A02 eysencks personal ti factors

Question 1

What are the 4 sections for the different types of paranormal belief

Answer 1

Methods use to measure belief
Neuroticism
Extraversion
Psychoticism
Locus of control

Question 2

Talk about methods used to measure belief

Answer 2

Critics say the correlations found al depend on the methods used to measure beliefs

Many studies used the Pps which is a scale used to to measure attitudes towards a range of different paranormal events not just a specific one (subscales). But each of the sub scales may produce different correlation so study findings may be invalid

Question 3

Who tested neuroticism

Answer 3

Wiseman and Watt

Question 4

What did Wiseman and Watt do and find

Answer 4

Focused on just the superstitious sub scale of the pbs

Found neurosis was only related to paranormal beliefs relating to bad luck

So neuroticism doesn’t explain all paranormal beliefs

Question 5

Who tested Psychoticism

Answer 5

Francis

Question 6

What did Francis do and find

Answer 6

Tested uk kids

Found high Psychoticism linked to unconventional paranormal beliefs such as astrology and Psychokinesis

Question 7

Talk about locus of control

Answer 7

Only some forms of psi correlate with external locus of control superstitions others correlate negatively pk

May explain why Kirkby and Davies found post I’ve correlation between internal locus of control and paranormal beliefs

Question 8

Studies on locus of control

Answer 8

Pegden

Question 9

What did pegden do and find

Answer 9

Found greater external locus if control was associated with spirituality and precognition, internal associated with superstition si supports that eval