1. Personality
According to Eysenck" s basic theory of personality, an individual's personality can be quantified in three basic traits; levels of extroversion (E), neuroticism (N) and psychoticism (P). ... This may show that the questionnaire cannot identify specific personality traits effectively. ... Passingham (1972) noticed differences between the control and test groups used such as socio-economic class and ethnic background. These variables may have affected the outcome of the personality tests. Bartol et al (1979) tested 398 inmates, most of African-American and Hispanic origins using the EPQ (E...
Psychology Final Exam Paragraph 1- Module 1A on Psychology Perspectives and Ethics in Research In this section, we discussed different psychological perspectives, careers in the psychological field, and ethics involved in psychology. There are many different perspectives we discussed such as the biological (understanding biological processes), socio-cultural (customs), humanistic (human capacity for growth and choice), cognitive (how people process, store, and retrieve information and how it's used to reason and solve problems.), psychodynamic (the importance of the unconscious mind)...