When college students were asked to describe someone they knew well, they mentioned an average of __________ traits.

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According to research on personality descriptions, college students typically mention about seven central traits when describing someone they know well. This means the most important or defining characteristics of that person. Secondary traits refer to less important characteristics, cardinal traits are rare traits that dominate a person's personality, and subclinical traits refer to traits that fall below the diagnostic threshold for a clinical disorder.

When College Students Were Asked to Describe Someone They Knew