Individual Differences 1 - Personality

Question 1

Gossop and eyesenck (1980)

Answer 1

Looked at 200 drug addicts
Gave them the EPQ
High psychoticism
High neuroticism
Low extraversion
Low lie scores

Question 2

Why are people with high psychoticism more likely to be addicts?

Answer 2

Because they think they are above everyone they don’t think they will get caught.

Immortal- don’t care about their actions.

Impulsive- don’t think about the consequences

Dewit (2009)- A review of studies found that impulsiveness was both a cause and effect of drug abuse.

Dalley et Al (2007)- Impulsive rats increased cocaine intake than low impusivity rats.

Question 3

How is neuroticism linked to addiction?

Answer 3

Neuroticism is linked to low self-esteem

Neurotic individuals may use addiction as a form of self-medication.

Question 4

Sinha (2001) - neuroticism

Answer 4

Stress plays a role in initiation of addiction and in risk of relapse. If an individual is more susceptible to stress, then they may feel that they need the addiction to overcome stress.

Question 5

Baumeister (1997) neuroticism

Answer 5

Low self-esteem may lead people to act in a manner that is self-defeating. May use their addiction to avoid negative feelings about themselves.

Question 6

Has extraversion or introvertion been linked to addiction?

Answer 6

It depends on the addiction
Introverts are more likely to be addicted to drugs
Gambling has no difference between introverts and extroverts.