Psychoticism

Although Meursault falls under two traits of psychotic criminal behavior, he does not have the other personality traits that psychotic criminals are seen to have: violence and risk-taking. One instance where he avoided being violent was when he was with Raymond and Raymond’s friend, Masson, while taking a stroll on the beach. The three were walking when they came across two Arabs who they initiated a fight with. While Raymond and Masson fought the Arabs, Meursault was told to “stand by to help…

(Hopkins, 2009; 98) These three personality dimensions include extroversion (characteristics include dominance and assertiveness), neuroticism (emotional, irritable and anxious), and psychoticism (antagonistic, impulsive and lacking empathy). If an individual is high in all three personality levels, especially psychoticism, they are more inclined to commit acts of…

Interestingly enough there is a theory that directly links three specific personality traits called the PEN model. This model links psychoticism, extroversion, and neuroticism and has directly linked its traits to delinquent behavior. But high scores on neuroticism and psychoticism tend to be found most often amongst adult offenders and high scores in psychoticism tends to be a common trait in repeat offenders as well as those that engage in more serious offenses. Next up is Self-control, which…

In the initial stages of personality psychology much of the research carried out was based entirely within the qualitative realm. The usage of interviews, case studies and other research methods that yielded “deep” data were the norm. It wasn’t until a psychologist by the name of Hans Eysenck began to use more quantitative methods to investigate the field that it began to change. This essay will examine Eysenck’s 3 factor theory regarding personality. To do this, an initial description and…

Delving into an individual’s personality, none the less Sherlock Holmes’s, can both interesting as well as informative, due to the uniqueness that each individual’s personality possesses. Sherlock, from the BBC television series is a highly intelligent consultant, who is extremely adept at his detection skill which increases his ability of solving cases that others find difficult. While Sherlock is a master of deduction, he is not without his own short comings which include: his is inability to…

popular genre on TV today with shows like Modern Family, The Big Bang Theory, and Black-ish. Overall, the viewership of comedies is fairly diverse in most studies done on the topic, but there are a few traits that stand out. Those that scored high in Psychoticism, for example, did not prefer the genre, but would much rather watch a horror movie…

Personality is a socially and culturally constructed concept. In psychology, Personality refers to the complex network of emotions, cognitions and behaviours that provide coherence and direction to a person’s life. It influences our goals, how we feel, how we act and how we perceive ourselves and other people. There are various conceptions of personality, such as, the humanistic approach, trait theories and psychodynamic theory. Psychodynamic and Trait are the two approaches of personality…

This essay discusses Eysenck’s (1944) Trait Theory of Personality. The essay then moves to describe the contributions made to the more recent and more popular personality measurement known as The Big Five (Costa & McCrae, 1992). The Five Factor model is then evaluated, while giving credit to the previous research used to develop the Big Five. The uses of the Big Five is also explained while focusing on its use in the workplace setting and career choice. The essay ends with a discussion about the…

excited to finish my bachelors degree, little did I know I was missing a science class in order to fulfill my requirements. I stayed positive and took the winter session this past year and finished the requirement. The lowest score I received was in Psychoticism with a percentage of 16. The results are true, I am kind with others sometimes too kind. I like to trust others and give them the benefit of the doubt. When I see others struggling and in need of help, I try my best for others to get the…

should also guide the selection of personality variables. Eysenck’s three personality variable are Extroversion, Neuroticism and Psychoticism (Friedman & Schustack, 2014). According to Santrock (2003), Eysenck believed that Extroversion versus Introversion and Stable versus Unstable were the most important parts of personality. Later he added the factor of Psychoticism. He also suggested that variations of these three dimensions make up a person’s complete personality (Santrock, 2003). Eysenck…