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Answer the Following Question Briefly: Mention Any Two Central Dimensions of Personality According to Costa and Mccrae.

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Answer the following question briefly:  
Mention any two central dimensions of personality according to Costa and McCrae.

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The two central dimensions of a personality according to Costa and McCrae are :

  1. Extraversion: A dimension ranging from energetic, enthusiastic, sociable, and talkative at one end to retiring, sober, reserved, silent, and cautions at the other.

  2. Agreeableness: A dimension ranging from good-natured, cooperative, trusting, and helping at one end to irritable, suspicious, and uncooperative at the other.
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