Unconventionality

Factor Items

428 items, shown in the original order.

• Being different is my oxygen. .405
• respect customs ooooo reinvent customs .396
• I love to think up new ways of doing things. .394
• innovate ooooo maintain -.391
• I am unconventional. .370
• I take risks. .361
• I want to be different from others. .349
• I have a strong need for individuality. .342
• I'm a free spirit. .338
• respect customs 00000 discard customs .328
• I love to examine the unusual. .325
• revolution ooooo status quo -.321
• I find non-conformity rewarding. .320
• I know that my ideas sometimes surprise people. .317
• I do things that others find strange. .317
• obscure .317
• I wnat to form my own opinions. .315
• non-conformist .314
• I am peculiar. .310
• I am considered to be kind of eccentric. .308
• abstract .308
• My interests are both wildly eclectic and intensely focused. .305
• I have a lot of theories. .305
• revolution 00000 status quo -.304
• eccentric .304
• I live life on my own terms. .303
• I seek adventure. .299
• I seek danger. .293
• I'm alternative..288
• I take existing ideas and link them together in new and interesting ways. .287
• I don't care what others think. .281
• I engage in daily acts of rebellion. .280
• I am defined by my internal compass (not an external one). .280
• I am more aware of how I want to act than of what actions would be most rewarded by others/society. .280
• transcendental .279
• I know how to get around the rules. .278
• I am inclined to rely more on improvisation. .277
• planner ooooo spontaneous .274
• The normal rules don't apply to me. .273
• I find adventure seeking rewarding. .270
• Curiosity is my oxygen. .270
• I am more preoccupied with what I like than with being liked. .268
• math oooo art .267
• I have a natural talent for influencing people. .269
• I thrive on problem solving. .265
• I am an outsider. .261
• I am experimental. .259
• Freedom of action and thought is very important to me. .259
• unartistic 00000 artistic .266
• I am quick to spot inconsistencies. .265
• I like to rebel for the sake or rebellion. .264
• I am courageous. .262
• I am very particular about who/how I am, but it's entirely for me, not to please/impress anyone else on this planet. .262
• As long as I still want something, I keep trying different things until I succeed. .256
• I need a varied life. .245
• I have taken frequent stands in the face of strong opposition. .256
• I have the freedom to become something other than my circumstances would normally produce. .253
• I am inclined to do the opposite of what people want me to do. .250
• I have no respect for the status quo. .250
• I come up with something new. .249
• invent ooooo build -.248
• I quickly perceive similarities, differences, and anomalies. .247
• deceptive -.246
• I am a radical. .245
• I want to follow a path in life which is ambitious, unconventional, logical, beneficial to the world, and makes me happy. .243
• I find taking risks rewarding. .242
• When I want something, I'll sometimes go out on a limb to get it. .241
• People tell me that I am distant. .238
• Question everything, even question why you question everything. .236
• I offer various unrelated ideas and see what potential they might suggest. .236
• I have a lot of will power. .235
• I focus entirely on getting my own way, helping myself. .227
• I find conformity rewarding. -.226
• simple ooooo complex -.225
• I act wild and crazy. .218
• atypical .239
• idiosyncratic .238
• I am open to change. .238
• I like losing myself in things. .238
• I see myself as open to new experiences, complex. .237
• uncreative 00000 creative .236
• I often act on the spur of the moment. .234
• I like to do frightening things. .234
• improviser .234
• I seek out the patterns of the universe. .241
• I do not need the validation of my parents. .232
• I feel best when I am taking risks. .231
• brainiac .231
• fit in ooooo be oneself .229
• My main motivation is to be different. .228
• I feel attracted to the symbolic, archetypal, or mysterious. .227
• I crusade for what is right even if it creates tension with the external world and may endanger a personal relationship. .227
• I prefer variety to routine. .226
• Taking risks does not bother me if the gains involved are high. .225
• I trust my logic over the logic of others. .225
• atheist ooooo theist -.225
• I love to customize things. .224
• I don't measure my success by public opinion. .224
• I am insane. .224
• I have a vivid imagination. .223
• Every day is a new adventure. .223
• I love intellectual pursuits more than most other things in life. .223
• spontaneous .223
• I am good at making impromptu speeches. .222
• I do things when I feel like doing them. .222
• Defending my own ideas is very important. .221
• People tell me that I am cold. .220
• Sometimes rules should be bent. .219
• I am prone to excess. .219
• I am more obedient than rebellious. -.219
• I am very intense. .219
• easy book ooooo challenging book .218
• I do things that impress me. .218
• artistic .217
• I enjoy being reckless. .217
• I am extremely intuitive. .216
• I love exploring abstract concepts. .216
• I'm random. .216
• I am mystical. .215
• I keep following tangents and new ideas without limiting myself to one. .215
• If the happiest path in life for me also resulted in everyone thinking I was an idiot, I would still take that path. .215
