How Not to Whip a Straw Dog.

Analyzes the points made by researcher, Lawrence Pervin in his paper about the Big Five theory of personality traits published in the periodical, 'Psychological Inquiry,'. Basis of Pervin's criticisms of the exuberant expansionism of some investigators in previous papers; Failure by Pervin to answer questions that he raised in the 'Fundamental Lexical Hypothesis,' section of the research.