Which of the following is true of the early cross-cultural studies on personality that would take a personality scale developed in one country or culture and translate it to use in another culture?
a) These studies did not impose an assumed etic construct upon the cultures studied.
b) It was concluded that the personality dimensions represented by an imposed etic were equivalently represented in all cultures included in the studies.
c) It provided sufficient evidence that the personality domains measured in these studies were equivalent in all the cultures studied.
d) The researchers in these studies assumed that the methods of measuring personality dimensions were psychometrically valid and reliable.
d
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