The Lexical Approach Assumes That

question 31

Multiple Choice

The lexical approach assumes that

• A)the lexicon is an unchanging catalog of human traits.
• B)humans invented words to describe all of the important personality traits.
• C)statistical techniques, like factor analysis, are poor ways of discovering important personality traits.
• D)new words in the lexicon are better at describing personality traits than old words.

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Definitions:

Methodology Section

A component of a research document that outlines the methods used to conduct the research.

Secondary Research

The process of collecting and analyzing existing data gathered by others, often from multiple sources like books, articles, or databases, to draw conclusions or support research.

Technical Words

Vocabulary specific to a particular field or profession, often incomprehensible to individuals outside that field without specialized knowledge.

Boolean Operands

Boolean operands are variables or expressions that can only take the value true or false, commonly used in computer science and mathematical logic.