L5- Eysenck's Criminal Personality Flashcards
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Eysenck’s general personality theory.
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Proposed that behaviour can be represented along 2 dimensions:
1. introversion/extroversion.
2. Neuroticism/stability.
The two dimensions combine to form a variety of personality traits.
Eysenck later added a third dimension: psychotism.
According to Eysenck our personality traits are biological in origin and come about through the type of nervous system we inherit from our parents. Therefore, all personality types have an innate, biological basis.
