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EPPS Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (Streamlined)

EPPS Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (Streamlined)

Welcome to EPPS Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (Streamlined)

Instructions:

  • There is no time limit for this test. Please answer at your own pace.
  • This test consists of 15 questions in total.
  • The next question will appear automatically after you select an answer.
  • You can return to modify your answer using the "Previous" button.
  • All test results on this site are for reference only and do not constitute professional advice.

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EPPS Edwards Personal Preference Schedule | Insight Into Your Deepest Psychological Needs

'Everything we do is to satisfy some inner psychological need.' - Henry Murray

1. What Is the EPPS?

The Edwards Personal Preference Schedule (EPPS) was developed by psychologist Allen Edwards in 1953 as a personality test based on Murray's manifest needs theory. This test is a streamlined adaptation of the EPPS, preserving the core logic of the original scale's forced-choice method.

Unlike ordinary tests, each EPPS item makes you choose between two statements that both seem reasonable or are both hard to decide between. This design effectively avoids 'social desirability' - the false answers you give to make yourself look better.

2. The Four Core Psychological Dimensions Measured

Through 15 forced-choice items, this scale focuses on the following four traits that most affect career and life:

  • Need for achievement (Ach): the desire to overcome obstacles, demonstrate ability, and pursue success.
  • Need for affiliation (Aff): the desire to form close relationships, maintain friendships, and belong to groups.
  • Need for autonomy (Aut): the tendency to act free of restraint, independently, and against convention.
  • Need for order (Ord): the tendency to plan, be well organized, and keep the environment tidy.

3. Test Tips

  • Do not overthink the wording; follow your first instinct.
  • In some items you may like both options or dislike both; be sure to choose the onethat is relatively closer to your real behavior.
  • The results involve no better or worse; they aim to help you with career planning and self-motivation analysis.