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Introduction Elvis Presley was an American singer and actor, known as the “king of rock and roll”. Elvis is one of the most significant cultural celebrities of the 20th century. Elvis was born on the 8th of January 1935 and died on the 16th of August 1977. He was married to Priscilla in 1967 and was married for 6 years. During this time, Lisa Presley was born in 1968. Elvis’s starred in 31 films as an actor and two concert documentaries. Elvis’s personality has shown signs of trait theory. This report will analyse Elvis Presley based on trait theory using the three factors, extroversion and introversion, Neuroticism and Stability, and Neuroticism and Stability. Eysenck’s three factor theory Hans Eysenck believed that personality is genetically …show more content…

Inhibition is the brain calming its self-down, in a state of relaxation or sleep, while excitation is the brain waking itself up, being alert or in a learning state. Introverts tend to avoid situations that cause panic very quickly and thoroughly. Whereas extraverts are good at ignoring overwhelming feelings and can forget the ability to feel physically and emotionally, extraverts have a lower level of cortisol arousal compared to introverts (Edward, n.d.). Eysenck theory predicts that introverts require little to no external stimulation to reach an optimal level of cognitive performance, whereas extraverts require more external stimulants. Elvis has shown more characteristics of introversion, according to Sam Phillips, a record producer from Rolling Stones who said “He’s the most introvert out of all of them”. Elvis said that he has never gotten over stage fright, as it causes him much panic, showing signs of an introvert, this is because introverts prefer less stimulating environments and find an audience daunting. Even though Presley was an introvert, to perform he would turn into an extrovert on stage, he did this by going to media classes and learning social skills, making his personality higher on the scale near the ambivert section shown in figure 1 below. Young Elvis was often shy and awkward, a childhood friend, Mary Morgan said “he always seemed nervous”, these actions are still carried throughout Elvis in the future, supporting Eysenck

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