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Theories Of Personality Eysenck
This deck covers key concepts from Eysenck's theories of personality, including genetic influences, personality factors, and types of personality. It also includes information on personality inventories and their implications.
Believed that genetic factors were far more important than environmental ones in shaping personality and that personal traits could be measure by standardized personality inventories
biologically-based factor theory
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Believed that genetic factors were far more important than environmental ones in shaping personality and that personal traits could be measure by standardized personality inventories
biologically-based factor theory
Criteria for identifying personality factors
based on psychometric evidence; must possess heritability and fit an acceptable genetic model; make sense theoretically; possess social relevance
levels of behavior organization (low to high)
Specific acts/cognition, habitual acts/cognitions, traits, types or superfactors
Individual behaviors/ thoughts that may or may not be a characteristic of a person
Specific acts or cognitions
Responses that recur in similar conditions; extracted through Factor analysis of specific responses
habitual acts or cognitions
Important semi-permanent personality dispositions; extracted thru factor analysis of habit-level responses
Traits
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
Believed that genetic factors were far more important than environmental ones in shaping personality and that personal traits could be measure by standardized personality inventories | biologically-based factor theory |
Criteria for identifying personality factors | based on psychometric evidence; must possess heritability and fit an acceptable genetic model; make sense theoretically; possess social relevance |
levels of behavior organization (low to high) | Specific acts/cognition, habitual acts/cognitions, traits, types or superfactors |
Individual behaviors/ thoughts that may or may not be a characteristic of a person | Specific acts or cognitions |
Responses that recur in similar conditions; extracted through Factor analysis of specific responses | habitual acts or cognitions |
Important semi-permanent personality dispositions; extracted thru factor analysis of habit-level responses | Traits |
Made up of several interrelated traits | types or superfactors |
3 major types of personality | neuroticism vs. stability, extraversion vs. introversion, psychoticism vs. superego function |
Personality type characterized by sociability, impulsiveness, liveliness; have low level of cortical arousal; high sensory threshold; lesser reaction to sensory stimuli | Extraversion |
Characterized by passiveness, reserved, careful; high level of cortical arousal; low sensory threshold; higher reaction to sensory stimuli | Introversion |
Overreact emotionally, frequently complain about physical and psychological symptoms | neuroticism |
Egocentric, cold, nonconforming, impulsive, hostile, antisocial; high levels results to an increased chance of developing psychotic disorders | psychoticism |
Test that measure N and E and also detects faking | EPI (eysenck personality inventory) |
Measure the 3 personality types | EPQ (Eysenck personality questionnaire) |
High P and E | troublemakers |
High P with spiteful parents and high E | Charming rogues |
High P | Learning probs |
High E troublemakers | productive adults |
Diseases are caused by an interaction of many factors | Personality and disease |