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Hans Jürgen Eysenck [1] (/ ˈ aɪ z ɛ ŋ k / EYE-zenk; 4 March 1916 – 4 September 1997) was a German-born British psychologist. He is best remembered for his work on intelligence and personality , although he worked on other issues in psychology.
Hans Eysenck defended the hereditarian point of view and the use of intelligence tests in "Race, Intelligence and Education" (1971), a pamphlet presenting Jensenism to a popular audience, and "The Inequality of Man" (1973). He was severely critical of anti-hereditarians whose policies he blamed for many of the problems in society.
Decline and Fall of the Freudian Empire (1985; second edition 2004) is a book by the psychologist Hans Eysenck, in which the author criticizes Sigmund Freud, the founder of psychoanalysis. Eysenck argues that psychoanalysis is unscientific. The book received both positive and negative reviews.
Eysenck's three-factor model of personality was a causal theory of personality based on activation of reticular formation and limbic system. The reticular formation is a region in the brainstem that is involved in mediating arousal and consciousness. The limbic system is involved in mediating emotion, behavior, motivation, and long-term memory.
Evidence was found that Eysenck had been funded by the tobacco industry, attracted by the apparent weakening of the link between smoking and cancer that his work implied. Boseley, Sarah (11 October 2019). "Work of renowned UK psychologist Hans Eysenck ruled 'unsafe'". The Guardian. Pelosi, Anthony J. (2019).
Gottfredson L, Hans Eysenck's theory of intelligence, and what it reveals about him, Personality and Individual Differences 103 (2016) 116–127. Bear in mind also that it is generally acknowledged that there has been, and probably still is, a concerted effort by social scientists to discredit areas of his work that are accepted in the ...
Eysenck Personality Questionnaire, (EPQ) ("the three-factor model"). Using factor analysis Hans Eysenck suggested that personality is reducible to three major traits: neuroticism, extraversion, and psychoticism. [6] Big Five personality traits, ("the five-factor model"). Many psychologists currently believe that five factors are sufficient ...
Psychologist Hans Eysenck called The Discovery of the Unconscious a "classic" and an "excellent book which unveils many of the myths which have accumulated around Freud". [6] Critic Frederick Crews considered the book part of a body of research demonstrating that Freud "was misled by his drive toward heroic fame." Crews wrote that Ellenberger ...