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GRE Psychology: Personality

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1. People often make assumptions about the dispositions of an individual based on the actions of that person






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






3. Dispositional attribution; 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)






4. Found interaction between gender and social status - how easily an individual might be influenced






5. 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)






6. Hierarchy of needs






7. 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






8. Characterized by drive - competitiveness - aggressiveness - tension - hostility; found - most common in middle to upper class men






9. Experience can change people'S personalities; after a series of events one feels helpless or out of control - negative or pessimistic explanatory style develops; gives up in general - exhibits helpless disposition; countered with learned optimism






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






11. Critical of personality trait theory






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






13. Thematic Apperception Test (TAT)






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






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






16. Possessing both male and female qualities






17. People who emphasize internal determinants of behavior






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






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






20. Personal constructs determine personality and behaviour






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






22. Cognitive prototype approach






23. Learned helplessness






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






25. A state; temporary condition of being aware of how you are thinking - feeling or doing






26. Belief that one can effectively perform a task






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






28. Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) and California Personality Inventory (CPI)






29. Allport; his version of the ego - believed it acted relatively consistently based on traits developed through experience






30. External and internal locus of control






31. 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






32. Organized categorization systems - by statistical techniques for personality






33. 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






34. Skinny - fragile means inhibited - intellectual






35. 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-






36. Scrutiny of own behaviour - motivation to act appropriately rather than honestly - ability to mask true feelings






37. Capture individual'S unique - defining characteristics






38. 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






39. Studies androgyny; created Bem Sex Role Inventory






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






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






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






43. Criticized trait and type theories that both assume behaviour is stable across situations and people fail to take circumstances into account; - studies show that people often act different in different situations; consistency paradox






44. In the forefront -a combination of stable - internal factors and situations






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






46. 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






47. Personality changes little after age 30






48. Picking all possible traits out of dictionary






49. Conscious ideas about the self - others and situations






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