Recently, Many Researchers Using Factor Analysis Have Uncovered What They

question 3

Multiple Choice

Recently, many researchers using factor analysis have uncovered what they believe to be the number of basic personality factors. How many of these factors did they find?

• A) Three
• B) Five
• C) Sixteen
• D) Sixteen to 20

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Definitions:

Psychological Disorder

A pattern of behavioral, cognitive, emotional, or physical symptoms that leads to distress, disability, or an increased risk of suffering, death, pain, or loss of freedom.

Day-to-day Life

Day-to-day life refers to the routine activities and experiences that an individual goes through on a typical day.

Delusions

False beliefs held with strong conviction despite superior evidence to the contrary, often observed in psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia.

Hallucinations

Perceptions in a conscious and awake state in the absence of external stimuli which have qualities of real perception, often occurring in psychiatric conditions.