All of the following are personality factors identified by McCrae and Costa except:
a. neuroticism.
c. conscientiousness.
b. deference.
d. openness.
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Working at the Gerontology Research Center of the National Institutes of Health in Baltimore, Maryland, Robert McCrae and Paul Costa embarked on an extensive research program that identified five so-called robust or Big Five factors. These factors are neuroticism, extraversion, openness, agreeableness, and conscientiousness.
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