What is the lexical hypothesis?

A. Important traits become embedded in a language as single words.
B. Traits need to be interpreted or "decoded" before they can be studied.
C. People can accurately describe their own personalities using words.
D. An infinite number of traits can be used to model human personality.


Answer: A

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