Have you ever wondered who the true inner hero of your life story is?
What role do you play in this world?
What goal are you truly pursuing?
The Awakening the Inner Hero Test, also known as the Pearson–Marr Archetype Indicator (PMAI), helps you discover your inner hero and your primary life role. Based on the teachings of Joseph Campbell, this test identifies 12 core human archetypes.
The free version of the test identifies your dominant archetype and reveals the primary “hero identity” within you. This central hero reflects your general temperament and the way you approach life. The results also show which archetypes within your psyche are suppressed or overlooked—helping you understand which areas of your life have been neglected or underdeveloped, and which psychological gaps may be contributing to recurring challenges.
In the premium version, you receive a far more detailed breakdown of how strongly each inner hero influences your personality. You’ll also discover how much growth and maturity you’ve gained in each stage of the Hero’s Journey—and where immaturity or unresolved patterns still remain.
At the end of the test, you’ll receive an in-depth audio and video analysis explaining your results with practical examples. This helps you clearly map out your life path and understand the steps needed for deeper personal growth and transformation.
This test—and its accompanying analysis—has been developed through extensive research and effort by Amirhossein Jalalian (General Psychologist). It helps you understand how far you’ve progressed on your life journey and whether you have achieved the growth and maturity needed along the way. You’ll also discover which areas of your life have provided meaningful experiences and which ones have left you with wounds, setbacks, or trauma.
The test and its specialized interpretations reveal your strengths as well as your vulnerabilities. This level of insight allows you, perhaps for the first time, to confront your true self without filters or self-censorship. And if certain parts of your psyche need healing or change, you’ll be equipped with the awareness necessary to take meaningful action.
When you purchase the premium test, you gain full access to the assessment questions on the Archetypes website. After completing the test, you will receive a detailed breakdown of your psychological dimensions and scores. At the bottom of your results page, you’ll find a download link for the audio and video analysis package.
This package provides an in-depth interpretation of each archetype score, explained individually and clearly. You will also become familiar with the characteristics and stages of the Hero’s Journey and how they manifest in a person’s life.
The analysis package includes:
A summary of the key traits of each Hero’s Journey archetype
Interpretations of different possible test outcomes
Explanations of how various archetype levels influence your life and inner development
This package helps you gain a deep and comprehensive understanding of your results—and of the Hero’s Journey and archetypal psychology as a whole.
After purchasing the test, you can take it twice, and it will remain accessible in your personal profile on the Archetypes website for one full year.
It is recommended that after completing the test and identifying your strengths and weaknesses, you follow the exercises and methods provided in the blog section of the website to help strengthen or balance your archetypes. Then, after about seven to eight months, retake the test to measure your personal growth, increased self-awareness, and psychological development.
The test consists of multiple-choice questions. For each question, you should select the option that best reflects your personal views, preferences, and typical behaviors in your daily life. Please make sure not to leave any questions unanswered.
Before you begin, you will receive more detailed instructions on how to respond to the questions to ensure accurate and meaningful results.
You can take the test using your smartphone, laptop, or personal computer. Your test results will remain permanently saved in your personal profile on the Archetypes website.
Yes. After identifying the exaggerated or suppressed aspects of your psyche, you can visit the Blog section of this website. There, you’ll find practical articles and exercises designed to help you strengthen or balance the specific archetypes you personally need to work on.
With consistent practice, these exercises help you moderate the exaggerated and potentially harmful aspects of your psyche. At the same time, the exercises focused on developing your suppressed archetypes help you overcome the weaknesses and gaps they may have created in your life.