• I conform to others' opinions. -.214
• I trust my feelings over the feelings of others. .214
• I focus more on what I find attractive/validating than what others find attractive/validating. .213
• theist 00000 athiest .212
• I stick to the rules. -.212
• I require novelty and change. .212
• money ooooo freedom .211
• I find reinforcement within myself, not others. .210
• Happiness is about self improvement not ascending the social hierarchy. .210
• take risks 00000 play it safe -.209
• I frequently attempt to conceive the future, possible contingences, and significance of things..209
• I'm happy to occupy whatever position in society I best fit into regardless of whether it's prestigious. -.209
• I spur action and pull off results simply by making my presence felt. .208
• I'm too lost in my own world to actually care what other people might be thinking/feeling about me. .208
• I'm so different that I won't be accepted. .208
• I find it easy to manipulate others. .208
• I can usually talk my way out of anything. .208
• prestige /= happiness ooooo prestige = happiness .207
• Life is a puzzle that I will figure out. .206
• How I feel/think about myself does not rely on the opinions of others. .205
• be challenged ooooo be supported -.204
• I'm a born leader. .204
• witty .203
• I can live my life in any way I want to. .203
• I create theories for the sake of theories. .203
• I am highly theoretical. .203
• Nothing is more important than critical thinking. .202
• Rules are rules. -.201
• work ooooo play .201
• I want to stand out. .201
• I am adaptable. .200
• I know things no one else knows. .200
• I am right, others are wrong. .200
• I dislike small talk, but I enjoy talking in depth about topics that matter to me. .200
• I try to examine myself objectively. .213
• complex .200
• I try to make the world more like I want it to be. .200
• I enjoy playing with random interconnections and patterns. .199
• I look for hidden meanings in things. .199
• I am willing to be misunderstood. .199
• Boredom motivates me to do things. .199
• Being unique/special has allowed me to survive and/or be loved. .198
• fit in 00000 be oneself .198
• I worry about what people think of me. -.198
• I focus more on what I like (what I find attractive) than being liked (being attractive to others). .198
• I readily see cause-effect relationships. .198
• I need to be influential. .195
• I try to experience life entirely in the moment. .195
• The future is always uncertain. .195
• I embrace disdain. .194
• hedonist .193
• I frequently look at possibilities and meanings behind things. .193
• I see beauty in things that others might not notice. .192
• passionate .192
• I mostly live in the my head, not in the world. .191
• I am willing to try anything once. .190
• I get insights that seem to come out of thin air and I have learned to rely on them. .190
• I achieve metamorphosises, definitive insights, or powerful visions of change. .190
• I freely follow my gut instincts and exciting physical impulses as they come up. .190
• I would love to pursue a career in art. .188
• I find political discussions interesting. .188
• I'm romantically attracted to people who don't like themselves. .187
• I wish more people liked better music. .187
• I can talk others into doing things. .187
• I am highly ambitious. .187
• I frequently get lost for long periods working on one of my intellectual projects. .187
• I will often do things for no other reason than that they might be fun. .187
• Life is a game. .187
• Artistic achievement is very important to me. .186
• I could be happy alone. .186
• I believe in brutal honesty. .186
• I carry the conversation to a higher level. .186
• I fear being controlled. .186
• I'm an idealist. .185
• I am self sufficient. .185
• I judge my own and other peoples behavior according to cultural norms. -.185
• My inner world is much more stimulating and rewarding to me than the external world. .184
• I understand people who think differently. .183
• I can read minds to some degree. .183
• conceptual ooooo tangible -.183
• I prefer to date people who have an independent trajectory in life. .183
• I have very divergent feelings toward things. .182
• No matter how bad life gets, I'll always fight though it. .182
• We create ourselves. .182
• I am determined to have my own way. .182
• I have a lot of opinions. .181
• When I'm not happy, I make changes to my life. .181
• Rules are rules. -.180
• I constantly seek improvement and ways of doing things better. .180
• I enjoy conflict. .179
• I like to argue. .179
• I have very good instincts. .179
• I am flexible. .179
• I don't like taking orders. .179
• I'm impulsive in my actions. .179
• I feel it's OK that some people don't like me. .179
• I enjoy the thrill of action and physical experience in the present moment. .177
• thrill-seeking .177
• I am fascinated with myself. .177
• I view obligation as a position of weakness and vulnerability to other's control. .177
• I an very good at picking up on whether people are lying. .177
• I find theoretical physics interesting. .177
• I weave into the current dynamics of a situation aspects of other, random contexts. .176
• I am independent to a fault. .176
• I live to create beautiful things. .175
• Objective greatness is not necessarilly accurately defined/determined externally. .175
