Finals Flashcards
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is the biologically based tendency to behave in particular ways from very early in life
Temperament
o Born in Berlin on March 4, 1916
o His mother was Ruth Werner, a starlet at the time of ________ birth. His father Anton edward, was a comedian, singer, and actor.
o He was the only child of a theatrical family
Hans Jurgen Eysenck
What are the four criteria for identifying a factor that Eysenck established?
o Psychometric evidence for the factor’s existence must be established
o The factor must also possess heritability and must fit an established genetic model
o The factor must make sense from a theoretical view
o The factor must possess social relevance
The Four Levels of Behavior Organization:
o Specific acts or cognitions
o Habitual acts or cognitions
o Trait
o Superfactors / Types
- individual behaviors or thoughts that may
or may not be characteristic of a person
Specific acts or cognitions
- responses that recur under similar conditions
Habitual acts or cognitions
Important semi-permanent personality dispositions. Defined in terms of significant intercorrelations between different habitual behaviors
Trait
made up of several interrelated traits
Superfactors / Types
oEysenck and Cattell arrived at a different number of ____________ because they worked at different levels of factoring
o Many current factor theorists insist that ample evidence exists that five—and no more and no fewer—general factors will emerge from nearly all factor analyses of personality traits
DIMENSIONS OF PERSONALITY
Eysenck extracted three general superfactors:
o Extraversion (E)
o Neuroticism (N)
o Psychoticism (P)
Introversion
Extraversion
Stability
Neuroticism
Superego
Psychoticism
does not imply that most people are at one end or the other of the three main poles
The bipolarity of Eysenck’s factors
He contended that each of these factors meets his four criteria for identifying personality dimensions
Eysenck
- have lower cortical arousal level that results in higher sensory thresholds, thus lesser reactions to sensory stimulation
- are 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
Extraverts
- are characterized by a higher level of arousal, and as a result of a lower sensory threshold, they experience greater reactions to sensory stimulation
- can be described as quiet, passive, unsociable, careful, reserved, thoughtful, pessimistic, peaceful, sober, and controlled
Introverts
- a physiological condition that is largely inherited rather than learned
Cortical Arousal Level
o People who score high on this often have a tendency to overreact emotionally and have difficulty returning to a normal state after emotional arousal
o ________ does not necessarily suggest a neurosis in the traditional meaning of that term
Neuroticism
o Eysenck proposed this emotional reactivity in neuroticism is due to this phenomenon
Highly reactive Limbic System
are vulnerable to illness because they have either a genetic or an acquired weakness that predisposes them to an illness
Diathesis Stress Model
are often egocentric, cold, non-conforming, impulsive, hostile, aggressive, suspicious, psychopathic, and antisocial
High P scorers
tend to be altruistic, highly socialized, empathic, caring, cooperative, conforming and conventional
o Low P scorers
– assessed only the correlation between extraversion and neuroticism
o Maudsley Personality Inventory (MPI)