Deep Personality is a product alternative to Understand Myself
Understand Myself is Jordan Peterson’s paid BFAS-10 aspect report — not a dictionary phrase. Deep Personality runs IPIP-50 domains: a free teaser, then the full path, an attachment overlay, and an optional partner comparison.
Deep Personality is a product alternative to Understand Myself. Understand Myself is Jordan Peterson’s paid personality product at understandmyself.com. You pay $9.95 and receive a Big Five Aspect Scale (BFAS-10) report: five traits split into ten aspects. This page is about that product. It is not a dictionary definition of the English phrase “understand myself.”
People looking for an Understand Myself alternative also name 16Personalities, VIA, CliftonStrengths, TraitLab, and Understand Myself itself. Those names do different jobs. The product alternative on this site is Deep Personality.
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Understand Myself vs Deep Personality
| Understand Myself | Deep Personality | |
|---|---|---|
| Product | Jordan Peterson / BFAS, paid | A product alternative to Understand Myself |
| Instrument | BFAS-10 aspects, paid ($9.95) | IPIP-50 domains |
| Price to start | $9.95 | Free teaser, then the full path. Pricing. |
| Path | Paid BFAS questionnaire | Free 10-item quiz, then the full IPIP-50 |
| Attachment | Not the product | Attachment overlay on the full path only |
| Partner | Typically an individual report | Optional partner comparison after two completers |
We are not the Big Five Aspect Scale. We do not run BFAS. We do not run IPIP-NEO-120 or IPIP-300. The result is not ten aspects. A domain score is a coarser cut of the same five traits. We do not claim this product is more scientific than Peterson.
What those other names are
| Name | What it is | Is it Deep Personality? |
|---|---|---|
| Understand Myself | The paid BFAS-10 aspect report | No. It is the product this page is an alternative to. |
| 16Personalities | A shareable type | No. We do not assign a type. |
| VIA | Character strengths | No. We do not score VIA strengths. |
| CliftonStrengths | Career strengths | No. We do not run CliftonStrengths. |
| TraitLab | A separate Big Five product | No. TraitLab is its own product. We do not dunk on it. |
| Deep Personality | IPIP-50 domains, then an attachment overlay, then an optional partner comparison | Yes. This product. |
What Understand Myself is
- A paid $9.95 report from Understand Myself / Jordan Peterson
- The Big Five Aspect Scale: five traits, ten aspects (two aspects per trait)
- About 15–20 minutes
- A facet-shaped Big Five read — finer than five domain scores, coarser than a full NEO facet inventory
- Not a type (not MBTI, not 16Personalities)
- Not an attachment overlay
- Not a partner comparison
If you paid for that report and the ten aspects felt finished, that is a complete use. You do not owe anyone a second test.
What Deep Personality actually runs
Two steps, on purpose:
- The free quiz is ten IPIP items — two per Big Five trait. It is a teaser. It is not the IPIP-50. The quiz does not score attachment.
- The full path scores the IPIP-50 (ten items per domain, five Big Five domain scores), then an attachment overlay. If a second person also finishes, you can get an optional partner comparison. That is not a compatibility type.
You do not get:
- The Big Five Aspect Scale or ten aspects
- IPIP-NEO-120 or IPIP-300 facet scores
- A 16Personalities type, a VIA profile, or CliftonStrengths
- A claim that this product outranks Peterson or Understand Myself on science
- An invented accuracy percentage
- An attachment result from the 10-question quiz
- A diagnosis
The public IPIP path on this site is /ipip and /big-five-test: start the quiz, then continue into the IPIP-50.
We use public-domain IPIP items. We are not ipip.ori.org. We are not Open Psychometrics. We do not diagnose.
Where to take a free IPIP Big Five
Open Psychometrics IPIP-BFFM is a free IPIP cousin if you want a standalone research-style inventory. It is not Understand Myself, and it is not this product.
On this site, the Big Five test page is the path: start the quiz (ten IPIP items), then continue into the full IPIP-50. The attachment overlay and an optional partner comparison come after, in the same full path — not from the quiz.
