eysencks theory
- Created by: Bethany Cooling
- Created on: 01-06-18 10:25
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- Psychological Explanations: Eysenck's Theory
- Two Personality Dimensions
- Introversion-extraversion
- Neuroticism-stability
- Combine to form personality traits
- Later added psychoticism
- Extraverts
- Risk takers
- Have an underactive nervous system
- Seek excitement and stimulation
- Neurotic
- Nervous, jumpy and over-anxious
- Behaviour difficult to predict
- Suggests personality traits are innate an based on the nervous system
- Criminal Personality
- Neurotic extravert
- Score high on the psychoticism scale
- Cold, emotional and aggressive
- Criminal behaviour is concerned with immediate gratification
- Criminals developed immaturely
- Impatient and can't wait
- More likely to act antisocially
- E and N scores
- Socialisation is designed to make you more socially oriented and less after gratification
- People with high E and N scores have nervous systems that made is difficult to socialise properly
- Personality can be measured using the EPI
- Eysenck Personality Invetory
- Psychological test which locates respondents on the E and N dimensions
- Two Personality Dimensions
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