PSY 216 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Maudsley Hospital, Hans Eysenck, Discovery Learning
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1934 moved to england (where he spent most of his life) Brief stint at university of pennsylvania from 1949 to 1950 (also traveled to canada when he was in the usa) Rest of his career at university of london and worked at maudsley hospital psychiatric. Extremely prolific wrote a lot; wrote many books. Three major personality factors: extroversion/introversion, neuroticism/emotional stability doesn"t imply pathology, but probably higher, psychoticism/superego functioning (impulse control) doesn"t imply pathology, but probably higher. Each factor is believed to be biologically based. Introverts have high cortical arousal; therefore, they don"t need more. Extroverts have less cortical arousal; therefore, they seek arousal. People equally high on one factor can be quite different, depending on where they are on the other factors. As mentioned, each individual is represented by a point in 3 dimensional space. Arguments for a biological base: same factors worldwide, consistency over time (individual, twin studies (identical twins)