• Everything is related to everything. .175
• A person's family is the most important thing in life. -.174
• People are so boring and predictable. .174
• I am able to manipulate others. .174
• I am very skilled at achievement. .173
• I will not be taken advantage of. .172
• Many of the people I've been close with have been smokers. .171
• I will never be satisfied until I get all that I deserve. .171
• I believe I can improve the world by influencing others. .171
• I find it rewarding to be very aware of my environment at all times. .171
• I live a life based on ongoing analysis, searching for definitive principles and mismatches thereof. .171
• I am capable of telling elaborate lies. .170
• My greatest strength is artistic creativity. .170
• One should always be willing to carry on the discussion in the opponent's terminology. .170
• Many of the people I've been close friends with have been smokers or heavy drinkers (alcohol). .170
• rational ooooo irrational .169
• I want to have an impact on people and events. .169
• I am more interested in intellectual pursuits than anything else. .169
• I look up to no one. .168
• I am often skeptical, critical, and evaluative. .169
• I am the greatest human being that has ever existed. .168
• I'm always willing to try something new if I think it will be fun. .167
• My need to be appreciated by others is very low. .167
• I identify with powerful / dominating types. .167
• I fear taking control, leading. -.167
• I can't allow myself to need anyone. .167
• I prefer friends that challenge me and just think I'm ok to friends that don't challenge me and think I'm awesome. .167
• My parents were both overly complimentary and rejecting, alternately. .167
• Pursuing the path in life I care most about is the most important thing for me. .167
• I am fun. .166
• I'm not a big risk taker. -.166
• I would be happy if I cared even less about money/power/image. -.085 .166 .049 -.261 .287
• I don't feel I deserve anything but I will aim to attain/accomplish anything I am interested in attaining/accomplishing. .166
• I am more talented than average and thus have more responsibility to contribute to the world. .166
• I don't want to stand out. -.166
• We are responsible for who we are. .166
• I am uncomfortable being subject to the authority or control of someone. .165
• I am aware at a detailed level of what is going on in my body including my emotional state. .165
• I am interested in the paranormal. .164
• People tell me that I am stiff. .164
• I enjoy work that allows me to dive in with few interruptions. .164
• I don't like predictable people. .163
• I instantly read visible cues to see just how far I can go. .163
• nice ooooo standoffish .161
• The things I value most are internal. .161
• I want to have an exciting life (stimulating experiences). .161
• erotic .161
• Identity is the imprint of one's will on existence. .161
• I have addictive tendencies .16
• I am very sexual. .160
• theoretical oooo proven -.160
• I am obedient to others. -.160
• I don't respect sell outs. .160
• I grew up in an intense household. .159
• I amuse others. .159
• I find independence/autonomy rewarding. .159
• I am argumentitive. .159
• I am weak and need a stronger person to carry me through life. -.158
• I hate the mundane. .155
• I'm an idealist. .155
• happy 00000 sad .157
• I act according to my own feelings. .157
• I am or have been a regular smoker or drinker (alcohol). .156
• I spend a lot of time analyzing myself. .156
• I fear being judged by others. -.156
• I want to always be better than I was yesterday. .156
• I focus entirely on being obscure. .154
• Achievement is more important than material or financial reward. .155
• It is hard for me to make a decision if I don't know how others feel about it. -.155
• I detest being dependent. .155
• rational 00000 irrational .154
• If I ruled the world it would be a better place. .154
• meticulous ooooo forgetful .154
• I like the band The Pixies. .154
• I like to be masculine. .154 (women)
• I live inside my head. .154
• If a life choice felt right I would stick with it no matter what. .154
• If I see a chance to get something I want I move on it right away. .154
• I am highly self aware. .153
• I don't like most people. .153
• must first approve of the job's larger impact on the world before I'll agree to perform it. .153
• I value internal rewards/validation more than external rewards/validation. .153
• I fix my own problems. .153
• Pleasure (the gratification of my desires) is very important to me. .153
• instinctive .152
• I like change.- -.152
• It is inevitable to be flawed. .152
• I had a lot of philosophical discussions with my family growing up. .152
• Only through the awareness of all possibilities am I fully satisfied. .152
• In private, I like being naked. .152
• I avoid being indebted to anyone or anything. .152
• I would not date someone crazier than me. -.151
• I do my best work alone. .151
• I would like to climb Mount Everest. .151
• When I want something I usually go all-out to get it. .150
• I have a fear of public speaking. -.150
• Jobs are for suckers. .150
• As a child I prefered the company of older children and adults to that of my peers. .150
• I am very picky about music. .149
• I have a morose sense of humor. .149
• I have a lot of pride. .149
• I had one or more intrusive parents. .149
• I'm always open to being wrong about what I think. .149
