Personality Flashcards
(25 cards)
What was Eysencks’s questionnaire called?
Eysenck personality inventory
EPI
What did Eysenck believe personality traits came from?
Conditioning
Genetic inheritance
Why did Eysenck think that conditioning contributed towards personality?
The learning through the pleasure pain principle
Why did Eysenck believe that genetic inheritance contributed towards personality?
Some nervous systems develop in different ways dependant on parental genes
What did Eysenck do?
Study 700 soldiers who were being treated for neurotic disorders
What is factor analysis?
Finding patterns and trends within large amounts of quantitative information
What were the 5 different types of personality that Eysenck put on the scale?
Extroversion
Introversion
Neuroticism
Emotional stability
Psychoticism
What is extroversion?
Personality type which is assertive, creative, dominant, active and attention seeking
What is introversion?
Personality type which is inward looking, shy, reserved and have low self esteem
What is neuroticism?
Personality type which is anxious, mood and prone to over reacting
What is emotional stability?
Personality type which is calm, even tempered, controlled and unworried
What is psychoticism?
Personality type which is aggressive, antisocial, egocentric, impulsive and lacking in empathy
Who did Eysenck suggest would score high on the extrovert scale?
Young men
Repeated offenders
Who would score high on the psychoticism scale?
Solitary misfits
Psychopaths who lack empathy
What are the methodological problems of Eysenck?
Measuring traits is difficult and subjective
Questionnaire can often be invalid
Findings are static
Why is measuring traits difficult and subjective?
It depends on the culture
Why is the questionnaire often invalid?
Dependant on truth and understanding of peoples responses, sometimes more context is needed
Why are findings static?
Assumes that personalities don’t change overtime
What are the ideological problems of Eysenck?
Lacking causation
People cope differently with their personality
Why is Eysenck lacking causation?
Measuring stereotypes of personalities that society deems as wrong
Why is it a problem that people might cope differently with their personalities?
Awareness of the effects of personality types that might occur
What is a policy to reduce crime linked with personality?
Aversion therapy
What is aversion therapy?
A type of treatment that aims to stop unwanted behaviours or habits by associating them with something unpleasant
What can be used to reduce criminal behaviours?
A negative stimulus - to associate crime with a negative feeling
