Title
Hans Eysenck in Latin America: His influence in the psychology, the study of personality and individual differences
Date Issued
01 December 2016
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Hans Eysenck's works have had a substantial influence on the study of psychology in Latin America. His personality characteristics (sometimes dogmatic and incisive) and high intelligence (shrewd critic, a rigorous methodologist) were noted in the few visits that he made to the Latin America region (one of those visits called as “The Eysenck Affairs”). Considered as one of the most important scientists of psychology, Eysenck arrived into Latin American academic establishment in an epoch dominated by psychoanalysis, and showed us one of the strongest personality paradigms that the psychology has given to our times. The Latin-America psychology is returning to the investigation of personality traits from a psychometric approach. Certainly, underlying this returning, the Eysenck's PEN model is the principal driver. This tribute shows how the Eysenck's ideas arrived in the Latin American region and the potential of his influence in the future.
Start page
68
End page
73
Volume
103
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Psicología (incluye relaciones hombre-máquina)
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-84990818514
Source
Personality and Individual Differences
ISSN of the container
01918869
Sponsor(s)
This paper was supported by grants funded by the Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico — CNPq (n. 472181/2013-0 ), and the Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais — FAPEMIG (n. PPM-00087-14 ). We are grateful to Professor Philip Corr for his comments to the first draft of this manuscript.
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