The Big Five Personality Dimensions Are Extraversion, Neuroticism, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness

The big five personality dimensions are extraversion, neuroticism, agreeableness, conscientiousness, and openness to experience. An important reason for identifying these particular dimensions as the big five, instead of using some other list of traits, is that these five traits

A) were derived from Carl Rogers's theory of personality development.
B) undergo major transformations at each successive stage of psychosexual development.
C) are especially prominent in situations having a well-defined script.
D) do not correlate highly with one another.