The Big Five Are Believed to Be Orthogonal Factors of Personality

question 34

Multiple Choice

The Big Five are believed to be orthogonal factors of personality. What does orthogonal mean?

• A) People's scores on one of the factors are useful for predicting their scores on only one of the other factors.
• B) People's scores on one of the factors are useful for predicting their scores on two of the other factors.
• C) People's scores on one of the factors are useful for predicting their scores on three or four of the other factors.
• D) People's scores on one of the factors do not predict their scores on any of the other factors.