TIPI Mindset

The TIPI Mindset is an adaptation of the TIPI Gosling, Rentfrow, & Swann, 2003. The TIPI Mindset measures people's beliefs that their personality traits can change.

Instructions

Do You Believe Personality Can Change?

The following questions ask you whether you believe it is possible for people to change their personality traits. Please indicate your level of agreement or disagreement with each statement.

Items

1. You can change how extraverted and enthusiastic you generally are
2. You can change how you reserved and quiet you generally are
3. People cannot change how introverted and low-key they generally are (R)
4. People cannot change how outgoing and active they generally are (R)
5. You can change how critical and quarrelsome you generally are
6. You can change how sympathetic and warm you generally are
7. People cannot change how accepting and agreeable they generally are (R)
8. People cannot change how unsympathetic and cold they generally are (R)
9. You can change how dependable and self-disciplined you generally are
10. You can change how disorganized and careless you generally are
11. People cannot change how unreliable and undisciplined they generally are (R)
12. People cannot change how organized and attentive to detail they generally are (R)
13. You can change how calm and emotionally stable you generally are
14. You can change how anxious and easily upset you generally are
15. People cannot change how stressed and moody they generally are (R)
16. People cannot change how peaceful and even-tempered they generally are (R)
17. You can change how open to new experiences and complex you generally are
18. You can change how conventional and uncreative you generally are
19. People cannot change how conservative and routinized they generally are (R)
20. People cannot change how original and creative they generally are (R)