Eysenck

Question 1

Was Eysenck’s Theory based on nature or nurture?

Answer 1

Nature

Question 2

What did Eysenck believed caused crime?

Answer 2

High levels of extroversion, neuroticism and psychoticism.

Question 3

Extroversion

Answer 3

Social, friendly, open and talkative.

Question 4

Neuroticism

Answer 4

Anxious, frustrated, jealous, scared, lonely.

Question 5

Psychoticism

Answer 5

Impulsive, uncaring, aggressive.

Question 6

What is the biological explanation for extroversion?

Answer 6

Reticular activating system restricts stimuli from the environment so cerebral cortex becomes under-aroused so, they seek stimulation like crime.

Question 7

What is the biological explanation for neuroticism?

Answer 7

Limbic system is over-aroused so they get into patterns of behaviour to reduce anxiety like crime.

Question 8

What is the biological explanation for psychoticism?

Answer 8

High levels of dopamine, more likely to commit violent crimes.

Question 9

Criticisms of Eysencks’s Theory

Answer 9

Ignores nurture, unlikely criminals all criminals have same personality, suggests criminals don’t have control over their behaviour.