Explain whether Myra would score high or low on each of McCrae and Costa’s Big Five dimensions. Provide evidence for your answer.

What will be an ideal response?


Myra would score high on neuroticism because of her continuous cleaning behavior. She would score low on extraversion and agreeableness because of her inability to maintain friendships. Myra’s score on conscientiousness would probably be high because of her precision in cleaning. Her score on openness would be low because of her apparent lack of outside interests.

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