Eysencks Criminal Personality (forensics)

Question 1

Strengths

Answer 1

+ research support - Sybil Eysenck and Hans Eysenck, compared around 2000 male prisoners to a male control group, groups divided into age groups from 16-69, found prisoners had higher scores in extroversion, neuroticism and psychoticism across all age groups

Question 2

What is a criminal personality?

Answer 2

An individual who scores highly with extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism.

Question 3

Why is someone who has a High P, N and E likely to be a criminal?

Answer 3

It is difficult for them to learn to control their immature impulses

Question 4

What is extraversion

Answer 4

Someone who is bored easily and has low arousal
-risk taking
-dominant
-sensation seeking

Question 5

What is neuroticism

Answer 5

Someone who is over-reactive
-depressed
-low self esteem
-anxiety

Question 6

What is psychoticism

Answer 6

Someone who is impulsive
-aggressive
-unsympathetic
-manipulative