The Big Five factors are based on the lexical approach, studying people's descriptions of personality

Why are Westerners more likely than people from New Guinea or India to see the Müller-Lyer illusion??

a. ?Western philosophy maintains that spatial or mathematical problems have only one correct answer. b. ?Westerners are more accustomed to environments that consist of right angles, rectangles, and straight lines. c. ?Those of Western descent tend to have more cones than rods, decreasing their ability to see faint contrast. d. ?Westerners tend to rely more on their visual senses than their auditory or olfactory senses.

In a study which examined the link between locus of control and age, Brandtstadter and Rothermund found that:

a. many elderly people maintain an internal orientation by adjusting their goals to make them fit the reality of their situations. b. many elderly people become very external as they create new goals for themselves that unfortunately are unattainable c. middle-aged adults become very internally oriented as they ponder the inevitability of their death d. many adolescents force themselves to create goals that are unworkable so they can be very dissatisfied with their lives.