The author summarizes those criticisms and opinions the theory has suffered or is suffering,and discusses its basic issues,such as suspicion about circulation argument,correlation of trait and behavior,rationality of assumption of language and applicability of factor analysis,conflict and balance between generic approach and idiographic app.

Based on the lexical hypothesis and ratings of English personality trait adjectives, the "Big Five" model was highly related with Western culture, and the cross-cultural comparison yielded consistency only when the "imposed-consistency" strategy was carried out, and inconsistencies were found when the "derived-consistency" strategy was used.

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