6.1.1 - Eysenck Personality

Question 1

Extroversion/Introversion

Answer 1

If someone is an extrovert they are sociable, like parties and don’t like to be alone. Like to take risks, crave excitement and are impulsive.

If someone is an introvert they have less friends but deeper relationships, enjoy a structured orderly life.

Question 2

Neuroticism/Stability

Answer 2

Neurotic people tend to be anxious, have low self esteem, depressed, irrationality.

Question 3

Psychoticism

Answer 3

Aggression, coldness, antisocial behaviour, lack of empathy.

Question 4

Normal balance

Answer 4

Even E, N and low P.

Question 5

Develop from socialisation

Answer 5

• Child is conditioned
• Learns sense of right and wrong
• Avoids punishable behaviour
• Controls own impulses

Question 6

The hardest personality type to condition

Answer 6

Neurotic extroverts - don’t learn as easy as children, resistant to early socialisation, harder to divert away from thrill of crime

Question 7

Biological element - P

Answer 7

• Excess dopaminergenic neutrons which send an over production of dopamine, loss of inhibition of impulses so more likely to do assault to rape

Question 8

Biological element - E

Answer 8

• Under arousal in CNS
• RAS restricts stimuli
  -Stronger dopamine reward system, respond well to sex and money

Question 9

Biological element - N

Answer 9

• ANS (parasympathetic and sympathetic) are controlled by limbic system
• Overactive sympathetic

Question 10

Rushton and Christjohn

Answer 10

Supporting.
Higher PEN scores in delinquents.

Question 11

McGurk and McDougall

Answer 11

Supporting.
Compared 100 delinquents to 100 non delinquents, some were high NE and some high PEN compared to low NE of the control group.

Question 12

Holin

Answer 12

Opposing.
High PN (not E so inconsistent).

Question 13

Other factors

Answer 13

Crime - personality
Only studies criminals who’ve been caught
Self report data