Recall the Hawaiian Longitudinal Study of Personality by Hampson and Goldberg

Multiple Choice

Recall the Hawaiian longitudinal study of personality by Hampson and Goldberg (2006) ,in which middle-aged persons' self-reports of personality were compared with their elementary school teachers' ratings of their personalities made 40 years earlier.Which of the following best summarizes the findings of that study regarding the stability of personality across this time period?

A) Stability was very high for all Big Five factors.
B) Stability was close to zero for all Big Five factors.
C) Across the Big Five factors,stability ranged from moderate to very high.
D) Across the Big Five factors,stability ranged from near-zero to moderate.
E) Stability could not be examined directly because completely different traits were assessed at the two time points.