• I find unpopularity rewarding. .149
• I enjoy duping/decieving people. .149
• I always remain true to what I want for myself or others. .148
• I am correct. .148
• Anything is possible. .148
• I've always felt that something is missing inside me. .148
• The people I am romantically attracted to tend to be messed up. .148
• I act without consulting others. .147
• I had a lot of intellectual discussions with my family growing up. .147
• I experience premonitions or foresee the distant future. .147
• I work best alone. .147
• I fear being controlled, being led. .147
• It is important that I get my way. .146
• I can run very fast. .146
• I engage in magical thinking. .146
• My sex drive is very high. .146
• At a certain point in my life I distanced myself from my parents (and I remain distant). .146
• I am very different from my family members. .146
• Most people are better than me. -.146
• Others should be made to pay for their stupidity. .146
• questioning .145
• I believe that I should be free to fully control my life, other people should be free to fully control their lives. .145
• I avoid dangerous situations. -.145
• My friends are very different from me. .145
• I see flaws/weaknesses as opportunites for fixes/improvements. .145
• I like to have power over others. .144
• I frequently assess other peoples emotional states by watching their behavior. .144
• I try to maximize pleasure. .144
• humorous .144
• I would make a good actor. .144
• My reputation is important to me. .143
• The best rewards are internal. .143
• I am in control of almost every aspect of my life. .143
• Having a family is the most important thing to me. -.142
• I attempt to make the outer world more like my inner self. .142
• I disregard others and look down on them with an arrogant eye. .142
• I respect authority. -.142
• If you get me talking about a subject I'm interested in, I might go on for awhile. .142
• I want to leave a mark, do something that will have a real impact in the world. .141
• I don't care if people think I'm awesome. .141
• I have a great need to improve the world. .140
• All my life I've wanted to do something big, bigger and better than the rest. .140
• I feel pretty worried or upset when I think or know somebody is angry at me. -.140
• I am prone to escapism. -.140
• When something is right, you just know. .140
• I can make anybody believe anything I want them to. .140
• I feel a oneness with nature. .139
• expert .139
• I am constantly reflecting about myself. .139
• I like feeling a heightened sense of pleasure. .139
• I need to know how things work. .139
• When it comes to romantic attraction, captivating my mind is more important than captivating my heart. .139
• I am more calm than worrying. .138
• Truth is best determined internally. .138
• I modify models and frameworks to accommodate new data, thereby preserving inner logical consistency. .138
• investigative .137
• I search for and acknowledge any internal contradictions, then I amend my beliefs accordingly. .139
• I was bullied growing up. .137
• I am controlled by my environment. -.137
• Morality is relative. .137
• introspective 00000 power seeking -.136
• Most of how I've ended up is a result of my own choices/design. .136
• Finding meaning/purpose in my life is very important to me. .136
• I go out of my way to get things I want. .136
• I tend to be the comedian around others. .136
• I like to look at my body. .135
• My goal in life is omniscience. .135
• I would be happy if I could avoid change/risk. -.135
• I could be happy without having kids. .135
• When I'm depressed, I like to help people. .135
• I like the band The Pixies. .134
• I like performing and/or speaking in front of an audience. .134
• I enjoy solitude. .134
• I believe in letting people be who they are, even if I really care about them, even if who they are is killing them. .134
• I would prefer anarchy to a living in a faschist police state. .134
• Money is the cheapest thing, liberty/freedom is the most expensive. .133
• Mistakes are just a normal part of life. .133
• Complete freedom is the best way to bring up a child if you want it to be free and active. .133
• Approval is very important to me. -.133
• I hurt people. .133
• Skin diving in the ocean would be much too dangerous for me. -.133
• born leader .132
• I hate to judge others on how they look. .132
• The external is merely a means/template for which my internal reinforces itself. .132
• There are things I believe that I have no empirical proof for and pretty much no one else believes. .132
• I live life as it comes without any long term plan. .132
• I often attack complicated material by separating it into components and analyzing it systematically. .132
• I am not easily frustrated. .131
• I only care what my inner circle thinks. .131
• If the people I was close to didn't like someone, it would be hard for me to date them. -.131
• I have an unrelenting feeling of not being wanted. .131
• I transform myself by focusing inward on a specific way I foresee I will need to be. .131
• I have a big ego. .131
• I prefer one-on-one conversations to group activities. .131
• masculine .131
• What you leave behind is not what is engraved in stone monuments, but what is woven into the lives of others. .131
• I am easily intimidated. -.130
• When I'm depressed, I like to do something random. .127