Eyesenck's criminal personality type

Question 1

Extroversion

Answer 1

Mainly concerned with gaining pleasure from outside the self

Question 2

Introversion

Answer 2

Gaining pleasure from things inside the self

Question 3

Neuroticism

Answer 3

to have feelings of anxiety, worry, fear or anger

Question 4

Stability

Answer 4

Unlikely to move or change

Question 5

Psychotosism

Answer 5

A personality pattern that is categorised by aggression and hostility towards people

Question 6

Hypothesis

Answer 6

Certain personality types are more likely to commit crimes

Question 7

Why?

Answer 7

Because they crave excitement, extroverts are slow to learn consequence.

Question 8

Method

Answer 8

Sample: 700 soldiers

Treated for neurotic disorders

Question 9

Needs

Answer 9

Extro: crave high stimulations
intro: require low amounts of stimulation

Question 10

What 3 personality types create a criminal?

Answer 10

High: extroversion
neuroticism
psychoticism

Question 11

Strengths

Answer 11

Findings supported hypothesis
Allows us to intervene at a young age
Helped with modernised testing (deyoung 2010)

Question 12

Weaknesses

Answer 12

personal bias, low reliability

fails to recognise people personalities changes