hans eysenck

Question 1

what theory is it

Answer 1

individualistic and psychological

Question 2

what did hans eysenck do

Answer 2

• carried out questionnaire on 700 soldiers being treated for a neurotic illness
• concluded that their answers suggested different personality traits
• he therefore proposed that different personality traits are more likely to commit crimes

Question 3

why are certain personality traits more likely to commit crime

Answer 3

because they
- crave excitement
- are slow to learn that crime has serious negative consequences

Question 4

what personality traits are more likely to commit crime

Answer 4

• extroversion
• neuroticism
• psychoticism

Question 5

how does eysencks theory explain criminality

Answer 5

-people who have PEN personality’s are more likely to commit crime as they struggle to learn to control immature impulses
-criminals are more likely to be impulsive, thrill seeking individuals who are unable to accept/ understand rules of society

Question 6

STRENGTH: how can it being quantitive data be a strength, link to GRAVE

Answer 6

it can be tested and so is scientific and a quarionnaire was used on 700 soldiers. this is a strength because
- it can be replicated
- checks to see the reliability of the result

Question 7

STRENGTH: what did DeYoung, McGurk and McDougall fimd

Answer 7

DeYoung: that those who score high on eysencks personality test in neuroticism and extroversion have links to criminality
McGurk and McDougall: they studied juvenile offenders and non juvenile and found that majority had high PEN traits

Question 8

STRENGTH: how can early interventions be a strength, link to GRAVE

Answer 8

these where based on parenting or early treatment for people with these personality traits which may help to reduce crime this is a strength because it has real world application

Question 9

WEAKNESS: what did farrington do

Answer 9

examined a range of studies and found that prisoners are neurotic and psychotic but not extroverted disproves his theory for example:
jeff dahmer- introvert

Question 10

WEAKNESS: how can eysencks questionnaires relying on self report measure be a weakness

Answer 10

it may result in biased or false answers

Question 11

WEAKNESS: what does this theory not consider

Answer 11

it suggests that personality is fixed and it won’t change over time