Cattell has demonstrated that when people are rated on a large number of characteristics, ______

a. the characteristics tend to cluster into groups
b. the people tend to seem more alike than different
c. all traits can be collapsed into two dimensions
d. no discernible pattern of traits appears

A

Psychology

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