You describe your friend Joel as reserved, hostile, irresponsible, temperamental, and disinterested in ideas. You have just rated his personality based on
A)the five-factor model.
B)the MMPI-2.
C)Hans Eysenck's dimensions.
D)Dollard and Miller's critical situations theory.

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The five-factor model, also known as the Big Five, includes dimensions of personality that encompass a wide range of human behaviors. The traits you described (reserved, hostile, irresponsible, temperamental, and disinterested in ideas) can be mapped onto the Big Five traits of openness, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, and neuroticism, albeit in a negative manner.

You Describe Your Friend Joel as Reserved, Hostile, Irresponsible, Temperamental