Due largely to the efforts of Paul Costa, Jr. and Robert McCrae, we are now able to describe adults' personality traits using ____ different factors.
A) three
B) five
C) six
D) eight

Question

Due largely to the efforts of Paul Costa, Jr. and Robert McCrae, we are now able to describe adults' personality traits using ____ different factors.
A) ​three
B) ​five
C) ​six
D) ​eight

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Costa and McCrae's Five-Factor Model (also known as the Big Five) describes adult personalities using five different factors: Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness, and Neuroticism (OCEAN).

Due Largely to the Efforts of Paul Costa, Jr