Psychoticism

Personality traits are predictors of people’s characteristics on how they think, feel and behave. There have been many personality studies where psychologist’s theories contribute to the understanding and conceptualizing human individual differences. They all have a common goal to build a structured model to describe and explain personality. Many trait-orientated psychologists agree with Eysenck’s theory known as the “Big Five Personality Traits”. This Five-Factor model of personality is one…

Introduction Since the 1980s when the term LGB (lesbian, gay and bisexual) gained popularity, its community has continued to expand in number and supporters. Those whose sexual orientation is not “normal”, have been forced to fight for equal rights with heterosexuals when it comes to romantic relationships. Some of these areas pursued include social security, workplace benefits, and inheritance (Village and Francis, 2008). While certain countries have participated in the legalization of same-sex…

This psychological approach continues with the supposition that adapting hereditariliy based inclinations and social marking all have a part to play in clarifying the reasons for criminal conduct; i.e, they are not fundamentally unrelated, yet reciprocal. An alternate supposition is that the division of the world into the criminal and the honest is to a great extent an encouraging hallucination. The sorts of criminal cdonduct dissected is violations against property and persons not the more…

One hundred and sixty total same-sex pairs were tested. Researchers used four factors when observing these twins to make a determination: extroversion, neuroticism, psychoticism, and the lie scale. They also studied which of the two factors accounted mostly for variances or stability in personality. The twins were studied in the timeframe of four years from the transition of teenagers into adulthood. It was determined…

criteria being met: • Significant impairment in self-identity and interpersonal abilities. • One of more of the pathological personality traits in the following areas; antagonism, detachment, negative affectivity, disinhibition, compulsivity and psychoticism. • There will be impairments in personality functioning and the person’s personality traits are not understood as normal for the developmental stage or social-cultural environment being experienced. • The impairments in a person’s…

deviant behaviour stemmed from certain personality traits which can be reduced to just two dimensions, extraversion and neuroticism. This is sometimes called ‘e’ and ’n’. In a later version of his theory the letter ‘p’ was added, which stood for psychoticism. To measure this in an individual, a simple ‘yes or no’ questionnairre was used. Eysenck expected that most people would fall somewhere in the middle of the scale. However he found that criminals would score at the higher end of each…

Media has a powerful influence on the behaviour and development of many characteristics present in our personalities due to the characters they have a habit of expressing and voicing. The trait perspective suggests distinguishing qualities or characteristics typically belong to one person and enduring physiological characteristics influence their behavior in particular domains . There are cardinal traits where an individual is specifically known for these traits and influence an individual in…

Death is always among society. While it may not be as prominent as the newest social media fad, it is around us. As a society, most chose to ignore death until the very last possible moment. It is uncomfortable, and even depressing, to think about what happens to a person once they take their final breaths. But there is no denying that death is always lurking, ready to strike at any moment. It is a part of human existence. In William Shakespeare’s tragedy, “Hamlet”, death is a pivotal part of…

In the transition from classical criminology to positivist criminology, trait theories began to emerge. Trait theories developed from scientific facts, and have a cause and effect backbone. There is usually a trait or personal attribute that influences decision making. Among trait theories, there are many explanations of traits, ranging from biological to psychological. This paper will focus on the psychological traits associated with criminal behavior, along with providing empirical evidence…

Emotional Stability which is identified with grumpiness versus calm attitude. Neuroticism alludes to an individual 's inclination to wind up resentful or passionate, while stability alludes to the propensity to remain candidly consistent. The third is Psychoticism whereby the people who are high on this attribute have a tendency to experience issues managing reality and might be withdrawn, threatening, non-compassionate and manipulative (Cattell,…