Eysenck: Biologically Based Factor Theory

Question 1

4 criteria for identifying a factor.

Answer 1

Psychometric evidence
Heritability
Makes sense from a theoretical view
Possess social relevance

Question 2

Lowest level in the hierarchy of behaviour organization; individual behaviours or thoughts that may or may not be characteristic of a person.

Answer 2

Specific acts/cognitions

Question 3

Second level in the hierarchy of behaviour organization; responses that recur under similar conditions.

Answer 3

Habitual acts/cognitions

Question 4

Third level in the hierarchy of behaviour organization; important semi-permanent personality dispositions.

Answer 4

Trait

Question 5

Fourth level in the hierarchy of behaviour organization; made up of several interrelated traits.

Answer 5

Types/superfactors

Question 6

3 personality dimensions.

Answer 6

Extraversion
Neuroticism
Psychoticism

Question 7

Counterparts of the 3 personality dimensions.

Answer 7

Extraversion - Introversion
Neuroticism - Stability
Psychoticism - Superego function

Question 8

Characterized primarily by sociability and impulsiveness but also by jocularity, liveliness, quick-wittedness, optimism, and other traits indicative of people who are rewarded for their association with others.

Answer 8

Extraverts

Question 9

Can be describe as quiet, passive, unsociable, careful, reserved, thoughtful, pessimistic, peaceful, sober, and controlled.

Answer 9

Introverts

Question 10

A physiological condition that is largely inherited rather than learned.

Answer 10

Cortical arousal level

Question 11

Suggests that some people are vulnerable to illness because they have either a genetic or an acquired weakness that predisposes them to an illness.

Answer 11

Diathesis-stress model