1. Biological vs. Humanistic Theories
... physiology and genetics. He believes that personality differences grow out of our genetic inheritance. He was primarily a research psychologist and his methods involved a statistical technique called factor analysis (Personality, 2001). His original research found two main dimensions of temperament: neuroticism and extraversion-introversion. Neuroticism is the name Eysenck gave to a dimension that ranges from normal ... case of an overwhelming stimulation. Another Theorist associated with the biological perspective is Raymond Cattell. He was a theorist-researcher like Eysenck who has mad...
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