Lecture ( ). Eysenck

Question 1

Eysenck Birth Order

Answer 1

Only Child of theatrical family

Question 2

Mother & Father Occupation

Answer 2

Mother is a starlet
Father is comedian, singer, actir

Question 3

Theory of Hans Eysenck

Answer 3

Biologically Based Trait Theory

Question 4

Individual differences in people’s personalities were _____

Answer 4

biological

Question 5

Evidences for biological basis of personality

Answer 5

• temperament (conception)
• hereditary influences
• areas of the brain that are most active during tasks

Question 6

Dimensions of personality

Answer 6

• extraversion
• neuroticism
• psychoticism

Question 7

Sociability and impulsiveness, jocularity, liveliness, quickwittedness, optimism and other traits related with associating with other people

Answer 7

extraversion

Question 8

The principal differences between extraversion and introversion are not ______, but rather _____

Answer 8

behavioral, biological and genetic in nature.

Question 9

High neuroticism often have a tendency to ___ and ____

Answer 9

overreact emotionally and to have difficulty returning to normal state after emotional arousal

Question 10

People are vulnerable to illness because they either have ____ or ____

Answer 10

either have a genetic or an acquired weakness predisposing to illness.

Question 11

This predisposition may interact with stress to produce a neurotic disorder called

Answer 11

Diathesis-stress model

Question 12

High scorers in psychoticism are often ___

Answer 12

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

Question 13

Low scorers in psychoticism

Answer 13

altruistic, highly socialized, empathic, caring, cooperative, conforming and conventional