eysenck's personality

Question 1

Dunlop

Answer 1

extraversion and psychoticism good predicitors of delinquency, as well as lie scales. study was all students and their friends, and minor offences in last 12 months

Question 2

Coleta van Dam et al

Answer 2

only small group of male offenders in juvenile detention scored high in all three dimensions

Question 3

Mcgurk and McDougall

Answer 3

100 delinquent and 100 non-delinquent college students. cluster of delinquent with high N and E and sub group with high in all. significant number in non delinquent with low scores.

Question 4

Zuckerman (1987)

Answer 4

found +.52 correlation for MZ twins, +.24 for DZ on neuroticism. shows personality has a genetic component. not as high as eysenck claimed.

Question 5

Mischel and Peake

Answer 5

personality is not consistent. suggested it may be consistent in similar situations but not across all situation. asked family, friends and strangers to rate 63 students in variety of situations. found almost no correlation between traits displayed.