can be taken on its own. Or afterwards — to refine your selection.
Is this a personality type test?
No. Archetypes are facets of personality and behaviour, not a type and not a diagnosis.
What does “complete opposite” mean?
It is the opposite facet: an archetype whose qualities point the other way. A similar archetype, by contrast, is a close facet.