Which of the Following Is True About the NEO Personality

question 26

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is true about the NEO Personality Inventory-3 (NEO PI-3) ?

• A) There is a separate version for children and adolescents.
• B) There is a version available for a third party observer or rater.
• C) Each of the five factors measure positive attributes, which most people would like to have more.
• D) Its sister instrument, the NEO-FFI, has slightly improved reliabilities.
• E) None of these is true.

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Definitions:

Freud

Sigmund Freud was an Austrian neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology through dialogue between a patient and a psychotherapist.

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B. F. Skinner

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