Eyeseneck individualistic psychological theory

Question 1

what does the E measure?

Answer 1

Extroversion

Question 2

What does N measure ?

Answer 2

Neurotic

Question 3

what are the personality features of someone with a high E score

Answer 3

Outgoing, sociable, excitement seeking, short tempered and unreliable.

Question 4

what are the functions of someone with a high N score ?

Answer 4

Anxious, moody, often depressed and prone to overreacting.

Question 5

what are the reasons for a high N and E score?

Answer 5

Conditioning (reward seeking and punishment avoiding) and genetic inheritance

Question 6

why will a high E and N lead to crime?

Answer 6

E have a nervous system that seeks excitement from environment often meaning rule breaking

N have anxiety meaning their behaviour is unpredictable meaning they may not conform to rules

Question 7

what are the features of a high p score?

Answer 7

Cruel, agressive and insensitive

Question 8

why will a high P score lead to crime?

Answer 8

they are more likely to commit crime as their nervous system is such that they cannot be conditioned into societies rules.

Question 9

name a strength?

Answer 9

It made substantial use of comparisons between convicted offenders and the

general population. This means that the sample size is large enough to suggest some reliability in Eyesenck’s findings.

Question 10

name a weakness?

Answer 10

The theory relies too heavily on the self-report measures of personality, which is unreliable.

Question 11

name a limitation

Answer 11

less impulsive offenders with ‘low N’ may never be caught. This means that the research lacks validity as it does not present the full story.