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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. Personality changes little after age 30






2. Linked Type A personality to heart disease and other health problems






3. Hierarchy of needs






4. A trait; how often one generally becomes self-aware; very - if you pay a lot of attention to your self






5. Possessing both male and female qualities






6. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






7. Somatotypes personality theory






8. Fundamental attribution error; tendency for others to think actions are caused more by personality than situation (e.g. lie because he is a liar - not because of the situation)






9. Cognitive training against learned helplessness






10. Suggested personality typology based on personal activity and social interest; ruling-dominant type (choleric; high-low) - getting-learning type (phlegmatic; low-high) - avoiding type (melancholic; low-low) - and socially useful type (sanguine; high-






11. Androgynous individuals have higher self-esteem - lower anxiety - more adaptability than their highly masculine or feminine counterparts






12. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






13. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






14. To show personality traits exist in a person - show person exhibits those traits in a variety of situations; cognitive behaviour (e.g. formulation of and attention to prototypes) is examined in social situations; - consistency of behaviour is result






15. Personality characteristic - causes one to view events as result of luck or fate; too much breeds helplessness






16. Cognitive prototype approach






17. Generally make people more self-aware; small mirror - not so self-aware since its common - large mirror - very self-aware since we see a view of ourselves as others see us






18. Originally dominated personality theory (Hippocrates) - many placed into type categories based on physical appearance; including using phrenology and somatotypes






19. Only circumstances determine behavior






20. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






21. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






22. Muscular - athletic means energetic - aggressive






23. Possibility that a person may behave inconsistently - presents problems for labelling people as one internal disposition






24. Ambiguous story cards - people project own 'needs'






25. Studied Type A personality






26. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






27. Critical of personality trait theory






28. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






29. Shows heritability of personality about 40-50% - identical twins separated at birth; 'Jim' twins had wives and dogs with same name - and same habits; differences shows environmental impact






30. Uses large numbers of people to study commonalities of personality






31. Knowing you are worthwhile and in touch with strengths; 50% perceive selves accurately - 35% narcissistically






32. Relatively stable characteristics of behavior that a person exhibits (trait is stable - state is more of temporary feeling or characteristics)






33. Personality characteristic - causes one to view events as outcome of own actions; too much breeds self-blame






34. Emphasized idiographic approach to personality theory - as opposed to nomothetic; conscious motives governed by proprium or propriate function; lexical approach (5000 possible traits) - determined trait hierarchy of cardinal - central - secondary tra






35. The disposition to view the world as full of power relationships - measured by the F-scale (Fascism scale); - these individuals are either highly domineering (if top dog of situation) or submissive (as if they are in presence of a more powerfulfigure






36. Have a great need for arousal






37. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






38. Practice of examining head and skull shape to discern personality






39. At the top a cardinal trait (always consistent) - then central traits - then secondary traits (may conflict)






40. The study of why people act the way that they do and why different people act differently






41. 1) dispositionist 2) situationist 3) interactionists






42. Many argue that there is no true gender differences - children are reinforced for stereotypical behaviors - prevailing pov -> interactionist






43. Self-defeating behaviour that allows one to dismiss or excuse failure






44. Women are twice as likely as men to become depressed






45. Suggested females shun masculine-type successes not because of fear or failure or lack of interest - but they fear success and its negative repercussions (i.e. resentment and rejection)






46. Found few sex differences existed that could not be explained by simple social learning; - most consistent difference that seems independent of social influence is that females have greater verbal ability and males have greater visual/spatial ability






47. Used factor analysis to identify underlying traits of 2 personality-type dimensions (introversion-extraversion and stable-unstable [neuroticism]); - two dimensions formed a cross and four quadrants of phlegmatic - melancholic - choleric - sanguine






48. Used factor analysis in data reduction of Allport'S 5000 traits; identified 16 bipolar source traits (e.g. relaxed-tense) that seemed to underlie all; 16 personality factors tested in personality questionnaire






49. Sheldon - Somatotypes' short - plump means pleasure-seeking - social






50. Superfactors - 5 dimensions that encompass all of personality; superordinate traits or facets; O-dimension (openness to experience - intellectual curiosity) - C-dimension (conscientiousness) - E-dimension (extroversion - enthusiasm) - A-dimension (ag