Who should stay on Understand Myself
- You specifically want the BFAS-10 aspect report
- You want Peterson’s product, not an IPIP-50 domain score
- You do not need an attachment overlay or a partner comparison
Who should try Deep Personality
- You want a product alternative to Understand Myself that runs IPIP-50 domains
- You want a free teaser, then the full path
- You want a partner comparison after both people complete
- You arrived from “Understand Myself alternative” and want IPIP-50 domains, not ten aspects
Unlock Comparison is the partner path after the IPIP-50 and an attachment overlay. Start the IPIP-50 if you want the inventory first. The quiz is a teaser. The related page is /understand-myself-alternative.
No invented score gap. We do not claim this product is more scientific than Peterson. Different products: a paid BFAS-10 aspect report versus IPIP-50 domains, a free teaser, then the full path, an attachment overlay, and an optional partner comparison.
Sources (public literature, not a Deep Personality study)
- DeYoung, C. G., Quilty, L. C., & Peterson, J. B. (2007). Between facets and domains: 10 aspects of the Big Five. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 93(5), 880–896. (Big Five Aspect Scale.)
- Goldberg, L. R. (1992). The development of markers for the Big-Five factor structure. Psychological Assessment, 4(1), 26–42.
- International Personality Item Pool: ipip.ori.org
- Open Psychometrics IPIP-BFFM: openpsychometrics.org/tests/IPIP-BFFM
Side-by-side
| Feature | Deep Personality | The other product |
|---|---|---|
| Product | A product alternative to Understand Myself | Understand Myself (Jordan Peterson / BFAS) — the paid product |
| Instrument | IPIP-50 domains in the full path | BFAS-10 aspects, paid ($9.95) |
| Path | Free teaser (10 IPIP items), then the full IPIP-50 path | Paid BFAS questionnaire |
| Attachment | Attachment overlay on the full path only — the free quiz does not score attachment | Not part of the Understand Myself report |
| Partner comparison | Optional partner comparison after two completers | Typically an individual aspect report |
Unlock Comparison — two IPIP-50 profiles.
Invite a partner after IPIP-50 and an attachment overlay. The side-by-side view is for two completers. It is not a compatibility score. The free quiz is a teaser, not the BFAS-10 report.
Unlock ComparisonFrequently Asked Questions
Deep Personality is a product alternative to Understand Myself. Understand Myself is Jordan Peterson’s paid $9.95 BFAS-10 aspect report — five traits split into ten aspects — not a dictionary definition of “understand myself.” 16Personalities, VIA, CliftonStrengths, and TraitLab are different products. This site runs IPIP-50 domains after a ten-item teaser, then an attachment overlay, then an optional partner comparison. We do not run BFAS, and we do not run IPIP-NEO. Open Psychometrics IPIP-BFFM is a free IPIP cousin, not this product.
IPIP-50 domains. BFAS-10 is ten aspects, and it is what Understand Myself sells for $9.95. We do not run BFAS. We do not run IPIP-NEO-120 or IPIP-300. The full path here is fifty public-domain items, ten per domain, reported as domain scores. The free quiz is a teaser. It is not the IPIP-50.
The first step is free: a ten-item IPIP quiz. It is a teaser. It is not the IPIP-50, and it does not score attachment. The full path is IPIP-50 domains, then an attachment overlay, then an optional partner comparison. Understand Myself’s BFAS-10 report is $9.95. The free quiz is not that paid aspect report. Current Deep Personality prices are on /pricing.
No. The free quiz does not score attachment. It is ten IPIP items — a teaser, not the IPIP-50, and not the BFAS. The attachment overlay comes later, on the IPIP-50 in the full path. A partner comparison is available only after two people finish.
We do not claim that. BFAS is a published aspect model (DeYoung, Quilty, and Peterson, 2007). IPIP-50 is a published domain inventory. They are different resolutions of Big Five traits. We do not publish an accuracy percentage against Understand Myself.
Open Psychometrics IPIP-BFFM is a free IPIP cousin. On this site, start at the Big Five test page: ten-item quiz, then the full IPIP-50 at https://deeppersonality.app/big-five-test. The attachment overlay and an optional partner comparison come after the IPIP-50, not from the quiz. The related page is /understand-myself-alternative.