Trait Theory Eysnck Flashcards

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Definition of personality
CINTP

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The organisation of an individuals characteristics, intellect, physique, temperament and nervous system

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What theory did he believe in?

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Believed in genetic heritance of personality traits
Biological determinant in personality

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How many dimensions in personality?
What method did he speak about?
What responses are evident? What are these responses seen as?

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3 dimensions
Argued that through observation, specific responses were evident
Specific responses were habitual responses (way individual behaves in a situation)

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How many supertraits did Eysnck have initially
Definition of extraversion and introversion?
Who does neuroticism refer to?

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Two supertraits
- measure of sociability
Extraversion (direction attention outwards to others in the environment)
Introversion (direct attention at inner experiences)

-measure of neuroticism- emotionally unstable individuals- unreasonable fears /impulsive

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What group did Eysnck separate from neurotics? Why (who did he study) what did this group not experience?

Characteristics of this group?
Where is this population most abundant

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After studying people with mental illness, Eysnck separated a group from neurotics who do not experience fear or anxiety
Psychopaths ( antisocial, unable to appreciate the consequences of their actions)
Psychopaths are mostly found in the prison population
PEN model - Psycotism, extraversion and neuroticism

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What separates psychopaths from neurotics?
Severity of?
What do psychopaths display?
Traits?

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Severity of psychoticism separates psychopaths from neurotic
Psychopaths display the most severe type of psychopathology insensitivity , hostile, strong need for ridicule

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What did Eysnck develop to measure the PEN model?
What did he suggest there was a link between?

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Eysnck personality questionnaire (Eysnck and Eysnck 1975) to measure the three supertraits and supporting traits

He suggested there was a link between clinical conditions of neurosis and psychosis and his scales of psycoticism and neuroticism- high scores on one of the scales suggests a predisposition, increasing risk of developing disorder.

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Eysnck 1982
Why do people differ along a supertrait dimension?
Fraction? Factors?
What does the environment influence? What does biology limit?

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2/3 of variance in personality are caused by genetic factors (Eysnck 1982)

Environment influences how traits are expressed but biology limits how much change occurs in the oersonality

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Evidence for Eysncks personality types
Extroverts more likely to? (2)
Theorist ?
Where do introverts prefer to study
Theorists?

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Amirkham et al 1995- extroverts more likely to attract and maintain networks of friends and approach others for help when in crisis

Campbell and hawley 1982- looked at study habits of introverts and extroverts introverts prefer to study in quiet areas

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Disadvantage to Eysncks model

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Are three factors adequate for the structure of personality, how many factors are necessary?

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When the EPQ was translated, how many nations were the primary factors found in?
List?

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24 nations including African, asain, North American and European cultures- both males and females

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Aims?
Identify dimensions of?
What procedures did he was to identify? What would this lead to?
What integration is needed in studying personality?

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Identify main dimensions of personality
Develop experimental and quantitative procedures = sound personality theory

An integration of theory development with empirical evidence and appreciating individual differences is needed in studying personality

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What method does he mention?
What do specific responses make? This produces?
What structure do supertraits represent?

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Specific responses make up habitual responses = personality traits

Collection of traits = continuum along which people can be placed

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