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Question 41

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In the context of the combinations of Big Five variables,a person who engages in risky sexual behavior would have which of the following combinations of five-factor traits?

A) High extraversion,high neuroticism,low conscientious,and low agreeableness
B) High extraversion,low conscientiousness,and moderate emotional stability
C) High extraversion,high openness to experience,and low conscientiousness
D) High neuroticism,low intellect,and low extraversion

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In the context of the five-factor model,which of the following is a reason for disagreement about the content and replicability of the fifth factor?

A) Cross-cultural researchers have been unable to study the fifth factor across different languages.
B) Different researchers start with different item pools to factor analyze.
C) Researchers who use questionnaire items tend to prefer openness to experience as a trait label.
D) Researchers who use trait adjectives endorse intellect as the meaning and label of the fifth factor.

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Which of the following is a limitation of the Wiggins circumplex model?

According to the Wiggins circumplex model,the concept of _____ holds that the variables that are next to each other within the model are positively correlated.

Joshua is extremely talkative and can liven up any social gathering.He does not believe in retirement plans and would rather spend his money on vacations.His family enjoys the solitude of mountains;however,he prefers beach holidays.In the context of the empirical correlates of the Big Five factors,Joshua is most likely to score high on _____.

Which of the following is a criticism of the theoretical approach?

The five-factor model was originally based on a combination of the _____ approaches.

In the context of the combinations of Big Five variables,which of the following combinations is most likely to make a good computer wiz?

In the context of the combinations of Big Five variables,obedience to authority in a Milgram-like experiment is more likely among people:

In the context of the Wiggins circumplex model,individual differences:

Who among the following was raised in Germany and intended to study physics but began to study psychology almost by chance?

Factor loadings indicate the _____ between an item and an underlying factor.

Which of the following statements is true of the lexical approach?

Most personality psychologists hypothesize that traits:

The five-factor model of personality consists of the Big Five traits,namely _____.

According to the lexical approach,if a trait term exists in only one or a few languages,then it may be _____.