Individualistic - psychological

Question 1

Eysenck

Answer 1

personality types more likely and less likely to commit crimes

Question 2

Eysenck: procedure

Answer 2

personality questionnaires with 700 soldiers being treated for neurotic disorders

Question 3

Personality traits

Answer 3

• extaversion/intrversion
• neuroticism/stability
  later introduced
• psychoticism

Question 4

Most likely personality types to offend?

Answer 4

extrovert, neurotic and psychotic as its difficult for them to control impulses and understand the rules of society

Question 5

2 dimensions our personality is made of

Answer 5

Extraversion Vs Introversion (E)
Neuroticism Vs emotional stability (N)

Question 6

Why is neuroticism a criminal trait?

Answer 6

harder to condition into following rules, high anxiety levels preventing from learning from punishment

Question 7

Why are extraverts likely criminals?

Answer 7

nervous system needs high stimulation so constantly seeks excitement

Question 8

Eysenck evaluation: strengths

Answer 8

• offenders do tend to be all that he describes
• other studies support the ideas
• useful in describing how measurable tendencies increase offending

Question 9

Eysenck evaluation: weaknesses

Answer 9

• is a correlation between prisoners and personality type but it doesnt answer cause of criminality
• convicted offenders may be typical which means less impulsive criminals not getting caught