If Instruments Such as the Big Five Are Used to Describe

question 25

Multiple Choice

If instruments such as the Big Five are used to describe personality, rather than relying on DSM-5, then diagnoses of psychological disorder would become:

• A) more categorical as well as more a matter of degree.
• B) more categorical and less a matter of degree.
• C) less categorical and more a matter of degree.
• D) less categorical as well as less a matter of degree.

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