M3 Week 11: Eysenck

Question 1

born in Berlin on March 4, 1916

Answer 1

Hans Jurgen Eysenck

Question 2

Only child of a theatrical family

Answer 2

Hans Jurgen Eysenck

Question 3

________, mother, German silent film star, _______, father, was a comedian, singer and actor.

Answer 3

Ruth Werner ; Anton Edward

Question 4

TRUE or FALSE
Genetic factors have greater impact than childhood experiences.

Answer 4

TRUE

Question 5

TRUE or FALSE
He went to psychology completely by accident.

Answer 5

TRUE

Question 6

Earned his bachelors degree in 1938, the same time that he married _________, a Canadian with a degree in Mathematics. They had one son who become a widely published author of psychology articles and books.

Answer 6

Margaret Davies

Question 7

TRUE or FALSE
Eyseneck got his PhD from the University of London

Answer 7

TRUE

Question 8

He work at ________, treating patients who were suffering from a variety of psychological symptoms, including anxiety, depression and hysteria.

Answer 8

Mill Hill Emergency Hospital

Question 9

Using factor analysis, he found that two major personality factors _______ and _________ could account for all the traditional diagnostic groups.

Answer 9

NEUROTICISM/EMOTIONA STABILITY ; EXTRAVERSION/INTROVERSION

Question 10

Eysenck obtained a divorce from his first wife and married ________ a quantitative psychologist who had been his traveling companion in his work.

Answer 10

Sybil Rostal

Question 11

He published about ______ journal articles or book chapters and more than ______ books.

Answer 11

800 ; 75

Question 12

He upset many __________ in the early 1950s with his contention that no evidence existed to suggest that those people who received no therapy were just as likely to get better as those who underwent expensive, painful, prolonged psychotherapy with expertly trained psychoanalysts and psychologists.

Answer 12

psychoanalysis and other therapists

Question 13

He also believed that ________ cannot be significantly increased by well-intentioned social programs because they are largely genetically determined.

Answer 13

IQ scores

Question 14

He died of __________ on September 4, 1997

Answer 14

cancer and heart disease

Question 15

3 Dimension of Personality by Eysenck

Answer 15

P - PSYCHOTICISM vs SUPEREGO.
E - EXTRAVERSION vs INTROVERSION
N - NEUROTICISM vs STABILITY

Question 16

_____ scorers are often egocentric, cold nonconforming, impulsive, hostile, aggressive, suspicious, psychopathic and antisocial.

Answer 16

High P

Question 17

________ in the direction of superego tend to be altruistic, highly socialized, empathic, caring, cooperative, conforming and conventional.

Answer 17

Low P

Question 18

People high on psychoticism and who are also experiencing levels of stress have an increased chance of developing a _______ disorder.

Answer 18

psychotic

Question 19

TRUE or FALSE
High psychoticism has a high predisposition to succumb to stress and develop a psychotic illness.

Answer 19

TRUE

Question 20

_____ scores are not necessarily vulnerable to stress-related psychoses and will resist a psychotic break even in periods of extreme stress.

Answer 20

Low P

Question 21

Jung saw ______ people as having an objective or non-personalized view of the world, whereas ________ have essentially a subjective or individualized way of looking at things.

Answer 21

extroverted ; introverts

Question 22

_______ concepts of extraversion and introversion are closer to the popular usage of the term.

Answer 22

Eysenck’s

Question 23

According to Jung, ______ are characterized primarily by sociability and impulsiveness but also by liveliness, quick-witted, optimism and other traits indicative of people who are rewarded for their association with others.

Answer 23

Extraverts

Question 24

According to Jung, ______ are characterized by traits opposite those of extroverts. They can be described as quiet, passive, unsociable, careful, reserved, thoughtful, pessimistic, peaceful, sober, and controlled.

Answer 24

Introverts

Question 25

The differences are not behavioral but rather biological and generic in nature, in the ________, a physiological condition that is largely inherited rather than learned.

Answer 25

CORTICAL AROUSAL LEVEL

Question 26

________ have a lower level of cortical arousal than introverts. They have higher sensory thresholds and thus lesser reactions to sensory stimulation.

Answer 26

Extroverts

Question 27

_______ have higher levels of arousal and lower sensory threshold, they experience greater reactions to sensory stimulation. To maintain an optimum level of stimulation, introverts avoid situations that will cause too much excitement.

Answer 27

Introverts

Question 28

strong hereditary component. genetic basis for neurotic traits such as anxiety, hysteria, and obsessive-compulsive disorders.

Answer 28

NEUROTICISM vs STABILITY

Question 29

________ often tends to overreact emotionally and to have difficulty returning to a normal state after emotional arousal.

Answer 29

High neuroticism

Question 30

_________ some people are vulnerable to illness because they have either a genetic or an acquired weakness that predisposes them to an illness.

Answer 30

DIATHESIS-STRESS MODEL

Question 31

_______ may interact with stress to produce neurotic disorder.

Answer 31

Predisposition (DIATHESIS)

Question 32

Higher N score, the lower the level of stress necessary to precipitate a neurotic disorder.

Answer 32

neurotic disorder

Question 33

Eysenck evolved 4 personality inventories

Answer 33

1. MAUDSLEY PERSONALITY INVENTORY or MPI
2. EYSENCK PERSONALITY INVENTORY or EPI
3. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ)
4. Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised

Question 34

Assessed only E and N and yielded a correlation between these two factors.

Answer 34

MAUDSLEY PERSONALITY INVENTORY or MPI

Question 35

Contains an L scale (lie scale) to detect faking but more importantly, it measures extraversion and neuroticism independently. Sybil B. G. Eysenck (1965) developed Junior EPI for children 7 to 16 years old.

Answer 35

EYSENCK PERSONALITY INVENTORY or EPI

Question 36

By Hans Eysenck and Sybil Eysenck (1975) included a Psychoticism (P) scale. Both have adult and junior versions.

Answer 36

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire (EPQ)

Question 37

Criticism on the P scale led to another revision

Answer 37

Eysenck Personality Questionnaire-Revised