What was one reason an alternative approach to the "Big Five" traits was developed?
a) Clinicians could provide information that helps us understand personality disorders.
b) The available personality measures do not have ties to widely used defense mechanisms.
c) Assessment of key facets of the humanistic perspective was woefully inadequate compared to assessment of other perspectives on personality.
d) Recent research on brain scanning has yielded convincing evidence that different brain areas are related to identifiable personality differences that can be assessed via self-report questionnaires.
A
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