What Results Have Typically Been Found in Comparisons of Spouses

question 14

Multiple Choice

What results have typically been found in comparisons of spouses' personalities?

• A)Across various personality traits,there are strong positive correlations between husbands' and wives' levels (i.e. ,"like marries like").
• B)Across various personality traits,there are strong negative correlations between husbands' and wives' levels (i.e. ,"opposites attract").
• C)Across various personality traits,there is a mixture of strong positive and strong negative correlations between husbands' and wives' levels.
• D)Across various personality traits,there are generally weak,near-zero correlations between husbands' and wives' levels.
• E)None of the above;sex differences in personality trait levels mean that these correlations cannot be computed.

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