How Were the Questions for the NEO-PI-R Developed

question 17

Multiple Choice

How were the questions for the NEO-PI-R developed?

• A)Items were taken directly from the MMPI.
• B)"Normal" individuals were asked to list personality traits.
• C)They were balanced for positive and negative wording.
• D)They selected traits from a dictionary.

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Definitions:

Socially Prohibited

Behaviors or actions that are deemed unacceptable or taboo by societal standards or norms.

Disease-producing

Capable of causing or generating a disease; pathogenic.

Depolarization

Depolarization is a change in the electrical charge of a neuron's membrane, leading to a less negative inner membrane potential and often initiating an action potential, which enables the transmission of neural signals.

Electrical Charge

A physical property of matter that causes it to experience a force when placed in an electromagnetic field.