The Basic Reason That Research on the Accuracy of Personality

question 44

Multiple Choice

The basic reason that research on the accuracy of personality judgments experienced a lengthy hiatus between 1955 and the mid-1980s was that ________.

• A) early researchers had already identified the characteristics of a good judge of personality
• B) researchers turned their attention to the content of personality judgments
• C) researchers lacked a consensual criteria for determining the accuracy of a personality judgment
• D) early research indicated that personality judgments are relatively inconsequential

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