Big Five

Myers-Briggs does not focus on "neuroticism" or, indeed, any similarly negative trait, which may point to one of the reasons why the criticisms lobbed at the test by modern science have yet to undermine its popularity. | Some psychologists believe that independent, peer-reviewed research in the decades since the MBTI was devised has provided something better than Myers-Briggs. | Of these, only one trait is closely shared with the MBTI - extroversion. | As Adam Grant says, "Going around telling people that they're neurotic and disagreeable will not win you any friends." | They champion the notion of the "Big Five" personality traits - openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism.