Psychoticism

Criminology is a subject which aims towards discovering the reasons behind an individual’s choice to commit crime and their behaviour in some situations. By understanding a person’s motives to commit a crime, criminologists can try and prevent crime from happening. Several criminologists developed their own theories which explain why people commit crime, what makes them do it and also how we can prevent individuals from committing a crime again. The main theoretical perspectives examined in…

Criminology Essay LO2 A reflective study on adoptees taken out by Mednick et al (1987) focused on court convictions in Denmark and established that there were 14,000 adoptees within the small European country. He wanted to examine the relationship between the adoptees criminal convictions and the convictions of their adoptive and biological parents. Mednick then looked through the data that was based on a register of adoptees in Denmark, which has information on them and their biological and…

Manny’s highest scores on the Clinical scales are 6 and 8, excluding scales 5 and 0. His elevated scores indicated that a defined two-point code type of 6/8 exists. A 68/86 Code type suggested that the client profiles reflects symptoms of paranoia with delusions and in some cases a schizophrenic thought disturbance. Additionally, Manny reported harbor feelings of inferiority and insecurity, he is likely to be guarded and reports of having symptoms related to anxiety. At time, Manny may isolate…

behaviour is produced by an interaction between biological and environmental factors (Ireland, & Ireland, 2011). Furthermore, Eysenck thought that certain aspects of personality were key to criminal behaviour such as extraversion, neuroticism and psychoticism (Ireland et al., 2011). Glenn, & Raine (2014) examine the relationship between criminal behaviour and biology. Genetic studies of twins have helped researchers converge on genetic factors as playing a considerable role in antisocial…

Psychodynamic Theories Sigmund Freud believed that human personality is a reflection of the emotions and thoughts that we are unaware of, known as the unconscious. He theorized that the personality is made of the id, ego and superego. This id is present at birth and consists of sexual and aggressive instincts driven by the pleasure principle which demands immediate fulfilment of desires without pain. The ego tries to pleasure this id, but through the reality principle which acts on reasoning and…

forbidden and the performance of this task would mentally relieve the guilt (Freud, 1997). Alternatively, psychologist Hans Eysenck approached criminal personality traits through a three-factor theory of crime. Eysenck used super traits, encompassing psychoticism, extraversion and neuroticism, to categorise particular personality traits that may predict behaviours both criminal and otherwise. Crime was said to be associated with dominance, sensation seeking, anxiety, guilt and aggressiveness,…

Male and Female Gender Stereotypes: Gender Differences in Sexual Desire 663740197 University of Illinois at Chicago Abstract Sexual desire is one of the most natural and instinctive urges men and female both experience. It is seen to be the main driving force in the human population’s evolution and growth. Males and females are also believed to have different perspectives and driving forces behind their sexual desires. Whereas men are believed to be biologically driven to…

A genius is a term roughly used to describe one who has exceptional talent, ability and success. What is often not mentioned is the arduous climb that begins in childhood in order to blossom into a true genius. For a genius is inherently born with a specific talent, as all are, but how one develops and grows with that inner talent us what truly creates a genius. Eric Weiner’s Geography of Genius only begins to delve into to the depths of a true genius, the rest of the research is up to the…

extroverts attends to their environment and outer world. 2. Neuroticism-Emotional Stability Similar to "moodiness versus even-temperedness", where in a neurotic person changes emotions more frequently as compared to an emotionally stable person. 3. Psychoticism This refers to finding it hard to deal with reality. A psychotic person may be hostile, manipulative, anti-social and non-empathetic. Five-Factor Model Big five theory was formulated based on Cattell’s and Eysenck’s theories. This model…

For many, pregnancy is a beautiful time of change, discovery, growth, anticipation, and excitement; however, it is also a time that often ushers in great life changes and can upset the normalcy of life. It is a time that is sometimes long awaited and sometimes unexpected, sometimes desired and sometimes unwanted. It is a time of uncertainly and unknowns, because the end result of pregnancy is not always as expected, and tragically, one the most common adverse pregnancy outcomes is fetal death,…