Discover Your Social Values: Take the Test!

Are you fascinated by the ways people interact, make decisions, and shape society? Do you want to understand what truly motivates your choices, relationships, and leadership style? This psychological test offers you a unique opportunity to explore the core social values and norms that influence your behavior—grounded in well-established psychological theory.

Why Take This Test?

• Reveal Your Social Motivations: Uncover your personal scores on essential scales such as Seeking Support, Conformism, Status, Giving Support, Independence, and Leadership. These dimensions reflect how you relate to others, balance autonomy with conformity, and express compassion or authority in daily life.
• Reflect on Real-Life Scenarios: The test presents thought-provoking questions about moral choices, independence, approval, generosity, and leadership—helping you see how your values play out in practical situations.
• Personalized Insights: Whether you’re taking the test for personal growth, career advice, recruitment, or simply curiosity, you’ll gain tailored feedback that helps you understand your strengths and areas for development.
• Based on Scientific Theory: The test is rooted in the study of social values and norms, offering a reliable framework for self-discovery and psychological insight. https://www.encyclopedia.com/social-sciences/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/social-values-and-norms/
• Accessible in English and Dutch: Take the test in your preferred language and receive results that are easy to interpret and apply.

Who Should Take This Test?

• Psychology enthusiasts eager to deepen their understanding of human behavior.
• Students and professionals seeking insight into their social strengths and leadership potential.
• Anyone curious about how values shape interactions, decisions, and success.

What to Expect

You’ll answer questions about your experiences, preferences, and attitudes—such as:

• “Do the right thing from a moral point of view or make your own decisions?”
• “Get approval from others or direct other people in their work?”
• “Being sociable or focus on the task at hand?”

Your responses will be analyzed across key scales, giving you a clear picture of your social values profile.

Test background

The social values scales test is inspired by various test concepts and theories. A good starting point for reading, and the basis for this test, is the following URL. 

  Social values and norms at encyclopedia.com

There are plenty of other sources to be found online which have served as the inspiration for this test. 

The items in this test are carefully chosen and presented in such a way that they will play a competition between the scales they score on. The same statement is however rarely presented multiple times in various items. The test ends with 2 items with 6 alternatives. Each of the alternatives scores on one of the 6 different scales. These items are experimental, but they do score as a regular item in the test. 

This test is intended for adults, does not have norms (highest scoring scales are dominant), and is designed to be culture free, suitable for international use and prepared for automatic machine translation. 

Click on one of the links below to start the test in the language of your choice. 

You can also copy one of these URLs in an e-mail to a candidate. When the candidate has finished the test a URL is presented that they can forward to a consultant. The consultant can then review the test results with this URL. 

SVS test in English

SVS test in Dutch / Nederlands