Does the Big Five Model translate across other cultures?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Yes, the Big Five appears to work well across different cultures. Researchers have used the lexical method to identify adjectives in other languages that describe personality and find that they cluster together just as the Big Five do. Spanish has the Big Seven. In Chinese, four of the Big Five are identical, but openness to experience is replaced by a trait called interpersonal relatedness.

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Carol Gilligan suggested that females' moral reasoning is based on ____________________ while males' moral reasoning is based on ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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A common condition among men which may lead to sexual dysfunction is atherosclerosis, also known as

A) high cholesterol in the blood. B) hardening of the arteries. C) undescended testicles. D) high estrogen levels in the blood.

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a. complete; incomplete b. expedited; full c. simple; complex d. unidimensional; multidimensional

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