Pierson v. Post

Pierson v. Post Supreme Court of New York, 1805 3 Cai. R. 175, 2 Am. Dec 264 Facts: Lodowick Post was foxhunting by horseback with hounds. He was hunting on unowned common “waste land” and was in active pursuit of a fox, which his dogs had come upon. Jesse Pierson knew Post was in pursuit…

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Eysenck’s Personality Inventory (EPI) (Extroversion/Introversion)

The Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI) measures two pervasive, independent dimensions of personality, Extraversion-Introversion and Neuroticism-Stability, which account for most of the variance in the personality domain. Each form contains 57 “Yes-No” items with no repetition of items. The inclusion of a falsification scale provides for the detection of response distortion. The traits measured are Extraversion-Introversion…

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