The Big Five
A) are the five key steps in the process of factor analysis.
B) are steps in the construction of rational tests.
C) factor analytically derived dimensions of personality.
D) are the primary methods of test construction used by personality psychologists.

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The Big Five refers to five broad dimensions of personality that are used to describe human personality. These dimensions are openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, and they were identified through factor analysis of personality measures.