Psychological Explenations, Eyensecks Theory

Question 1

What is eyensecks criminal personality

Answer 1

Eyenseck’s personality intervention (EPI) states that high levels of extroversion, neuroticism and psychoticism leads to criminal behaviour

Question 2

Extraverts

Answer 2

-Seek risky behaviour and excitement and stimulation
-Cannot condition easily and don’t learn from mistakes
-Caused by an under active nervous system

Question 3

Neuroticism

Answer 3

-jumpy and over reactive to situations, generally unstable
-caused by an over reactive sympathetic nervous system

Question 4

Psychoticism

Answer 4

-Increases levels of aggression
-Caused by high levels of testosterone e

Question 5

The role of socialisation

Answer 5

-Criminal behaviour is developmentally immature and selfish, concerned with immediate gratification which stems from socialisation when children are taught delayed gratification and social orientation
-People with high E and N scores are difficult to condition and tend not to learn to respond to antisocial impulses with anxiety, instead acting antisocially themselves