Szondi Test

It is a projective exercise based on the classical Szondi test: across six series you choose the faces you like most and least, and the pattern of your choices is summarised across eight drive factors grouped into four vectors. It is offered here as an educational self-reflection tool, not a clinical instrument.

The Hungarian physician Leopold Szondi developed the test and the surrounding theory of fate analysis in the 1930s. The original battery used photographs of psychiatric patients, which is why modern online versions, including this one, replace them with neutral faces.

They are the eight classical drive factors: tenderness (h), assertiveness (s), emotional intensity (e), expressiveness (hy), restraint (k), conviction (p), sensitivity (d) and stability (m). Pairs of factors form the four vectors S, P, Sch and C. This version uses neutralised descriptive names for all eight.

The original test used clinical portraits, which raises serious ethical problems. Here every face is a deliberately neutral, simplified drawing — no real patient photographs are used, and your choices are read as reactions to expression, not as anyone's diagnosis.

You go through six series of eight faces. In each series you choose the most and the least pleasant face. The app then counts how often each factor was chosen positively or negatively and shows the resulting vector profile.

Factors that repeatedly appear among your liked choices are read as tendencies you accept or want more of; factors you repeatedly reject are read as tendencies you push away. The profile is a mirror for self-reflection, not a personality verdict.

Its scientific validity has never been convincingly demonstrated, and modern psychology treats it as a historical and projective exercise. Take the interpretation as food for thought about your reactions — not as a reliable measurement.

No. Neither the classical test nor this online version can diagnose anything. The factor names come from historical clinical terminology, but your result is not a statement about any condition. If something in your inner life worries you, talk to a qualified professional.

Three main differences: neutral drawn faces instead of real patient photographs, a shortened teaching interpretation instead of the full fate-analysis commentary, and an emphasis on self-reflection rather than clinical use.

Yes. Because choices depend on momentary impressions, repeating the exercise after some time and comparing the profiles can be an interesting exercise in self-observation.