Hans Eysenck: Consensus And Controversy

Sohan Modgil, Celia Modgil, Sohan Modgil, Celia Modgil

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2012
• ISBN:
  9781135389703
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

During the last forty years, Hans Eysenck's brilliant contribution to knowledge has beenwell-known world-wide. From its early transmission, his work has not been without itscritics. Naturally, criticisms persist, although his work continues to be frequentlyacknowledged with great admiration in the channels of psychology. With such prolificwork, it would seem justified to consider the discrepancies, the omissions, together withthe various interpretations which have been and are currently being highlighted.

Subject index

AB scales

see adaptive behaviour scales

ability testing, 104–5

abnormal psychology, 75, 87

see also psychology

activation

of central nervous system, 76–9

adaptive behaviour (AB) scales, 105

adoption studies, 395

AEP

see average evoked potential

aesthetic preference, 64

age

and conservatism, 142

and extraversion, 42

and individual differences, 42

and intelligence, 133–4

and neuroticism, 42

in twin studies, 25–7, 42

age-incidence (AI) effect, 347

age-prevalence (AP) effect, 347

AI

see age-incidence effect

altered states of consciousness (ASCs), 343–4

American Association for the Advancement of

Science, 352

American Psychiatric Association, 248

American Psychological Society, 365

American Statistical Society, 365

‘anal’ character concept, 147, 194, 199

analogical reasoning, 111–12

androgen, 276–7

Annual Review of Psychology, 56

anthropology

data of, 219–20

anxiety, 16–17, 20–9, 37–40, 41, 44, 78–9, 264–5, 341–2, 344, 378–81

see also neuroticism

and extrasensory perception, 341–2, 344

and sexual behaviour, 264–5

AP

see age-prevalence effect

arousal

of ce...