Author Question: McCrae and Costa's five personality factors: a. are the first five factors identified by Cattell. ... (Read 64 times)

vicotolentino · **on:** Jun 21, 2018

McCrae and Costa's five personality factors:

a. are the first five factors identified by Cattell.
b. show that environment is more important than heredity.
c. largely overlap amongst themselves.
d. include sociability, impulsivity, and emotionality.

Question 2

All of the following are personality factors identified by McCrae and Costa except:

a. neuroticism.
c. conscientiousness.
b. deference.
d. openness.

Animal_Goddess · **Reply #1 on:** Jun 21, 2018

Answer to Question 1

ANS: C
FEEDBACK: There is a similarity between the extraversion and neuroticism factors of McCrae and
Costa and the extraversion and neuroticism dimensions proposed by Eysenck. Further, agreeableness and conscientiousness in the McCrae Costa model may represent the low end of Eysencks psychoticism dimension (impulse control). Openness shows a high positive correlation with intelligence. Similarly, agreeableness correlates with Adlers concept of social interest.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Working at the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore, Maryland, Robert McCrae and Paul Costa embarked on an extensive research program that identified five so-called robust or Big Five factors. These factors are neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.