What Is the Best Summary of the Current State of Knowledge

question 75

Multiple Choice

What is the best summary of the current state of knowledge about personality types?

• A) Knowing a person's personality type adds to our ability to predict his or her behavior beyond what can be predicted by knowing how the person stands on the traits that define the typology.
• B) Although types add little for psychometric purposes of measurement and prediction, they still may have value as aids in education and theorizing.
• C) There are five basic personality types, each corresponding to one of the Big Five personality traits.
• D) Compared to the trait approach, the typological approach is completely useless for explaining or describing people or behavior.

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