Describes differences and similarities between people based on traits

Believed personality is a result of genetic inheritance

Personalities are then shaped by these learnings

Born with traits that influence learning from experience

Eysenck Beliefs (1916-1977)

Dimensions of personality

Developed the idea of higher order traits under which traits could be classified

Extraversion- Introversion

Predicts behaviour in a range of environments and tasks

Individuals are somewhere along each continuum

Psychotism- Impulse control

Neuroticism- Stability