Are the Big Five Dimensions a Comprehensive System of Personality

question 52

Multiple Choice

Are the Big Five dimensions a comprehensive system of personality?

• A) Yes; evidence confirms that these five dimensions capture the totality of personality.
• B) No; it's just a convenient shorthand for researchers to simplify analyzing the Big Twenty.
• C) Yes; that's why they are the Big Five rather than the Perhaps Five.
• D) No; there are many other important ways that people differ from one another.

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