Eysenck's Theory - A03
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- Eysenck's Theory- A03
- Evidence supporting Eysenck's theory
- 1- Eysenck compared 2070 male prisoners' scores on the EPI with 2422 male controls.
- 2- Groups were subdivided into age groups. On measures of P,E and N across all age groups, prisoners recorded higher scores than controls.
- Evidence rejecting Eysenck's theory
- 1- Farrington, reviewed several studies and reported that offenders tended to score high on measures of P, but not E,N.
- 2- There is also very little evidence of consistent differences in EEG measures between extraverts and introverts-casts doubt on physiological basis of Eysenck's theory
- The idea of a single criminal type
- 1- The idea that all offending behaviour can be explained by a single personality type has been heavily criticised.
- 2- Moffitt proposed several distinct types of adult male offenders based on the timing of the first offence and how long offending persists.
- 3- Digman's five factor model also suggests dimensions of openness, agreeableness and conscientiousness. High E and N do not mean offending is inevitable
- Cultural bias
- 1- Bartol and Holanchock studied Hispanic and African American offenders.
- 2- Divided up into 6 groups, all six were found to be less extravert than a non crim control group.
- 3- Bartol suggested this was because their sample was very different cultural background, questions generalisability of the crim personality
- Evidence supporting Eysenck's theory
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